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Last Wednesday, the American ambassador to Ireland, Daniel Rooney, and his wife Patricia, paid a special visit to Kilkenny where they were welcomed by Mayor Malcolm Noonan, members of the borough council and Kilkenny County Council chairman, Michael O’Brien at City Hall.

Business must be encouraged and the vulnerable protected so it is vital the refuse waiver is retained and commercial rates and city parking charges are not increased next year.

Galway has escaped the worst of the floods because of the “Trojan work” of Galway City Council staff in tackling all most vulnerable areas of the city over the last week.

A detailed study of the Menlo area is being carried out by the Office of Public Works so action can be taken to prevent the kinds of flooding the area has experienced from happening in the future.

Business must be encouraged and the vulnerable protected so it is vital the refuse waiver is retained and commercial rates and city parking charges are not increased next year.

While the State endured Brian Lenihan’s savage Budget yesterday, Galway will have to wait until tomorrow before the Galway City Council decides on its own budget for 2010.

A brochure outlining a variety of events that are taking place over the festive season was launched by the Chamber this week by the Mayor at City Hall along with a local butcher, baker and candlestick maker.

Fine Gael councillor Pádraig Conneely has condemned a proposal by City Hall to upgrade its civic reception area as “daft”.

The Mayor of Galway councillor Declan McDonnell is reminding people that the closing date for this year’s Mayor’s Awards is New Year’s Eve.

The Galway City Council has enough sand to ensure the main roads into Galway city and around the city centre are gritted and kept ice free for this weekend and further supplies of sand and salt are on the way.