FG think-in to reflect on Government performance

Fine Gael backbenchers will get a chance to air their views on the party's performance in Government today.

Cabinet members will aim to use the second day of their parliamentary party meeting in Galway to show they are in touch with the issues TDs and Senators are getting in their clinics.

The Presidential election will also feature on the agenda.

Dublin MEP Gay Mitchell will outline his plans for the campaign to his colleagues, and bid to rally supporters for the final seven weeks before polling day.

Gardaí had to contain the protest outside Galway City Hall yesterday where City Mayor Hildegarde Naughton held a reception for Taoiseach Enda Kenny.