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The Kilkenny city plan to embrace a Smarter Travel Initiative has begun in earnest with Kilkenny Borough Council making improvements to the city infrastructure and planning fun events in conjunction with the initiative for the summer.

There are roads in Connemara that will be rendered “unusable” by next year if funding is not provided soon for urgent repairs, that is according to county councillor Eileen Mannion.

The Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, Michael Ring, will officially open the Westport Greenway Park today (Friday April 15) at 3pm.

A judge halted proceedings against the driver of a school bus found to have 19 “serious defects” only three months after it passed its NCT, in order to hear from the proprietor of the garage where this certificate was issued.

The future of Galway Airport was made a lot brighter this week as it will now continue to be included in the vital operational subvention funding programme following a decision by Government to reject the recommendations contained in the ‘Value For Money’ report.

County engineer and director of services for Mayo County Council Joe Beirne warned the members of the Belmullet electoral area that the funding for Local Improvement Schemes that is normally given to councillors each year may not make the cut this year.

It has been a watershed for the Government this week, we are leaking politicians like one of the burst pipes spurting water during the big thaw.

Flights from Knock Airport to Dublin are to cease in July following the Government decision revealed this week to withdraw public service obligation funding for the route.

Fine Gael town councillor, Alan Shaw has expressed concern following a letter issued by the Department of Transport to Athlone Town Council in which the Transport Minister fails to commit funding for the re-alignment works at Garrycastle Bridge in 2011.

The new Garda mobile safety cameras have been given a cautious welcome with local representatives urging the Government to ensure that it will not turn into a money-making exercise and to invest in the re-alignment of dangerous country roads.