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Air Corp patrols to prevent turf cutting in bogland in north east Galway have been condemned as “a crazy situation” by the Galway Alliance Against War.

Fine Gael TD for Mayo Michelle Mulherin has welcomed the clarification at the EU leaders’ summit in Brussels that the text of the Stability Treaty will not change. Deputy Mulherin added that now it is time to focus on the facts and the contents of the Treaty in the run up to polling day.

Rural Galway will be out in force at next weekend’s Labour party convention, protesting against what it sees as the “attacks on rural communities” being pursued by the party in Government.

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Re-groomed and re-engineered was the description given by one Toyota executive about the new Aygo. Toyota boasts that the new model offers both better looks and more efficient performance. Having broken cover at the Brussels motor show at the beginning of the year, the new range is now on the way.

Galway is set to become the battleground for an internecine struggle over who will be elected chair of the Labour Party this month as both the party’s Galway TDs - Derek Nolan (Galway West) and Colm Keaveney (Galway East) are understood to be touting for support among their parliamentary colleagues.

Septic tank charges, the household tax and the ban on bog cutting are all part of a concerted attack on rural Ireland and it is “time to shout stop”.

Jim Higgins, MEP for Co Westmeath, has welcomed the new measures announced by Minister for Public Transport, Alan Kelly, which he says will resolve the problems currently in existence in towns like Mullingar and Athlone due to an oversupply of taxis.

At a public seminar organised by the European Commission in Athlone this week, Economics Editor of the Irish Independent, Brendan Keenan, argued that, despite the fact that major political and institutional changes were still needed, the EU and the Eurozone countries have “moved back from the abyss of potential break-up”.

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore’s visit to the city today will be greeted by the United Left Alliance Galway, who will be protesting against the Government’s austerity measures and the €1.25 billion payout to the dead bank Anglo.