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The farming community has been badly hit in the continuing economic crisis with subsidy payments now paying more than agricultural or dairy incomes earned throughout the year. The turnaround means that the once thriving farming sector in this country is no longer a viable business for many and families are increasingly finding it difficult to survive by living off the land.

The farming community has been badly hit in the continuing economic crisis with subsidy payments now paying more than agricultural or dairy incomes earned throughout the year. The turnaround means that the once thriving farming sector in this country is no longer a viable business for many and families are increasingly finding it difficult to survive by living off the land.

Those looking for council houses in Kilkenny are becoming victims on the double of the development crash and Kilkenny’s councils are being turned into the local implementation arm of NAMA, according to local Labour Party councillor, Seán Ó hArgáin.

The Athlone St Patrick’s Day Parade Committee have announced a full schedule of events for St Patrick’s Day this year, and now all they need are the people of Athlone to come out and support the events.

A heritage radio programme, a water quality project, and a survey of a monastic site are among the heritage projects in Westmeath that will benefit from the latest round of grants from the Heritage Council.

With less than three weeks remaining until St Patrick’s Day the parade committee would like to remind everyone that float entries for the parade must be submitted by March 1. All participants are encourged to be as creative and imaginative as possible in designing and constructing their floats/entries. Don’t forget the theme for this year’s parade is The Environment.

The St Patrick’s Day celebrations will start early in 2010 as the organisers have created a programme of events in the run up to the big day.

Elderly people in the RAPID areas of Galway city are set to benefit from a the €100,000 funding announced this week for small-scale health and community projects.

Bennettsbridge Fine Gael Councillor Pat O’Neill has revealed that Kilkenny County Council has 40 vacant affordable houses while there are 1,300 people on the local authority housing scheme waiting list.

Áras Inis Gluaire will host Married to the Sea, a multi-award-winning Irish play, on Sunday December 14.