Justice Minister Dermot Ahern said today substantial referendum returns showed that Ireland had rejected the European Union reform treaty.

A SLIGO woman, whose cancer was diagnosed by Fianna Fáil TD Dr Jimmy Devins, said she and other patients are “terribly let down” by the junior minister’s support for plans to downgrade cancer services in the north-west.

FINE GAEL has lowered its expectations ahead of the General Election.

THE GOVERNMENT faces a legal action against plans to split Co Leitrim for electoral purposes, as locals believe it will deprive the county of a TD.

FINE GAEL is targeting seats in the next general election in five out of the six constituencies where the Green Party has TDs.