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Minister of State for the Office of Public Works, Deputy Patrick O’Donovan, visited Athlone on Tuesday afternoon for a series of meetings and to view progress on flood alleviation works at a number of locations.

Minister of State for Disabilities and Fianna Fáil TD for Galway East, Anne Rabbitte TD, has welcomed the allocation of €1.1 million today to Local Action Groups in Galway under the Transitional LEADER Programme, which will come into effect in April 2021.

An incident in which lecturers were overheard using insulting language about their students has highlighted the need for unconscious bias training for all staff in the Higher Education sector, a Fine Gael Senator has said.

Back in Connemara for Christmas, which she insisted on calling Christ Mass, Ethel Mannin opens the door of her little cottage, located between Roundstone and Clifden, close to Mannin Bay. She has been away for some time. She lights fires in all three rooms, to drive away the musty smell and damp, and soon she is comfortable sitting by the window looking out at the sea, the mountains beyond. She was back to stay until restlessness, or some political challenge, calls her away again.

The "mean-spirited" ban on music and dancing at weddings urgent try needs to be reviewed by the Government, according to Sinn Féin Galway West TD, Mairead Farrell.

Concerns have been raised at a high level for a south Galway village on the shores of Galway Bay, which is threatened by regular flooding, damaging homes, and with tidal waters cutting off the village from the surrounding area.

Construction of a new fire station in Athenry is now a priority project for the Galway County Council, as acquisition of a site is almost complete and a design team is to be appointed to take the project through the planning process and construction.

A new building for Scoil Chaitríona in Renmore may have taken a step closer to becoming a reality following a meeting between the Minister for Education and representatives of the school.

Government funding of €250,000 to upgrade the existing Achill Island water treatment plant has been described as 'chicken feed' by an Achill-based councillor.

The National Disability Authority has extended the deadline for entries to its 'Someone Like Me' primary schools' art competition to Friday December 18, allowing pupils an additional two weeks to put the finishing touches to their creative projects celebrating the things that unite children of all abilities.