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A decision on releasing the balance of the money for the €7.1 million Clare River flood relief scheme is to be made in the coming weeks by the Minister for Public Expenditure, Brendan Howlin.

Close to 700 people were left on trolleys at University Hospital Galway in June, a 59 per cent increase on last year, and is a result of the non-intervention of the Health Minister, Leo Varadkar.

Construction of a new primary care centre in Westport is expected to begin within the next six to nine months. 

Independent Senator Fidelma Healy Eames has asked Minister Paschal O’Donohoe to consider using the old N6 for the Greenway cycleway from Ballinasloe to Galway.

A Mayoman who completed a PhD in Political Science in NUI Galway six years ago was this week named as the new Chief of Staff of the Irish Defence Forces.

Health Minister Leo Varadkar is to be canvassed on site next week for a commitment to provide funding for the promised new state of the art Galway Hospice facility at Merlin Park.

The sixth class students of Tubberclair National School, Glasson, received national recognition for their project, which explored the issues facing children in the developing world. 

Local Fine Gael TD, Gabrielle McFadden, has been informed by the Minister for Defence, Simon Coveney, that almost 120 life-saving missions have been carried out by the air ambulance helicopter since the launch of the service in the summer of 2012.

Gardai are able to arrest motorists caught driving while disqualified, under new rules that came into force this week. 

Questions over compensation for home owners in negative equity, whose homes are to be demolished by the new N6 Galway City Transport Project route, will be raised at a meeting in Leinster House next week.