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Under radical cost-cutting measures within the public service announced yesterday by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Brendan Howlin, the plan to relocate the Office of Public Works to Claremorris has now been shelved while plans to develop a new build in Charlestown have also been scrapped.

Despite the intense pressure on space and limitations on the numbers who can attend, there is expected to be a strong Galway presence at the various events that will see Michael D Higgins installed as the ninth president of Ireland.

A solution to the ongoing flooding problem in south Mayo, which would mean huge savings for Mayo Council, has been put forward by a local politician, though, it has been met with some opposition.

A number of families in Galway affected by the devastating floods of November 2009 will soon be given a life-line grant, estimated to be worth around €200,000, to buy new homes.

Michael D Higgins is this week preparing to leave Galway to move to Dublin where next week he will be installed as

Athlone’s long awaited new Garda station is nearing its final stages, the Office of Public Works has confirmed.

It could be 2015 before Athlone sees any long-term solution to the flooding problems that plagued the town in winter 2009.

It could be 2015 before the Midlands see any long-term solution to the flooding problems that plagued the region in winter 2009.

There could soon be “light at the end of the tunnel” for some of the Galway families worst affected by the devastating flooding of November 2009, according to Galway West TD Brian Walsh who has confirmed that a decision on a relocation grant, a life-line worth approximately €200,000 to each household, will be made before the end of this month.

Residents of Graiguenamanagh will have to wait at least another year before serious work can begin on a flood relief scheme for the town.