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Chief Executive Officer of the Family Resource Centre National Forum, Fergal Landy, has been selected to run in the Oranmore-Athenry local electoral area for the Labour Party.

Former RTE Midlands Correspondent Ciaran Mullooly has hit the ground running as an Independent Ireland candidate for June’s European Parliament Elections in the Midlands-North West constituency.

Name recognition will not be an issue for Fine Gael’s candidates in the Midlands-North West constituency this June, after two well known faces were selected to be the party’s ticket for Europe.

Fine Gael have added the Young Fine Gael President Eoghan Gallagher to their local election ticket in Athenry-Oranmore.

Athlone student Ryan Dolan was one of just 24 teenagers from all over the island of Ireland to be presented with a Rotary Youth Leadership Development certificate at the European Parliament’s offices in Dublin recently.

In a hundred days from now, most of us will go to the polls to elect new city and county councillors and new MEPs. The race for the European seat used to be a lot more interesting when the constituency was merely the West...now it goes from Rossaveal to somewhere near the Mull of Kintyre. There is never any shortage of candidates for the European gig...as political posts go, they are the most desired. If I ever come back in the next life as a politician, you’ll find me in Brussels or Strasbourg, eating starters instead of main courses to keep the pounds down.

Our Lady’s Bower have been proudly announced as the winner of the national #ThinkLanguages competition by Minister for Education, Deputy Norma Foley.

Galway Greens are to hold a fun and eco-friendly event – the Galway Greens Clothes Swap, taking place this Saturday, February 17, at their Woodquay offices, with doors opening at 3pm.

The young people of Ireland could greatly benefit from the introduction of an EU-wide strategy specifically focused on providing assistance with the cost of living and housing crisis - this, the view of Midlands-North West MEP Maria Walsh, who is calling for the introduction of a strategy to increase funding for affordable housing and to promote private sector investment in housing construction.

Ireland must be more proactive when it comes to protecting our children and young people, according to Midlands-North West MEP Maria Walsh.