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It has been announced this week that the new Galway to Limerick direct train service will be up and running by May 2009.

Rumours around Carlow that well-known local car dealership Sheehy Motors of Green Lane had gone into receivership last week have been laughed off by staff at the showroom.

A Mayo man was fatally injured on Monday in an on-site accident on the M3 motorway.

Green Party Cllr Niall Ó Brolcháin along with this fellow Green Local Election candidates will do a sponsored walk from Athenry to Tuam.

There were sighs of relief across Ballinahown this week as the boil water notice which has been in place in the village since August was finally lifted.

A new junction on the N4 at The Downs is expected to be under construction by 2011, it was revealed this week. The junction, which will cost in the region of €8-€10 million, will allow four existing dangerous junctions along a five kilometre stretch of road to close permanently.

Independent Councillor Michael Holmes has spoken out against the National Roads Authority for what he describes as “inefficient allocation of funding” in the upgrade of a section of the N59 road between Mulranny and Newport.

A route has been identified for the long awaited N60/N83 Ballyhaunis outer bypass, a meeting of the Claremorris electoral area committee was told this week.

Work will begin next month on resurfacing and realigning the N59 at Roscahill. The Galway County Council has received tenders for the project and contracts are expected to be finalised in the coming weeks.

Special trains will be running from Dublin to Galway for the upcoming soccer and rugby internationals.