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A Kilkenny councillor has called for justice for local authority housing tenants in Kilkenny who, he says, have not received a cent of funding allocated under the Housing Adaptation Grants Scheme for older people and people with a disability.

A new treatment plant costing in the region of €5.2 million could see the end of the wanton pollution of Kinvara Bay which has over many years been subjected to the discharge of more than 60,000 gallons of raw sewage into its watery depths every day.

Residents of Highfield Park, Rahoon Road, and Old Seamus Quirke Road, say they are “shocked and dismayed” at the prospect of a three-storey high Tesco hypermarket being constructed in their area.

Kilkenny is to be directly affected by a number of public sector cuts coming down the line in coming months.

Under radical cost-cutting measures within the public service announced yesterday by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Brendan Howlin, the plan to relocate the Office of Public Works to Claremorris has now been shelved while plans to develop a new build in Charlestown have also been scrapped.

The newly developed Abbey Road Artists Studios in Athlone was shortlisted for the 2011 Chambers Ireland Excellence in Local Government Awards, held in association with the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government.

Local volunteerism was commended at the annual West Region Tidy Town Competition awards ceremony which took place in the Wyatt Hotel, Westport, on Monday evening.

Independent councillor Frank Durcan wanted to have a debate on the ongoing Department of Environment, Community and Local Government investigation into the management of the Mayo North East Leader Partnership, following a recent complaint.

Westmeath routes will feature as part of the upcoming National Trails Day which will take place on Sunday October 2.

Mayo County Council is coming under pressure from the Department of Environment to get the new social housing leasing scheme up and running, despite the protestations of both the council officials and members about the scheme.