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MAY 18 marks the 30th anniversary of the suicide of Ian Curtis, the lead singer of the seminal cult band Joy Division.

Gaelnua, which runs Gaeltacht summer day courses in Connemara, has announced it will be making another bus available, following demand from the public.

Local authority bosses have been asked to bring road networks in Mayo up to standard after the harsh winter which has left them in a “terrible state”. The call has come from the Fine Gael spokesperson on community, equality, and Gaeltacht affairs, Deputy Michael Ring, who said motorists were having their vehicles destroyed because of the potholed condition of most routes in Mayo.

Last week’s Cabinet reshuffle has left the role of the Minister for Drugs vacant and has effectively sidelined the national drugs strategy at a time when we need to put every effort into tackling Ireland’s drugs crisis, according to Castlebar Fine Gael town councillor Ger Deere.

Éamon Ó Cuív, in one of his final acts as Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, has sanctioned money for works at Annaghdown Pier.

Parents of primary and secondary students in the Galway city area and can avail of Gaelnua’s Gaeltacht summer day-course option for their children.

To describe An Taoiseach Brian Cowen’s cabinet reshuffle as cautious would be to give it a gravitas it does not deserve. It was simply the work of an uninspired and dreadfully uninspiring leader.

It has often been noted about many of the Viking and Norman families that came to Ireland in the Middle Ages that once they settled down they became “more Irish than the Irish themselves”.

The Rural Affairs Minister Éamon Ó Cuív TD has been called on to intervene in a dispute which is brewing between the National Lottery and rural post offices.

Fine Gael Community, Rural, and Gaeltacht affairs spokesperson Michael Ring has said the Rural Social Scheme, which provides income support to those on social welfare in rural Ireland who provide services that benefit the community, must be retained.