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People in Claregalway and Milltown can expect to enjoy better quality, cleaner, water following the securing of funds for sewerage schemes in the area.

The Galway City Outer Bypass has been included in a shortlist of five roads projects to be progressed under a new economic stimulus package currently being negotiated by the Government.

A new high-capacity broadband cable linking Ireland with the United States will make Oranmore a hotbed for hi-tech multinationals according to a local TD.

“A Yes vote in the Fiscal Treaty referendum will be a key step in our economic recovery. It will send out a message of certainty to international investors thinking about creating jobs here.”

Plans for a new school in Knocknacarra, while half the pupils in an existing Gaelscoil remain in prefabs, have been branded as “nonsensical” by a Government TD.

The decision to omit an extension to a Gaelscoil in Knocknacarra from the five-year school building programme has been branded “entirely unacceptable” by a Government TD.

The deadline for the controversial €100 Household Charge falls on March 31, but it is understood that only 6,000 homes of more than 90,380 in County Galway have registered for the charge - a rate of 6.5 per cent with only three weeks left until the payment deadline.

A site in Knocknacarra is being sought for a new 16-classroom primary school with construction planned for early next year.

A plan by the HSE to impose a three per cent cut to funding for the Galway Hospice Foundation for this year has been condemned by Fine Gael Galway West TD Brian Walsh.

Tributes were paid yesterday to the former Connacht Tribune editor John Cunningham, who passed away on Tuesday.