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The five-member delegation from Mayo County Council which met with the Oireachtas Committee for Environment, Heritage and Local Government left Government buildings on Tuesday night happy that they had put forward their best case for the retention of the new Mayo County Development Plan. The issue of the plan has rumbled on since it was adopted in April unanimously by the 31 elected members of Mayo County Council, with a number of submissions and changes put forward by the Minister for Environment, John Gormley, and his department and issued on his behalf by County Manager Des Mahon.

Following Saturday’s protest in Eyre Square, new figures show that 4,415 children in primary schools in Galway are in classes of 30 pupils or more.

“I might be down but I am not out. I have every intention of contesting the next local elections and I would see the best option for me right now is to run as an independent,” said local PD councillor, Walter Lacey, following the devastating news that the Progressive Democrats are no longer politically viable.

Leaflets handed out throughout the city last week offering a 15 per cent discount for customers of a head shop have been slammed by a local senator who believes the shop is ridiculing the Government.

Many familiar faces will, once again, hit the campaign trail next spring in the run-up to the May local elections for what promises to be a formidable battle, as candidates old and new, compete for coveted council seats.

The Environment Minister needs to firmly commit to the replacement of 3kms of lead pipes in Old Mervue and guarantee the quality of water in order to put the minds of Galway residents at ease and restore confidence, according to Fine Gael Senator Fidelma Healy Eames.

Earlier this week, Sinn Féin Senator Pearse Doherty gave a presentation to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs on his new report on redevelopment in the west, entitled Awakening the West.

Fianna Fail Senator Camillus Glynn yesterday pleaded guilty to hitting a businessman in the gents’ toilets of a local hotel, when the case came before the courts in Mullingar.

Fianna Fail Senator Camillus Glynn yesterday pleaded guilty to hitting a businessman in the gents’ toilets of a local hotel, when the case came before the courts in Mullingar.

A ‘Galway Mass’ will be held for the late Seamus Brennan, in St Patrick Church, Forster Street Galway this Saturday at 1pm.