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The Environment Minister Phil Hogan has refused to consider a proposal by Fianna Fáil Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív to rename the newly drawn Galway West constituency to Galway West – Mayo South.

Fine Gael’s New Politics ‘is the most radical plan for political reform in the history of the State. A smaller, more nimble government will place the concerns of the citizen and not the insiders at the heart of the decision-making process,’ according to Party Environment Spokesman, Phil Hogan.

During his opening speech to a gathering at the Rivercourt Hotel in Kilkenny this week, Fine Gael Leader Enda Kenny told the audience of supporters and media during his constituency visit, that in the past, politics was dominated by politics of cronyism made up of small groups of insiders — so-called ‘friends of Fianna Fail’.

Fine Gael party leader, Enda Kenny TD, along with members of his front bench have outlined the core elements of the party’s ‘5-point plan to get Ireland working’. The plan is designed to create jobs, reform the health system, fix the budget crisis, make Government smaller and more cost effective and put the burden on politicians first.

The State could save money if it centralised the Electoral Register, according to local Fine Gael TD, James Bannon.