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Cllr Emmett O’Brien, Independent Outgoing TD Patrick O’DonovanFine Gael candidate TomNeville Sinn Fein councillor Maurice Quinlivan Fine Gael deputyKieran O’Donnell Labour’sMinisterJan O’Sullivan ■ Four frontrunnersinracefor threecounty seats ■ Three in the frame forthe last twoseats in city ■ Collins seen as clear favouritetotop the poll ■ SF’s Maurice Quinlivan on the brink of historic win ■ Outsidersalso attracting money, saythe bookies ■ ‘Toughest election I’veeverfought’ -Jan O’Sullivan

NORMA PRENDIVILLE pendentFianna Fail, have also at- could be wrong hereastheywerein NICK RABBITTS&ALANOWENS some quarters that Anti-AusterityAl- ally,sayingthatinhindsight, perhaps Britain. He also recalled howthe polls E: [email protected] tractedsupportthis week. E: [email protected] liance-People BeforeProfitcouncillor moreconsiderationcould have been John O’Gorman, Independentis herewerewrong aboutthe last gen- Cian Prendiville could also take aseat giventofielding asecond partycan- 100/1 as is MarkKeogh, Direct Demo- eral election, underestimating AS voters in Limerick Cityprepare to in thecity. didate in thecity. TENSION is running high among the cracywhile theGreen Party’s Alex- Fianna Fail’s collapse. go to thepolls on Friday,itappears Partycanvassers areexpected to “The reaction has been surpris- fourfront-runners in this Friday’s ander Storey-Cosgraveis80/1. “If theFine Gael vote is tightlyman- that at least threecandidateswill step up theirefforts in thefinal days ingly good. Ithink we areinamuch general election in theLimerick Butexperienced observers arenot aged, and divides evenly,theycould fightitout forthe last twoseats. of theelection campaign to convince better position locally than Ithink we constituency. all agreeing withthe bookies’predic- take thetwo seatsinthe county,” he In what is shaping up to be themost wavering voters to backtheir can- anticipated,” theformer Defence Political observers areshy of calling tions. said. The return of West Limerick to unpredictable general election in re- didate. Minister said. whothe eventual threewinners will And one Fine Gael source whocor- thecounty constituency would also centtimes,onlyasmall number of Speaking to theLimerickLeader, In another development, Mr O’Dea be – butthe bookies arenot.The dead rectly predicted theoutcome of the help Fine Gael’s PatrickO’Donovan, votesmay end up separating those Finance Minister Michael Noonan this Wednesdayreleased astatement certcandidate,according to Paddy British election warned that thepolls he added. whoare elected in thecity – and those saiditwould be “unfair” to tryand distancing himself from claims that Power, is Fianna Fáil’s Success forCllr Emmett O’Brien whomiss out. predict thedestination of thefour he wasasking his canvassers to give and they arebacking Independent would depend on winning over disaf- Bookmakers and political com- seatsinLimerickCity. theirsecond preference to Ms O’Sul- Cllr Emmett O’Brien as thesecond fa- fected Fianna Fail voters and floating mentators have tipped Fianna Fail TD ”Iamasvulnerable as anyone else, livantolock outCllr Quinlivan. vourite. Outgoing Fine Gael TD, Election voters, he argued and he believed that WillieO’Deaand Finance Minister so Idon’t want to be putting myself in He said: “My position has always PatrickO’Donovan, at 2/7,and his Cllr RichardO’Donoghue would affect Michael Noonan to comfortably re- aposition of calling seats. It is up to been thesecond preference vote is a partycolleagueCllr TomNeville at 4/9 online this. “He will take some of that vote,” tain theirseats in thefour-seat consti- thepeople nowtodecide it.” matter foreachindividual voter. Iam arebattling it out, withDeputy he said. Cllr O’Brien wasalso hemmed tutency. He also saidhebelieves thereis only interested in maximising my O’Donovanseenashavingthe edge. FORCONTINUOUS ROLLING in territorially,and very close to Cllr Butthe destination of thefinal two still “clear blue water” still between vote and Fianna Fail’s vote.” Meanwhile,the odds have COVERAGE OF THE ELECTION Neville. seatsremains far from certain just Fine Gael and Fianna Fail, despitea Ms O’Sullivanadmittedshe is in a shortened on theSocial Democrat “Thereisstill abig lump of dis- hours from election day, with Sinn narrowing of thepolls between the battle forthe final seat,saying: “This candidate Sen James Heffernan, COUNTSINLIMERICK CITYAND gruntled Fianna Fail voters,” aFianna Fein councillor Maurice Quinlivan, twolargest partiesinrecentdays. is thetoughest election Ihaveever down from 10/1 to 5/1. Cllr Seamus COUNTYSTAYWITH THE Fail source said. And he predicted Cllr Fine Gael TD Kieran O’Donnell and In terms of Fianna Fail, Mr O’Dea fought.” Browne,the Sinn Fein candidate,and ONLINE THIS EducationMinister JanO’Sullivanex- says he has been surprised by his on Cllr RichardO’Donoghue,Inde- pected to fightitout to thefinish. party’sperformance,especially loc- WEEKEND CONTINUES ON PAGE 2 Therehavealso been predictions in CONTINUES ON PAGE 2

Dolores avoids acriminalconviction AINE FITZGERALD Judge PatrickDurcan saidit cluding threeassaults and ob- Courtroom 1atEnnis Court- E: [email protected] would be “unfair and unjust” to structing agarda after being house,withher mother Eileen criminalise theCranberries takenoff an AerLingus flight seated beside her.Musician Ole LIMERICK rock star Dolores lead singer who, aCounty Lim- from New York's JFKairport. Koretskysat beside Eileen. O'Riordan wassuffering “avery erick general practitioner said The artist pleaded guiltylast Priortoher case being called severe mentalillness which in his medical report, wasina December after being arrested at 1.30pm the mother-of-three completely inhibited her “hypomanicstate andnot re- at Shannon Airporton whohad been at thecourt- judgement” when she was sponsible forher actions”. November 10,2014 following a house since 10.30am walked involved in an air rage incident Dolores O'Riordan was disturbance on atransatlantic thecorridors of Ennis Court- during whichshe head-butted ordered to pay€6,000 to the flight. and spat at agarda, ajudge said courtpoor boxbyMarch 2after This Wednesday, theBally- this Wednesday. admittedfouroffences in- brickennativetook her seat in CONTINUES ON PAGE 2 Dolores O'Riordan with her mother Eileen and solicitor Bill O'Donnell

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 guide it throughthe planning pro- your site. on theirown site. Thatisn’t pos- theirown stamp on them and cess, and develop thesite. Mr Lenehan is going to build his sible in anyofthe suburbsofthe whereyou would have some space 25-02-2016 “Despitemanyobstacles and home on one siteand therehas cityunless yougointoaserviced to rear your children,” saidMr A priest, a nun –and a love story TwoCastleconnell resid- challenges, thedevelopmentis been alot of enquiries in theother site. Walsh. versityof Chicagobefore being assigned to the ents – Brian Lenehan and Tom abouttobegin in thecoming five. “If thereare twoorthree chil- He predicts therewillbeover20 Philippines. All this despite the missions being Editor: AlanEnglish Walsh, director of DTWConstruc- ■ weeks. Theyare spacious sites of “Even thoughthe sites have only dren and thefamily wants workers on siteinCastlecon- Jim Kennedy gives a powerful account “ac c id e n ta l ” and “I just fell into it”. tion Ltd – came up with the between 0.3and 0.5acres withall been on themarketfor thelast extraroom and spacebydesigning nell giving local employmentfor Jim vividly remembers thepoint he realised 061-214567 idea from achanceconversation services in place.Thereare gen- week or so thereisalready alot of ahouse that isn’tastandardthree thenexttwo years. that he didn’t want to be a priest any more. [email protected] while they were fishing, and Lacca of his life in and out of the priesthood erouslandscaped publicspaces to ongoing negotiations,” saidMr bedroom semi-detached, it isn’t an This will be aboon to thelocal “My father died while I wasstudying Tagalog Developments wasformed. give arealfeeling of spaceand Walsh. option formost people at themo- economy. Mr Walsh, too, is de- [a languagespoken in thePhilippines] in Ma- Mr Walsh saidMrLenehan was DONAL O’R E GA N allowfamilies to interact and play,” Prospective buyers can choose a mentbecause of thepressures on lightedtobebackworkinginIre- nila in 1971 and during theHigh Mass forhim I Deputy Editor: Eugene Phelan unable to build thehouse of his saidMrWalsh. pre-designed spacious house by theoutskirts. land again following nearly E: d o n a l .o r eg a n @ l i m e r i c k l e ad e r. i e realised that while thearchbishop, Paddy dreams duetothe local resid- He says amajor advantage of this Limerick architect James Corbett “Take Castleconnell alone. five yearsspenttravelling backand 061-214503 A FORMER Limerick priest who married a nun Cronin, wastalking about heaven for my ency clause required withplan- developmentisthatyou do not or design theirown dream Thereisloads of land zoned for forthtoLondon forwork [email protected] is one of 13 Irish men to feature in anew father I suddenly couldn’t see him there. ning applications. need to meetthe local residency re- home.MrWalsh says this is ahuge housing butitisall threebed “This is agood news story,and a documentary premiering at this week’s D ub l i n ”All I had were the memories of him like the “Despitelivinginthe villagefor quirements as theland is zoned gap in themarket. semis. Youneed moreland zoned sign that theeconomyisonamore Film Festival. sound of his hobnailed boots on the cement Sports Editor: StevenMiller some time,hefailed to find ahouse serviced sites under thelocal area “Thereare people outtherewho forserviced sites on outskirts stable footing. Unless thereisa The Judas Iscariot Lunch is a story about floor.So, ifyou don’t believeinan afterlifeit that would suit his family’s long plan. Unlikebuying agreen field ownexisting houses and want to of villages wherepeoplecan go and crash again we intend to saysolong faith, religion, love and lifeafter thepriest- would be stupid to continue as a priest.” 061-214514 term needs. After years of frustra- siteyou do notneed to build or pay build thehouse of theirdreams, design what they want and build as theeconomy keepsonataneven hood. The ex-priests, including 81-year-old While he struggled with the decision he con- [email protected] tion, he partnered up withDTW to forthe services to be brought to design it themselves and build it lovely spacious houses, put keel,” he concludes. James Kennedy, from , speak can- tinued on with his duties until 1977 when a spe- didly about howtheycame to bemissionaries Pallasgreen man Jim Kennedy, who is now 81, cial woman entered his life. in East Asia, thePacific and South America in pictured relaxing at home in “I needed help especially in my second the 1960s and 1970s. parish of Candelaria, Zambales, Philippines. I The documentary, directed by Teresa got Sister Vicenta Benavidez, a Sister of St Paul O'Grady-Peyton and produced by TJO'Grady- de Chartres Congregation, to liaise between me ■ Wearymenfolk will nowbeable to enjoyapintinillustrious GraftonStreetstore Peyton, tells the story of Columban missionary and thepeople. She wasajournalism priests “who took thebrave, honourable and g radu ate.” Dolores gets Theyboth left theirreligiousroles, “one risky decision to leave active ministry and set out on totally differentand difficult life thing led to another” and they started a new life jou r n ey ”. togeth e r. fine of “It is often funny, sometimes sad, beautiful, They were married civilly in Manila on July 7, raw and thought-provoking,” say the makers. 1977, and two children followed, Paddy and The priests were branded Judas Iscariots by No r i a n a . Cappamorepub’slicence is Pope Paul VI, hence the name of the feature. "All of us now have children who are in their €6,000 at “We never saw it like that ... We see ourselves own waycontributing to civilisation. If we as pioneers!” say the men. Jim pictured when he was a young priest hadn't left that wouldn't exist,” said Jim. James, better known as Jim, gives a powerful His wife is an active churchgoer but he account of his story of formation, celibacy, isol- i s n’t. Ennis court ation, faith and the struggle to leave the priest- “there was no money for university”. “I’ve no problem with other people’s choices. grantedtoBTGrafton Street hood. “Iwas thefirst son. My mother Nora, who I would now describe myself as a humanist.” “When I look back nowI don't believe Ihad hadtwo brothers priests, probably had an idea Now aged 81, Jim is living in Lucan, Dublin. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 state” at thetimeofthe incident “and wasnot re- DONAL O’REGAN anyfaith. All I hadwas a kind of social condi- I might follow suit, but the Kennedys never had after working for Smurfit Publications until sponsible forher ac- E: [email protected] tioning. Youheard old women say‘maybe Jim anyone belonging to them priests. September 1999 and remains a proud Limerick house and chatted with tions.” would become a priest’ and you kind of went “At the time I hada first cousin in Dalgan man. her solicitor,-based The singer-song- BORED men will be toasting apub along with that,” he said. [Columban Missionaries base in Navan] and he Jim described his experiences in Philippines Bill O’Donnell. writer'sbehaviourwas in Cappamoreastheycan now Jim wasborn in Pallasgreen in 1934. He was invited me to join him there. Heleft three in his memoir Fat God Thin God whichwas When she finally took described as erratic,un- enjoy apintofplain in Brown taught in Brackile National School by his uncle months before ordination and became a published in 2002. her seat in Courtroom1, ruly and aggressive. Thomas on Grafton Street – while Bill Kennedybefore attending Doon CBS Sec- creamery manager in .” The worldpremiere of The Judas Iscariot themulti-million selling The O’Riordan family theirbetterhalves shop forstyle. ondary School. Jim was ordained to thepriesthood in 1958. Lunch takes place at theLight House Cinema, artist whoreceived doctor formed the Circuit CourtpresidentMr “The best years of my life,” he said. After that he wasappointed assistanteditor of Dublin at 6.30pm this Thursday, February 25 worldwideacclaim for opinion that thesinger Justice Raymond Groarkegranted Jim decided to become a priest because theFar East magazine and studied in theUni- and will be shown on RTE at a later date. Happy ever after: James Kennedy with his family –wife Vicenta and children Paddy and Noriana her monster hits in- needed inpatient care. theflagship storeanordinary cluding Linger,Dreams After her arrest she seven-daypublican’s licence last and Zombie,listened to a spentthree weeks in St week. number of cases which Patrick'sHospitalin Constance Cassidy SC told the were called beforehers. Dublin under thecareof Circuit Licensing Court She watched as Judge consultantpsychiatrist that BrownThomas &CoLtd had Durcan told one young Seamus O'Ceallaigh and bought outanextinguished full Bu mp e r man whowas found in she also rented ahouse in pub licence – NedMcKnight’sof possession of €70 of co- . Cappamore. €50 Cash Back caine and €600 of can- The courtheard she The pub,owned by Jim Madden, wasclosed over twoyears agobut it Jou r n al A+ nabisplant “to grow up, hadbeen tooill to travel Vario Perfect 50 Cash Back look outatthe beautiful to Canada to see her chil- will live on in Dublin. Mr Madden, Frost Free 50 Cash Back € Condenser from Kilsheelan, hadtoattendthe € 1400 Spin skytoday and appreciate dren fortwo months Fridge Dryer what youhave”. prior to theincident. first courthearing. exa m i n e s Washing The singer wasdia- Judge Durcan saidhe “It wasquiteanexperience being Freezer gnosed as suffering bi- wanted to be “utterly in the Four Courts. Judge Groarke Machine •A+Energy Rating polar disorder after the clear that thedefendant didmakeacommentthatthey •Heat Pump Drying L i m e r i ck •Sensor Dying- air rage episode. is notbeing treatedany should putapicture of McKnight’s •Vario Perfect - Ms O'Riordan hadbeen differentlythan anyone in thenew bar. So what Iamhoping •185cm high x60cm shorter wash Detects when travelling home to Lim- else.” to do over thenextfew weeks is wide times of up to clothes are dry erick from theUSatthe The judgeasked forthe talk to somebodyinthe Limerick life in 1916 •Frost Free -no 66% less saving money and time of theincidenttoat- moneytobepaidtoa School of Artand Design to do a defrosting •A+++ -30% energy tend aMasstomarkthe charitywhich helpspris- pencil drawing of it. Ithinkit FINTAN WALSH •Premium internal rating - •Novent required. would look very well rather than a second anniversary of oners ahead of theirre- E: f i nta n .wa l s h @ l i m e r i c k l ead e r. i e finish Exceptionally ONLY her father'sdeath. lease from jail. photograph,” saidMrMadden, who energy efficient Reading outthe evid- hopes to be invited to thegrand .99 Walking down the A SPECIAL and limited edition of the Old ONLY •Large 8KG Load € 9 € ence in thecaseagain this opening. .99 43 .99 steps of thecourthouse, Limerick Journal, which looks at local € Capacity WednesdayJudge Duran The licence went from east Lim- 9 489 Ms O’Riordan wasmet by life in 1916, will be launched next week. ONLY 40 •1400Spin Speed AFTER saidthatwhen Ms O’Ri- erick to southDublin after Mr € alarge mediascrum. Sup- As part ofLimerick’s extensive itin- .99 .99 CASHBACK ordan wasarrested she Madden wascontactedbyanagent € AFTER portedbyher mother erary of 1916 commemorative events, the 9 € .99 459 told officers that shewas abouthis cleanpub licence. 44 CASHBACK Eileen, and her solicitor, 50th edition of the iconic publication — ER an "icon"and the “Queen Throughhis Limerick solicitors AFFTERT 499 Bill O'Donnell, she po- founded by the late Jim Kemmy in 1979 — ACK of Limerick”. – DavidPunch &Company – Mr AS HB litely answered questions Apencil drawingofNed McKnight’s in Cappamoreistohang in BrownThomas’GraftonStore aftertheyboughtthe publicence PICTURE: MICHAEL COWHEY will be presented to the public at the City C As details of thecase Madden learned that thepro- from thepress and urged Library, Michael Street, on Tuesday, were outlined, the other people suffering spective client wasBrown Thomas. prefer to have adrink rather than a pamorebut unfortunately it was 8pm. singer’s mother Eileen mentalillness to "reach Mr Madden wouldn’t reveal “Iwas in O’Dwyer’s one evening area. “We hadsomegreat night glass of wine or acup of tea’. Judge thereduction in drinkers that put According to the editor, Tom Donovan, bowedher head and outfor help". theamountpaid. in Cappamoreand apersonhad nights and therewas neverany Groarkelaughed and he said, ‘Do paid to NedMcKnight’s. It gotits it is thefirst journal of its kind, and it is closed her eyes. "I don't really have The courtheard thestore had just come backfromAus- problems. Thatwas one of the they really tell us thetruth about name after Mr Madden’s son Eoin three times bigger than the regular edi- On one occasion the muchtosay,just that I'm been operating awinelicence in its tralia. Theysaidthe whole inter- things that BrownThomas would howmuchtheyspend?’” recalled didsomeresearch and found he tion — 172 pages — which usually comes singer whowas dressed gladit'sover,"she said, restaurant forthe last 40 years and mediate teamfrom have looked for – aclean licence. Mr Madden. wasafamous local character. out at Christmas. in ablack coat withfur softly. wished to broaden theoffering for Cappamorewas already in Aus- We have all thetax clearance cer- The judgethen asked if he could Formerly ahotelithas been on He said that this issue shows both sides collar,and black wet-look "I want to thankthe its customers, particularly those tralia,” said Mr Madden, whoalso tificatesthatyou need and there see amenu. Cappamore’smain thoroughfare of the1916 rebellion that took place in trousers smiled fondly up doctors that helped me to whohad to wait around while their pointedtothe increase in people wasnoproblems withthe guards. “Theyhavearestaurant and the forthe best part of 100 years. The Dublin, and also looks at “the normal life at her mother,who getbacktomyhealth partners and spouses finished drinking at home. We ranthe pub right,” saidMr barwillbeinthe restaurant.Lor- Maddens bought it about15years in Limerick” in 1916. smiled back. mentally. shopping. “Thereisnodoubt that vil- Madden. raine showedhim themenuand he agofromTom O’Toole. He said that the publicity surrounding Over 10 media organ- "I'm very good today, Mr Madden, whodescribed lages across Ireland – and Cap- He,likemany, is looking for- looked down throughit. He said, “We hadagreat10to12years theevents in 1916 is now “more inclusive isations including na- very positive aboutthis BrownThomas employees as pamoreisnoexception – have been ward to seeing BrownThomas’ ‘MyGod, €4.50 foraportion of withlivemusicatthe weekend but and morebalanced” than it waswhen he tional and local coming year. “lovely people to deal with”, decimated. Ithink thereare alot of newpub on thethirdfloor. spuds’ and quickasflash she said, then thebottomjust fell outof celebrated the50th anniversary of the newspapers and broad- "I have acouple of al- saidLorraine Bedford, healthand publicans in thecountry only “From thepoint of view of Cap- ‘Yourhonour,Ithink we will have it. We closed it twotothree years Rising. “I wasrecentlytelling theschool cast media were satop- bums coming outand I'm safetycompliance manager,had a making alivingwage,” he pamorepeople going to Dublin, to look at that and maybeincrease ago. The problem withCappamore positethe singer,spread going to go backtowork." very good argumentfor thejudge. added. Butwhile Mr Madden was they will all want to see it. Won’t it!’” said Mr Madden, withasmile. wasthatafter Dell closed and the outovertwo long pews. She then satintothe “She said, ‘Yourhonour,ifyou forced to close thepub he has fond youget greatbrowniepointsfrom Youwouldn’t getawaywithchar- building industry slumped there Amedical reportwhich backseatofawhiteMer- were in withyourwifeand she was memories of thevillageand stays bringing her to BrownThomas ging almost €5 forchips in Cap- wasmass emigatrion. wascompiled by Dr Kevin cedes, her mother Eileen shopping, perhaps youwould in contactwithmanyfromthe while yougotothe bar!” Twomeyageneral practi- beside her,beforethe car tioner in out- wasdrivenout thegates lined howMsO’Riordan of thecourthouse by her wasina“hypomanic brother PJ. Election to go down to thewire Fightincityfor last twoseats ck Ba Kieran Faye has confirmed on. Thereseems to be quite h CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 €100 Cash Back that theLabourParty will anumber of discrepancies ck Familyofaccused double thenumber of ‘Im- this time though. We just Ba € Large Stainless O’Donoghue would benefit Meanwhile,MrO’Don- personation Agents’itwill have to hope people in the Des Ryan, long-standing contributor, and 30 Cas B from that. nell described thethree - have on duty on polling day polling centres arevigilant. have concerns Tom Donovan, editor PICTURE: ADRIAN BUTLER 45cm Slimline Steel Fridge In 2011, Niall Collins, week election campaign as to weed outpeoplewho Butitisparticularly dan- €70 Cash 1500 Spin against all odds, only “intense”,but playeddown maybeusing someone gerous when thereare one Dishwasher Freezer CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 psychiatric assessment Washer be carried outbut her ap- suffered asmall decrease in adropfor Fine Gael in else’spolling cardtocast or twoseats at stakeand it children in Glin that I was in the school in plication wasrefused by his first preference vote opinion polling, saying: theirvote. It is understood could be decided by asmall 1966, during the 50th anniversary celeb- Dryer •45cm wide •201cm high x70cm tion and outrageinthe Judge Marian O’Leary when seatsall around the “Forme, elections are Fine Gael aretaking asim- margin”. rat io n s . •9place settings wide local community. whonoteditwas thefirst countrywerebeing lost. based on theday people ilar approach. Returning officer Pat “ The difference from then to now is •8Kgwash •Glass Protection •Low Frost-less Apost-mortemexam- time suchconcerns had One Fine Gael source pre- vote.” Under electoral law, all Wallace saidthe recom- that,in 1966,it wasall one-sided. It was •5KgDrying Technology defrosting all about therebels, whofought for Ire- ination confirmed Mr been raised withthe dicted he would increase his And Cllr Quinlivansaid: candidatesare permittedto mendation to polling •• Sensor Drying •4Wash •A++ Energy Rating land. But in 2016 now, we have two mil- O’Donoghue died from a court. vote by 40% this time outbut “Limerick needs anew TD deployan‘impersonation centrestaff is that aquarter –Detects when Programmes itary and two policemen; fourofthe heartattack. However, thejudge another source argued that whowill be arealadvocate agent’ at every polling of people presenting to vote clothes are dry his vote in theeast of the forthe people and forthe other side. And we are looking at that side € Previously,itwas indic- notedtherewerecon- booth in theconstituency. areasked foradditional saving money .99 county would be down, as a constituency. of it. It’s abouteverybodywho foughtin ated thematterwas to cerns and she ordered Ms O’Sullivansaid: “It is identification on topof and energy 749 result of partyinfighting. ”Fine Gael has ranacam- 1 9 1 6. proceed on indictment they be brought to theat- something we will watch what is already expected. •• Eco Silence Drive “He has lost alot of good paign based on fear. They insofar as we can. It is not He said: “If thepresiding “And some of themilitary were caught and on TuesdayDetective tentionofthe prison gov- –Veryquiet and people in theeast,” he said. want thepeopletofeel alwayseasy. It is something officer and thepoll clerk up with it and were ontheir way to the ONLY ONLY ONLY Garda MikeReidy of Bruff ernor by his legal efficient motor gardastation, told Lim- representatives. 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