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The Galway Arts Festival and Castlegar village flew the flag for the city and county at All-Island IPB Pride of Place Competition, where they both received awards.

Councillor Myles Staunton said that the abolition of Westport Town Council would be a “retrograde step” and said that the council “will go down shouting” if town councils are to be eradicated

Despite having a collection rate for the Household Charge in excess of what the Department of Environment have said is needed in order to avoid any cuts in the 2012 Local Government fund, Mayo County Council is still going to be down €641,589 on its allocated funding this year.

Almost 40 per cent of households in the Galway County Council region have yet to pay the controversial household charge, according to figures released by the local authority this week.

Any benefits of major savings scraped together by the Galway County Council is not being felt within the county, with the maintenance of roads and services suffering as a result of the “sledgehammer of Minister Hogan”, according to Tuam based Independent councillor Seán Canney.

The Mayo County Council will hold a special meeting on Monday week, July 23, at 9.30am to discuss the adoption of the manager’s report on the Draft Ireland West Airport Knock Local Area Plan 2012-2018. The item had come up for consideration at the normal July monthly meeting of the council, but it was agreed by the members to hold a special meeting to discuss the plan thoroughly among the members.

Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, Michael Ring and Cllr Gerry Coyle have been in contact again with the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government regarding the Belmullet Sewerage Scheme.

Last Friday saw the closure of the time for public consultation on the new septic tank guidelines. The consultation process looked for submissions from members of the public on the issue before the final guidelines were laid down. According to the Department of Environment, it doesn’t expect to have registration up and running until the middle of April at the earliest and from that launch the €5 registration fee will apply for three months. It did not close last week as was reported in an article in this paper in last Friday, March 30 edition.

Housing is at the root of the global financial crisis – but it is also at the heart of personal, social and community development. Resolving the conflict between these approaches, nationally and internationally, is a core element of contemporary housing law and policy and the Centre for Housing Law, Rights and Policy at NUI Galway has announced an international conference exploring this challenge.

The Environmental Protection Agency has brought a case against Mayo County Council in relation to drinking water standards in the Lough Mask water supply scheme. Mayo County Council admitted breaching the European Communities (Drinking Water) Regulations. These regulations establish strict quality standards for water used for human consumption.