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A total of 13 new staff have been appointed to the Galway County Council’s housing department - 10 additional technical staff and three administrative staff.

As per Met Éireann’s latest storm advice, the effects of Storm Barra will begin to be felt across Ireland from Tuesday morning, continuing all the way into Wednesday morning. The main impacts will include strong winds, falling trees and potential flooding. High tide in Galway Bay will be at 6.45am Tuesday.

The MÓR Action group which has been campaigning for improved infrastructure to take into consideration the growth of the Oranmore area have called for that growth to be recognised in both transport and development plans.

Three Galway parks and gardens have been included in the 2021 Green Flag awards announced by An Taisce environmental education.

Seán Canney TD has welcomed news that a planning application is under way for the refurbishment of Loughrea Town Hall.

75 primary school classrooms across Galway City and County will this year join the litter-picking Picker Pals Programme, learning about how to make the world better and have fun doing it.

A “significant increase” has been recorded in the number of housing adaptation grant applications to the Galway County Council for the first half of 2021, compared to the same period last year.

The thematic for this year’s iteration of the festival will be related to 'Alternative Futures'. AATE will invite audiences to reflect on propositions/ opportunities for change and intervention in a world of uncertainty.

Although assisted emigration was frowned upon by some bishops and by the Land League leaders Michael Davitt and Charles S Parnell, there were some assisted schemes that were carefully planned, and in many cases worked well. The schemes that worked best were those which helped Irish families to avoid settlement in the great eastern cities of America where large numbers were caught in huge, stinking slums where it could take a generation or two to escape from.

THE STUNNING and David Kitt will headline Ceol an tSamhraidh, a series of free live music events taking place on Saturday October 16 and Friday 22 in Ballinasloe and Clifden.