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The station opened on August 1, 1851. The buildings and the Great Southern Hotel were designed by John Skipton Mulvany. It was originally planned to have the station at Renmore, but the well-known Father Peter Daly convinced the railway authorities to construct Lough Atalia Bridge and bring the trains into the centre of town. The fact that he owned tenement buildings on the site where the Great Southern was built may well have had something to do with it. These tenements were levelled to make way for the hotel and station.

No 100 The Willows is a beautifully presented three bedroom semidetached owner occupied home with a quality finish throughout. It is located within walking distance of Athenry town centre, schools, shops and restaurants on a west facing site, which is not overlooked to front or rear, within a popular and well-maintained development.

Construction of a new fire station in Athenry is now a priority project for the Galway County Council, as acquisition of a site is almost complete and a design team is to be appointed to take the project through the planning process and construction.

A designated commuter train from Athenry to Galway could become a reality after a motion was adopted calling on City Hall to work in conjunction with the Galway County Galway, to ask Iarnród Éireann, for such a service.

An East Galway TD has welcomed an analysis of passenger numbers using the Ennis-Athenry rail-line.

THE ATHENRY Youth Orchestra has been chosen as one of only eight such orchestras from across Ireland, to perform at the 22nd Festival of Youth Orchestras in the National Concert Hall in Dublin.

Disabled travellers and those with limited mobility should not be waiting six months for the lifts which service the footbridge at Athenry railway station to be repaired.

In a statement this week, Senator Lorraine Higgins has urged for swift action to be undertaken in alleviating the traffic congestion which has been caused by train delays at Athenry. She insists that “Irish Rail must adopt an imaginative solution to the persistent traffic chaos that ensues when trains are delayed at Athenry. Unless something is done immediately, the town will lose significant trade to neighbouring areas.” When trains on the Galway/Limerick and Dublin/Galway are delayed on the single track system, it has a significant knock-on effect, not just on arrival and departure times for passengers.”

Galway based marquee company, Magnum Marquee Hire, has been successful in tendering for the contract to provide marquees and temporary structures for the launch of the Western Rail Corridor on Monday March 29.

Green Party Cllr Niall Ó Brolcháin along with this fellow Green Local Election candidates will do a sponsored walk from Athenry to Tuam.