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Kilkenny’s Mayor Malcolm Noonan has made repeated apologies for his comments on Facebook this week where he used the term ‘knobheads’ when referring to the reversal of the one-way system.

Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey TD will be in west Mayo tomorrow (Friday April 16) to officially open the Great Western Greenway from Newport to Mulranny. Also being officially opened is the popular new walking and cycling route through Westport town.

Works are progressing well on the new Clonmore Bridge which will form the final link necessary to complete the Mullingar Orbital Road (C-Link) and is on target to open to traffic in August 2010.

Local authority bosses have been asked to bring road networks in Mayo up to standard after the harsh winter which has left them in a “terrible state”. The call has come from the Fine Gael spokesperson on community, equality, and Gaeltacht affairs, Deputy Michael Ring, who said motorists were having their vehicles destroyed because of the potholed condition of most routes in Mayo.

The 2010 road works programme for the Ballina area was welcomed by the members of Ballina Town Council this week.

At a recent meeting of Athlone Area Committee Cllr Frankie Keena raised a motion for the council to provide dedicated cycling routes in Athlone plus bicycles for the public to rent.

A case involving a Galway based bus company accused of running unlicensed non-stop daily services to Dublin, was adjourned after the presiding district court judge reserved judgment until relevant legislation and documents could be considered fully.

Funding totalling €25,000 has been secured to provide pedestrian controlled lights on the Barna Road near Knocknacarra Cross.

A grant of €50,000 has been secured for the long awaited road improvement works at the Clybaun Road/Rahoon Road junction.

The Department of Transport has issued a new route licence to the Castlebar based firm Cabs and Coaches. The new licence enables the company to operate a bus service from Castlebar to Westport every hour departing from the Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, at 8pm on Saturdays and departing every hour until midnight.