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YOUR COMMUNITY • YOUR PAPER

INSIDE: Opinion piece asks why are our TDs paid so highly? Page 6

April 5, 2012

DONATING HOPE: Local transplant patient’s call to support campaign P3

eBay’s bid to help: Donating funds to Pieta AS PART of a fundraising giveaway

Soccer: Collinstown Park claim the Leinster title Page 28

GAA-a-thon: Round Towers have a great fundraising day Page 28

ALSOINSIDE: GALLERIES ..................... 2 BUSINESS .................... 19 MOTORS ....................... 20 TRAVEL......................... 22 ENTERTAINMENT ........ 24 CLASSIFIEDS ............... 26

to 10 designated Irish charities by eBay and PayPal, west Dublinbased charity Pieta House was presented with a cheque for €3,000 recently, to help assist with its suicide and self-harm support services. At the presentation to Pieta House representatives, Gary Hagel, site director, eBay, said: “eBay Foundation was established to reach beyond the boundaries of eBay’s virtual village to develop strong communities that bring people together.”

‘Take pensions from these politicians’ Deny those who ‘acted improperly’ demands Keating

I PAUL HOSFORD

A LOCAL Fine Gael TD has called for any politician implicated in the Mahon and Moriarty Reports to have their pensions removed. In a scathing speech, Deputy Derek Keating took aim at his own party, saying that

“Fine Gael has no place for such public representatives.” Speaking at his Fine Gael Constituency AGM this week, Deputy Keating called for no payments to be made to public representatives who have been cited in the reports as “acting improperly”.

“I am speaking of councillors, TDs, ministers and party leaders. If they have used, or misused, their office for personal gain, cash donations, they should not receive any severance pay or pension. “Dublin Mid-West has and had its share of such representatives,” he said.


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