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The EU introduced a tyre label in 2012 that was aimed at providing consumers across Europe with key performance information at the point of sale when they were faced with choosing a new tyre for their vehicle. On May 1 this year, the EU introduced a new and improved version of the tyre label, simplifying the way the performance detail is featured on the label and showing some additional attributes of the tyre. The trouble is, in Ireland at least, not many people know about its existence.

The Marine Institute’s Explorers Education Programme and Educational Passages are said to be delighted that the 1.5 metre unmanned mini sailboat called ‘Seoltóir Na Gaillimhe – the Galway Sailor’, that was deployed by a Galway school in June, was recently found stranded on the Bunes Beach above the Arctic Circle in the Lofoten Islands, in Norway.

Local Sinn Féin Deputy and Spokesperson on Defence, Sorca Clarke, has accused the government of failing third level students as college costs continue to spiral out of control and many are struggling to find accommodation.

New energy labels are coming into effect to bring EU consumers a better understanding of their carbon footprint and energy consumption.

The recent United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report signed off by 195 governments is a truly terrifying read. It makes clear that Global Warming- characterised by more intense and frequent heatwaves, storms, rainfall, flooding and melting glaciers as well as rising sea levels, is due to human activity. It further stated that no part of the world is safe from its consequences and that these changes are accelerating.

Registration is now open for the 2021 EMPOWER EXPLORE event which will take place online on Tuesday September 7 from 9:30am to 1:00pm.

Work is set to begin on the Spiddal Sewerage Scheme, a €4 million water infrastructure upgrade to stop raw sewage from being discharged into Galway Bay.

Bionical Emas, a global Contract Research Organisation (CRO), providing a range of services to the pharmaceutical and Biotech sector, is to establish a storage, distribution, and secondary labelling facility in the Midlands region allowing for the initial creation of approximately 35 new local jobs.

More than 140 classrooms across County Galway have more than 30 pupils, well above the EU average of 20 pupils per class.

Despite the unprecedented challenges facing the Irish food, drink and horticulture sector in 2020, the resilience and positive outlook of the sector is clear as 82 percent of Irish businesses are optimistic for the next three years, according to ‘Bord Bia’s Readiness Radar’ report.