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December 8, 2011
REBEL TD Patrick Nulty has been automatically expelled from the Labour Parliamentary Party after voting against a budget he believes is “unfair”. Elected just six weeks ago in Dublin West, Nulty voted against a number of measures in this week’s budget, including a cut to disability allowance and the 2 per cent VAT increase. Voting against the budget
led to his automatic expulsion. Nulty says he remains an “active member of the Labour Party but couldn’t vote for a budget he believed was “unfair” and could “hamper economic recovery and job creation”. His Dublin West byelection opponent, and local Fianna Fail councillor David McGuinness says he believes Nulty deceived the electorate and should consider resigning his seat.
A warm welcome: Aldi opens in Clonee STORE manager, Bob Spagnoletti, welcomes Dave Kavanagh, the first customer into the brand new Aldi store in Clonee, which recently held a special opening day.
And there were plenty more new customers behind Dave who came to check out the new premises and the opening bargains on offer. Full Gallery on Page 2