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Belmullet-based county councillor Rose Conway-Walsh has been appointed to a special committee to represent local and regional authorities in the European Union.

Mr Justice Nial Fennelly of the Supreme Court and formerly Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Union, will deliver the School of Law annual distinguished lecture on Friday April 4 at 8pm in the Aula Maxima (ground floor), at NUI Galway. The title of his lecture will be: The National Judge and the European Union.

The population of a protected bird that likes to hide in heather on a Mayo bogland has doubled.

A ‘Plan B’ is urgently needed on the Galway City Outer Bypass as the chances of the project getting the green light from the Europe Court of Justice are “only 50-50”, according to a Government TD.

The Galway City Bypass is not a project under threat or one that will fail to materialise at it “remains a high priority of the Government”, according to Fine Gael Galway West TD Brian Walsh.

The Galway City Outer Bypass will form part of the new National Development Plan, the contents of which are due to be revealed in October, it was confirmed last night.

Although a draft capital budget has been drawn up and presented to the members of Kilkenny County Council for the county’s capital expenditure for 2011 - 2013 the county manager Joe Crockett has warned, ‘we have to assume that a lot of this plan will not go ahead’.

The controversial Galway City Outer Bypass will be the subject of a high level meeting in Brussels next week involving the European Commission.

While most businesses in the west of Ireland have full VAT recovery and therefore often say that VAT is not a “real” cost to them, many traders have VAT tied up in stock, debtors, and costs within their company. These areas could be better managed in order to keep the cash flow cost of VAT to a minimum.

While most businesses in the west of Ireland have full VAT recovery and therefore often say that VAT is not a “real” cost to them, many traders have VAT tied up in stock, debtors, and costs within their company. These areas could be better managed in order to keep the cash flow cost of VAT to a minimum.