THE Government has created a culture of secrecy within public bodies by repeatedly trying to gag the Freedom of Information Act, it was claimed yesterday.

The Government has created a culture of secrecy within public bodies by repeatedly trying to gag the Freedom of Information Act, it was claimed today.

A DAMNING report on the Government’s failure to develop the country’s infrastructure will be published today. Opposition parties, however, have urged the Government not to use the report as an excuse to cut funding for vitally needed public projects.

THE two main opposition parties are united in a shared opinion that the Fianna Fáil/Progressive Democrats Coalition perpetrated a fraud on the electorate in winning last year’s general election.

A RADICAL new plan to give more powers to local councillors and give directly-elected mayors 100,000 a year is being drafted by Fine Gael.