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At least 14,000 people in Mayo are affected by food poverty, according to two leading trade unions.

While Labour will hold its 65th national convention in NUI Galway this weekend, the United Left Alliance Galway will hold a counter-conference to take a critical look at Labour and discuss alternatives for the Irish left.

The UNITE trade union, the second largest union in the Republic of Ireland, has called on all working people to vote for a left wing government in the general election likely to be held in March.

Aside from the Vintners’ Association of Ireland, which welcomed the 2011 Budget announced this week, which did not impose any increases on the price of alcohol, reaction to the budget from most other sectors has been swift and largely condemnatory this week.

Kilkenny’s outspoken Junior Minister John Mc Guinness found himself in hot water this week as workers’ unions from around the country exploded about comments he made about public service workers at the weekend.