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Achtaíodh Bille na Gaeltachta Déardaoin seo caite i ndiaidh don fhreasúra siúl amach as an Dáil, i bhfianaise nach raibh sé i gceist ag an Aire Gaeltachta Dinny McGinley, glacadh le haon cheann de bhreis agus 150 leasú a bhí molta acu ar an mbille. Seo an chéad uair le fada an lá nach raibh aontacht sa Dáil ar cheist na Gaeilge, ach theip ar Fhine Gael agus páirtí an Lucht Oibre an aontacht sin a bhaint amach toisc gur dhiúltaigh siad glacadh le hoiread is leasú amháin don Bhille.

Tá díospóireacht á dhéanamh sa Dáil inniu, Déardaoin 12 Iúil, ar an dara chéim de chuid Bille na Gaeltachta 2102. Beidh sé os comhair na Dála arís amárach agus tá sé tugtha le fios go ndéanfar iarracht céim a thrí den Bhille a bhrú tríd an Dáil ar an 19 Iúil, an lá deireanach a bheidh an Dáil ina suí roimh bhriseadh an tsamhraidh.

I have recently had some correspondence with the anti-smoking group ASH looking for the AA to support a ban on smoking in cars. It is an interesting debate and not just for obvious reasons.

I have recently had some correspondence with the anti-smoking group ASH looking for the AA to support a ban on smoking in cars. It is an interesting debate and not just for obvious reasons.

Early last year when Labour decided to hold this year’s centenary conference in Galway, they could not have foreseen just how different the picture would be. They had just been elected into power along with Fine Gael on a tidal wave of dissent against the incumbent incompetents. They had elected many new TDs, bright young things whom it seemed had lots to offer the party in this new coalition. Here in Galway, we provided two of them — Derek Nolan and Colm Keaveney — and they represented a refreshing change, and in the Seanad, Lorraine Higgins has also been groomed for greater things. Happy days for Labour in Government and in Galway.

Galway is set to become the battleground for an internecine struggle over who will be elected chair of the Labour Party this month as both the party’s Galway TDs - Derek Nolan (Galway West) and Colm Keaveney (Galway East) are understood to be touting for support among their parliamentary colleagues.

“I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians,” the former French president Charles De Gaulle once said. Indeed he would have been within his rights to substitute the word ‘dangerous’ for ‘serious’.

Pouring rain and wintry weather conditions did not prevent a hardy group of protesters from gathering at Market Square, Castlebar, on Wednesday last to rally against the handover of €1.25 billion of taxpayers’ money to fund unsecured Anglo bondholders.

“I’ve always believed and told people that if they have an issue with the way things are being run, they should write a letter to their local TDs, senators, the relevant Minster, and the Taoiseach of the day and let them know.”

The chairman of a famous annual New Year festival - which has been attracting major crowds since it was first staged 34 years ago - has urged RTE to consider broadcasting the event in future years.