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Local Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, Minister for European Affairs, has urged young people and graduates from Athlone and wider Westmeath to consider the varied job opportunities available across the EU.

Over the years, Galway has been the focus of national media for many positive reasons, from our bustling creative scene, our musical talent and beautiful scenery, however our most recent broadcast into homes across the country have been entirely for negative reasons.

The newly appointed Minister of State for European Affairs and Defence, Deputy Peter Burke, has said that he has big ambitions for his new role but it is clear in his mind that his constituency work and the service he provides to constituents will not suffer.

The 100th edition of the Brussels International Motor Show recently hosted the debut of the upgraded Alfa Romeo Giulia and Stelvio models, both of which, it says have evolved in terms of style and technology.

The decision of the EU Transport Council in Brussels to include the Port of Galway on the revised Trans-European Transport Network Regulation and therefore eligible for massive EU funding paves the way for the development of the facility to be a major player in the renewable energy industry.

I have been on many of these trips over the decades, but maybe it's age, or maybe it's the lack of proximity since the last one, but this visit of work seems the most interesting. Most trips over the years have been dominated by agriculture or fishing, and while both are still firmly on the agenda, the menu of topics for the European project has greatly expanded in the past few years, the past few months and the past few days.

It’s Wednesday evening and I type these words in a quiet corner of the Berlaymont in Brussels. Outside the evening is a grey November, not quite frosty yet, but winter is on the way. And perhaps a sort of winter is on the way for the institution in whose building I am working.

In celebration of the recognition by the EU Prize for Literature 2022 of his novel Madame Lazare, a free event will take place at Kennys Bookshop next Friday, November 18th, when Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin will be joined in conversation by Doireann ní Ghríofa.

Eleven projects by second-level students from Galway are set to feature in the 2023 BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition (BTYSTE) next January, having being chosen from among 1,700 entries nationwide.

by Mary O’Connor