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The Governing Council of the European Central Bank will resume its discussions on the Government's plan for IBRC at a meeting in Frankfurt this morning.
It is expected that ECB President Mario Draghi will give a statement on the matter this afternoon at his monthly news conference.
Joining Pat were Peter Spiegel, Brussels Bureau Chief with the Financial Times; Dan O’Brien of the Irish Times; Tony Foley of the DCU Business School; Independent TD, Shane Ross; Fionnan Sheahan of the Irish Independent; Stephen Donnelly, Independent TD; and RTE Europe Editor, Tony Connolly.
Last week the Minister for Justice Alan Shatter told us that the closure of 95 mostly rural Garda stations will free up members of the force to engage in frontline policing. He said the closures will result in 61,000 additional patrol hours being available to engage directly in community policing, crime prevention and crime detection.
The closures have angered many in rural Ireland who have protested at the loss of another amenity as treasured as the local post office or bank. An unnamed Garda writing in a Sunday newspaper stated “there is a rising feeling of outright anger at the tearing apart of the structures of policing in this country”.
Joining Pat from Donegal is former Garda Sergeant Christy Galligan, who was also a district representative of the AGSI...he was a member for 29 years and retired last year and Sunday Independent journalist Eamon Delaney, who has been writing on the subject of how the force should be modernised.
The good news from the horse meat controversy this morning is that rangeland foods is back in production at its plant in Castleblayney in Co. Monaghan, having got the go ahead from the Department of Agriculture.
But how is the controversy affecting the local people who live in Castleblayney and Ballybay, an area that has up to now enjoyed a reputation for quality food. We sent Valerie Cox to find out.
Joining Pat were Peter Spiegel, Brussels Bureau Chief with the Financial Times; Dan O’Brien of the Irish Times; Tony Foley of the DCU Business School; Independent TD, Shane Ross; Fionnan Sheahan of the Irish Independent; Stephen Donnelly, Independent TD; and RTE Europe Editor, Tony Connolly.
