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The programme of events for the 2010 Ballinasloe October Fair and Festival was officially launched by mayor of Ballinasloe, Cllr Pat O’Sullivan, at a special reception hosted by the Carlton Shearwater Hotel in Ballinasloe on Monday night.

More than 85,000 people are expected to attend the 300-year-old Ballinasloe October Fair and Festival which kicks off on Saturday October 2.

St Grellan's Combined Community Estate in Ballinasloe will be holding a Family Fun day outing on Saturday September 4 with entertainment running from 12pm to 6pm.

As staff and patients at Ballinasloe’s Portiuncula Hospital await a decision on the future of oncology services at the hospital, unions are gearing up to launch a public protest and petition in support of the retention of services.

Local TD Denis Naughten has welcomed the commencement of a €0.5 million resurfacing programme on the Shannonbridge/Ballinasloe and the Dysart/Ballinasloe roads by Roscommon County Council.

Staff and union members in Portiuncula Hospital are to meet with HSE management this morning [Friday] to receive a report on the future of services and staffing at the hospital.

Despite political and public opinion believing that the €7 million share of cuts to be foisted on Portiuncula hospital by the end of the year would “effectively close” the hospital, “the HSE can categorically state that there are no plans to close Portiuncula Hospital”.

A union boss has issued a stern warning to local politicians - “Use your seat to protect services at Portiuncula Hospital or lose it”.

The latest in a series of demonstrations to oppose any downgrading of hospital services in the west will take place in Ballinasloe, Co Galway, later today (Tuesday).

With just over seven weeks to go to the start of the Ballinasloe October Fair 2010, the committee are pleased to announce that for a third year running the Carlton Shearwater Hotel, Ballinasloe will be coming onboard as the key sponsor of the nine day event. Since the opening of the major hotel in Ballinasloe, the Carlton Hotel Group and their management have been behind the fair one hundred percent.