The North: At last, DUP agree on transferring policing and justice powers from London

RTÉ reports:

"The First Minister and DUP leader Peter Robinson has said his party's representatives at the Stormont Assembly have backed a deal with Sinn Féin on the devolution of policing and justice powers from Westminster.

"The breakthrough follows lengthy negotiations involving both governments at Hillsborough Castle over the past two weeks.
Taoiseach Brian Cowen and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will travel to Belfast this morning to put their seal on the agreement."

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Vote Mary Lou to fix Fianna Fáil

OKAY, if it's a battle between Mary Lou McDonald of Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil's Eoin Ryan for the last European seat in Dublin then it has to be Mary Lou Number 1.

And keep voting Left to fix Fianna Fáil.

In Europe, I'm voting Mary Lou/Sinn Féin, Joe Higgins/Socialist Party, Patricia McKenna and Labour.

The same goes for the local elections too. In my area, I'm voting Sinn Féin, Labour and maybe Independents (if I can find out what they stand for and they're not wing-nuts).

Whatever you do, don't stay home – use your vote to make the Government sit up and listen.