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DRUID, DINOSAUR JR, Après Match, Cúirt, Tom Murphy, Peter Green, and Mozart are among the many highlights in the Town Hall’s programme for the coming months, details of which have just been published.

Green Senator Niall Ó Brolcháin recently described the Galway City Council as being a dysfunctional institution and in the aftermath received a tongue lashing from certain councillors for what was seen as an unwarranted attack.

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation and SIPTU have served notice of full strike action at Aut Even Private Hospital, which is part of the Mount Carmel Group on Monday, March, 22.

Independent councillor Frank Durcan showed in no uncertain terms this week what he thought about a letter and a copy of the code of conduct for councillors, which he received from county secretary John Condon, reprimanding him for his actions at the previous meeting of the local authority. Walking from his seat in the chamber to the top bench, Cllr Durcan told the meeting, “You can do what you want with that (the letter) as far as I’m concerned, and the code,” as he started to tear the letter into small pieces before dropping the remains of it on front of the county secretary.

A week after Minister Mary Harney made a commitment to staff at Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe that the HSE would engage them in consultation about the future of the hospital, unions said yesterday (Thursday) they had not yet had any contact from the health services.

As Health Minister Mary Harney visits Portiuncula hospital, Ballinasloe today [Friday], IMPACT trade union is calling on the Minister to guarantee that local services and jobs will not be transferred from Roscommon and Portiuncula hospitals as part of HSE plans to restructure health services in the region.

Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) have begun a work-to-rule this week in Kilkenny following a meeting of 60 of the 100 (approx) SNAs in Kilkenny on Tuesday night.

The fact that it is never ever too late to start something is evidenced by the increasing numbers of adults who are determined to finally make a fist of learning Irish. Reasons abound, whether personal or professional, and numbers attending Irish-language classes and conversation groups in various parts of the county remain firm.

It is likely that members of Kilkenny County Council will have much to discuss when they consider proposals for improvements to the Kells Road on Monday as some members of Kilkenny Borough Council have already expressed their concerns over the proposed works.

A local councillor has asked Kilkenny Borough Council to provide a lollipop lady or gentleman to assist children crossing the street in front of the Presentation Primary School.