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Local Green Party Councillor, Louise Heavin, this week spoke to the Athlone Advertiser and reflected in detail upon the recent publication, by Government, of the Climate Action Plan 2021.

Chambers Ireland, the voice of business throughout Ireland, has welcomed the Government’s revised National Development Plan which was launched earlier this week.

When a former member of the Defence Forces dies, the family should be presented with the Tricolour at their funeral, the same as at funerals of Irish soldiers killed on duty.

Fine Gael Cllr Ger Deere put forward a notice of motion to the February meeting of the Castlebar Muncipal District which read:"That this Council identify a suitable site in the Castlebar Urban area for the provision of a skate park and examine possible streams of funding to develop same.” His motion was supported by the other elected members, with Cllr Michael Kilcoyne suggesting that a skate park should be included as part of the masterplan being prepared for the Lough Lannagh area of the town.

Local Fianna Fáil Councillor, Frankie Keena, who is a member of the Governing Body of Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT) has welcomed the joint signing of a memorandum of understanding between AIT and Dublin City University (DCU) confirming plans for a new four year undergraduate degree in teaching at the progressive third level institution.

There was a feisty and interesting exchange in the Dáil last week that caught the attention of the national media and woke some of the sleeping deputies in the unparliamentary surroundings of the convention centre.

Senator Pauline O’Reilly said that the Green Party are announcing a dramatic increase in funding for organic farmers.

Green Party General Election candidate in Longford/Westmeath constituency, Cllr. Louise Heavin, has spoken of the urgent need to protect trees in the Athlone environs following recent incidents during which pertinent damage was suffered as a result of trimming.

Athlone Extinction Rebellion founder and Green Party general election candidate for the Roscommon/Galway constituency, Julie O’Donoghue, has expressed her immense dissatisfaction at the decision taken to permanently close the Cuisle Accessible Holiday Resort in Donamon at the end of November.

Renua candidate for the Castlebar electoral area, Michael Farrington, has pledged to take on Ireland’s fly-tipping and littering problem by naming and shaming the perpetrators.