Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I have received what I consider to be troubling information from councillors around the country who have been informed by some clubs in their respective areas that they are not on the favoured list. They seem to have information that is not readily available. I understand from at least one club that it has been told by the local Fine Gael councillor that it has not met the criteria but that he will make an extra effort on its behalf. I was inclined not to believe what I was being told. However, one day I happened to be on Kildare Street and saw a procession of Fine Gael backbenchers en route to the Minister's office. This may have been a coincidence; they may not have been lobbying.

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