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Could Galway be in for a blackout next week? The Minister for the Environment John Gormley certainly hopes so as he is calling on Galwegians to take part in Earth Hour 2010.

Shell to Sea has called on the Minister for Environment John Gormley to protect the environment and turn down Shell's application for a foreshore license which would entail carrying out destructive surveying works in Sruwaddacon estuary.

Councillors abilities to go off on junkets or make claims for conferences they may not have attended will be limited under new regulations.

Breaches of planning law occur too often and then it takes too long before the local authorities can do something about it and this state of affairs needs to change.

Fine Gael are predicting that Minister for Environment, Heritage and Local Government John Gormley’s interference in the newly adopted Mayo County Development Plan could lead to government instability.

The Fine Gael spokesperson on Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Deputy Michael Ring, has learned that local authorities can now introduce community wardens outside schools following the success of a pilot scheme. He had sought an update on the pilot scheme commitment as included in the Programme for Government.

The five-member delegation from Mayo County Council which met with the Oireachtas Committee for Environment, Heritage and Local Government left Government buildings on Tuesday night happy that they had put forward their best case for the retention of the new Mayo County Development Plan. The issue of the plan has rumbled on since it was adopted in April unanimously by the 31 elected members of Mayo County Council, with a number of submissions and changes put forward by the Minister for Environment, John Gormley, and his department and issued on his behalf by County Manager Des Mahon.

The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government John Gormley, has said that local authorities must plan adequately in order to respond to drinking water incidents.

Fine Gael Leader Enda Kenny TD has questioned Mayo County Council about the current funding available from the Minister of Environment, John Gormley TD and the administration of the housing grants available in Mayo.

The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, John Gormley was in Carlow last week where he attended a number of important engagements.