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Q & A with Dublin West Labour Party candidate Joan Burton

Statistics from 1927 show that while the incidence of reported crime has risen the level of crime per head of the population has remained static or declined in the last 23 years

Statistics from 1927 show that while the incidence of reported crime has risen the level of crime per head of the population has remained static or declined in the last 23 years

Ciaran Cannon, PD, Galway East`.

The councilor from Athenry wants to be 'involved in the politics of getting things done,  the politics of getting services and funding to where they are most needed'. Having successfully ran in local elections in 2004, this is his first year in a general election.

Clare Daly, Socalist Party, Dublin North

Dathi Doolan, Sinn Fein Candidate Dublin South East

Roderic O'Gorman, Green Party, Dublin West

Sean O'Buachalla, Green Party, Meath East

Paschal Donohue, FG, Dublin Central

For eight years none of the three vital road safety measure promised in the government's Road to Safety strategy were implemented. The three measures were random breath testing, a reduction in waiting time for driving tests and full implementation of penalty points. They were all recommend as “vital” in the government's road safety campaign launched in 1998.

During that time 3,181, people died on Ireland's roads, almost as many people called in the troubles between 1969-1994.