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During Monday afternoon’s county council meeting, councillors vented their anger at the Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 which is being debated at present in the Dáil.

The Galway City Council has enough sand to ensure the main roads into Galway city and around the city centre are gritted and kept ice free for this weekend and further supplies of sand and salt are on the way.

The city’s water supply, already low and under pressure due to the unprecedented cold weather, may have to rationed if the city’s water levels remain at their current “low and critical level”.

City Hall is demanding an apology from Fine Gael councillor Pádraig Conneely for remarks he made about a senior official. However the outspoken councillor remains unrepentant.

The sub zero temperatures being experienced in Kilkenny city and county have taken their toll on businesses, families, schools, and the support services, over the past number of days leaving many services closed until further notice.

Disgraced Unionist politician Iris Robinson may have said “I am so, so sorry,” following the recent revelations about her teenage lover and alleged soliciting of funds, but Pádraig Conneely will not be following her lead.

The elected members of Mayo County Council were told that water supply levels were very low around the county following the recent weather. Director of services for water services Paddy Mahon told the annual budget meeting: “Normally we use 59,000 cubic metres of water a day in the county, but yesterday (Sunday, January 10) we used 69,000 cubic metres of water in the county, that’s 16 per cent more than normal and this week we expect it to get worse. The situation in the Castlebar reservoir is critical today (Monday) and rationing will have to be considered over the week”.

The members of the Castlebar electoral area committee decided to bring their next meeting of the committee forward to as soon as possible once the council have been notified of their roads grants for the year from central government. Fianna Fáil Councillor Al McDonnell brought up the state of the roads since the cold snap, which has resulted in a large number of potholes around the area.

The proposed closure of three level crossings in Straide by Irish Rail will not go ahead if the members of the Castlebar electoral area committee have their way. Irish Rail have applied for and been given planning permission by Mayo County Council to carry out works on three crossings known as XX31, XX32 and XX33. The rail company have also been given permission to carry out remedial works at a bridge in the area, to deepen the underpass of the bridge which they envisage being used as the only access route over or under the railway lines. The works at the bridge will see the road being deepened by three and half foot to ease access. However, the councillors maintain that having this bridge as the only crossing of the rail line is totally unacceptable as the bridge is a danger already and is prone to flooding at the moment and this will only get worse if the road is lowered a few more feet.

A review is to be carried out into the pay and display procedures in place in Ballinrobe and Claremorris.