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Following the announcement this week that the Electoral Commission recommends the Mayo constituency be changed from a four-seater to a five-seater and that south mayo areas added to the Galway west Dáil constituency be returned to the Mayo Dáil constituency - reaction was swift from some political quarters around Mayo.

Local Fine Gael Senator Aisling Dolan has welcomed Government confirmation of substantial funding for the upgrade of services and facilities at Portiucnula University Hospital in Ballinasloe.

Taoiseach on Mayo Visit this week

It is not every day that you move closer to the far-side of Europe, but that mammoth 5,500km journey became a lot more doable with the opening of the impressive new Athlone Greenway Bridge over the river Shannon.

At the invitation of constituent elected representative, Deputy Peter Burke, Rosemount native and current Rose of Tralee, Rachel Duffy was a recent visitor to Dáil Éireann, where she enjoyed a tour of Leinster House and met with An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar.

Local Fine Gael TD Ciaran Cannon has described the results of a speed survey in Craughwell village as a shocking example of a national speeding crisis and has urged Taoiseach Leo Varadkar immediately engage with the Gardai, the Road Safety Authority, and the Minister for Transport in an effort to tackle speeding head on and ensure the safety of vulnerable road users.

The matter of medical card patients in Mayo being unable to access dental services in the county was raised in the Dail on Wednesday of this week by Mayo TD Alan Dillon, who told Taoiseach Leo Varadkar during Questions to An Taoiseach: "There is a staggering average in the county of over 5,500 patients per dentist awaiting treatment under the DTSS. Dentists are overwhelmed, patients are travelling abroad, and this is all a serious concern for medical card holders in Mayo."

Galway West Independent TD Noel Grealish has called in the Dáil for the simplification of the work permit system that allows workers from countries outside the EU to fill job roles in Galway and the rest of Ireland, in areas where there is a crippling shortage.