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The ability by gardaí to now drug-test motorists will help in the battle to cut road deaths, Longford-Westmeath Independent Deputy, Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran, has said.

Fianna Fáil spokesperson Robert Troy has called on the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Shane Ross, to make a statement setting out what he plans to achieve with the cabinet role he has been given. His latest call on the Minister to explain himself comes five months after Mr Ross’s appointment.

“Disgusting” and “outrageous” is how a city councillor has branded a decision to cease running a long-standing school bus service from Westside to Claddagh from mid-October, adding that it seriously compromises City Hall’s plans to encourage greater use of public transport.

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As tourism strategies like the Wild Atlantic Way and Ireland’s Ancient East take off, east Galway is being “left behind” with Ireland’s lakelands strategy being let “fall by the wayside”.

Representatives from Westmeath County Council will meet with CIE and Bus Éireann next week for crunch talks regarding the purchase of the Railway Field in Athlone.

Ireland West Airport Knock this week received funding of €1,314,000 from the Department of Transport, Tourism, and Sport to support safety and security projects under the Regional Airports Programme 2015-2019.

Local Independent councillor, Michael O’Brien, says he has received a “positive response” from the Department of Social Protection and Minister Leo Varadkar in relation to his calls for free transport for full-time students attending college.