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Athlone student Ryan Dolan a winner in Rotary Youth Leadership competition
Athlone student Ryan Dolan was one of just 24 teenagers from all over the island of Ireland to be presented with a Rotary Youth Leadership Development certificate at the European Parliament’s offices in Dublin recently.
Cannon to step down citing ‘open season’ of toxicity against politicians and families
Galway East deputy Ciaran Cannon is to bring down the curtain on his political career at the end of the current Dail term, he announced this week.
Law student Latisha overcomes the challenges to chase her dreams
My name is Latisha McCrudden, and I am nineteen years of age. I sat my Leaving Cert this summer and with hard work and determination have been accepted into the University of Galway to study Law where my dream of being a solicitor can be fulfilled, a dream I have had since I was a young girl. For as long as I can remember I have always dreamt and pictured myself taking on high class cases in Ireland and being my own boss in my own office.
Ring pleads for government support for St Brendan's Village
Concerns for the future of St Brendan's Village in Mulranny, which provides a home-from-home for many elderly returned Irish emigrants and older people in the community, were raised in the Dail this week by Mayo TD Michael Ring.
New boundaries aim to right electoral wrongs
As if it hadn’t happened already, the next General Election campaign kicked off in earnest yesterday morning with the publication of the new electoral boundaries across the country. For politicians, it’s a bit like the World Cup where you know you’ve qualified but you find out the hotels you’ll be staying in and most importantly, the pitch you will be playing on.
Mayo representative appeals to Dail committee to help Mica homeowners
A representative from the North Mayo Mica Action Group made an impassioned plea to a Dail committee this week asking that affected home owners be placed 'front and centre' and looked after properly under the proposed defective block redress scheme.
Mayo TD on the frontline in RTE/Tubridy hearing
AS RTE presenter and broadcaster Ryan Tubridy voluntarily attended as a witness at the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee from 11am-2pm on Tuesday July 11 last, and subsequently as a witness at the Joint Committee of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media meeting from 3pm-6pm, a Mayo TD was also thrown into the spotlight.
Craughwell, a shocking example of a national speeding crisis - Cannon
Local Fine Gael TD Ciaran Cannon has described the results of a speed survey in Craughwell village as a shocking example of a national speeding crisis and has urged Taoiseach Leo Varadkar immediately engage with the Gardai, the Road Safety Authority, and the Minister for Transport in an effort to tackle speeding head on and ensure the safety of vulnerable road users.
Taoiseach says medical card dental services increased in Mayo
The matter of medical card patients in Mayo being unable to access dental services in the county was raised in the Dail on Wednesday of this week by Mayo TD Alan Dillon, who told Taoiseach Leo Varadkar during Questions to An Taoiseach: "There is a staggering average in the county of over 5,500 patients per dentist awaiting treatment under the DTSS. Dentists are overwhelmed, patients are travelling abroad, and this is all a serious concern for medical card holders in Mayo."
‘Unacceptable that child with severed finger is turned away from GUH,’ says TD
A TD has described as completely unacceptable the turning away of a teenage boy, who had severed part of his finger in an accident, from Galway University Hospital (GUH) because overnight emergency surgery was not available and, crucially, because there were no trolleys available.