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Ballina TD Dara Calleary has been handed the arduous task of implementing public service reform after Brian Cowen’s reshuffle of the Cabinet this week. While there was a lot of talk of Calleary getting a full ministerial portfolio in the lead up to the reshuffle, the Taoiseach gave him the role of leading the charge to reform the public service.

The referral of the Galway City Outer Bypass to the EU Court of Justice should not delay the bypass proceeding to the preliminary tender stage according to Galway West TD Frank Fahey.

Carlow Kilkenny Fine Gael Senator John Paul Phelan has hit out at plans for a further hike in school transport charges, saying the rise shows “the Government is targeting families during Brian Cowen’s recession”.

The IFA president Padraig Walsh is very positive that immediate action will be taken at both national and EU level to resolve the severe problems in the sheep sector.

Galway-based company MarCon Computations International Ltd has developed new software enabling the company to target new markets in the aquaculture/mariculture industry and the fisheries agencies, by participating in InterTradeIreland’s FUSION programme.

A number of splinters rippled to the surface in the solidity of Mayo County Council’s united front in the face of Minister for Environment, Heritage and Local Government John Gormley’s directions to change the development plan as adopted by the council on May 6 this year.

The presidential motorcade was greeted by hundreds of flag waving children from the Holy Family National School last Tuesday morning in Newport as it turned up towards Cuan Modh Day Care. After passing under a banner that traversed the Main Street welcoming the President to the town, showcasing the pride the town had in welcoming Ireland’s first citizen to their town. The community sprit that was shown by the locals was echoed and welcomed by President McAleese when she spoke at the official opening of the centre, where she remarked on the hard work and commitment put in by all the locality in getting the centre off the ground from an idea to the facility it is today.

A new report has highlighted that gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people living in Mayo and throughout the west of Ireland are being discriminated against.

The Minster for Education Batt O’Keeffe adhered to a busy itinerary on Wednesday as he opened three schools and four school extensions in the county.

As it was the last meeting of the Westport Area Committee before election time, town manager Peter Hynes said that it was important to look back at the proactive work achieved by the area committee during the last five years, and highlighted some momentous achievements such as the: Westport Environs Plan; the Aughagower sewerage scheme; the car park at Silverstrand; the Louisburgh Playshcool; beach management and beach bye-laws; navigational aids at Clew Bay; the improvement of piers in the county; tourism projects—walks, cycleways; housing projects in Aughagower and Cushlough; the redevelopment of the old station in Newport; the scheme in Kilmeena; the development and the improvement of housing and roads in the area.