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Homeless charity Galway Simon Community has raised concerns as the latest figures released by the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government reveal that the number of young adults (18 – 24) living in Emergency Accommodation is growing faster than any other category, against a backdrop of rising rents and a deepening housing crisis. There were 481 people living in Emergency Accommodation across Galway, Mayo and Roscommon in April, an increase of 19% on the previous year. The increase in the number of young adults living in Emergency Accommodation in the same period was 44%.

Students from 15 schools were honoured at an award ceremony recently celebrating the winners of this year’s Green-Schools Marine Spatial Planning Competition: Our Ocean, Our Plan - including James Brisson from St Oliver Plunkett National School in Ballina who won second place in the Senior Primary category for his 3D model.

Fianna Fáil councillor Brenda Mulroy has received confirmation from Irish Water that it will be submitting an application to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage this month for a foreshore licence to carry out survey work on Clew Bay in relation to a new sewerage treatment plant for Newport.

Local Minister of State for Local Government and Planning at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Peter Burke, has announced the commencement of a new funding scheme targeting the waste water collection and treatment needs of villages without access to public waste water services in South Westmeath.

Approvement in principle for the construction of 55 apartments at Marist College (the old Hermitage building) on Retreat Road has been welcomed by the Cathaoirleach, Westmeath County Council, Cllr Frankie Keena.

BirdWatch Ireland in partnership with the Heritage Office of Galway County Council undertook a survey of barn owls in the county, the results of which show that the fortunes of this iconic farmland bird may be changing, as barn owls were recorded returning to parts of the county where they have been absent for decades.

Atlantic Technological University will host a free public seminar on the skills needs of the traditional building sector in Ireland at its Galway city campus next month. The seminar, on Friday, June 3, will be followed on June 4 with a demonstration of traditional skills at the Irish Workhouse Centre in Portumna.

Mayo County Council has announced the launch event for Navigating a Future, which will take place at Ballina Arts Centre at 6pm on Friday, May 20.

Fine Gael TD Ciaran Cannon is urging Galway Co. Council to prioritise Craughwell for investment in a new waste water treatment plant for the town.

Minister Darragh O’Brien was impressed by the progress he witnessed on the village’s new wastewater treatment plant, when he visited last weekend.