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Transport Minister Leo Varadkar has urged cross-party support for new road safety laws which will make it mandatory for Gardaí to carry out a breath test at any road collision in which someone has been injured.

A meeting between EU officials and an Irish delegation led by Fianna Fáil TD Frank Fahey over the Galway City Outer Bypass has been labelled a “pointless junket” and a “waste of taxpayers’ money”.

Galway Airport was reeling last night (Wednesday) from the announcement that Government subsidies (PSOs) on flights to and from Dublin will be withdrawn in July.

The controversial Galway City Outer Bypass will be the subject of a high level meeting in Brussels next week involving the European Commission.

Fine Gael town councillor, Alan Shaw has expressed concern following a letter issued by the Department of Transport to Athlone Town Council in which the Transport Minister fails to commit funding for the re-alignment works at Garrycastle Bridge in 2011.

Lack of information and disinformation is clouding the case for the Western Rail Corridor which must proceed to cope with huge demand for rail travel in the region, according to Claremorris Chamber of Commerce.

Kilkenny and the south-east region can expect to benefit treblefold from investment into the new M9 motorway, which opened its final phase yesterday.

A new cycle path and walkway from Barna to Oranmore may have taken a step closer to becoming a reality according to Green senator Niall Ó Brolcháin.

Frank Fahey and Niall Ó Brolcháin have been lobbying the Transport Minister Noel Dempsey to support public transport projects in Galway under the Smart Travel Initiative.

The next section of the Western Rail Corridor is going ahead according to Green senator Niall Ó Brolcháin, who has rubbished claims saying cutbacks in funding had stalled progress.