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The first pre-election spat of the year in the council chamber saw a pragmatic, if somewhat irked, Cllr Aengus O’Rourke accept the unlikelihood of Fianna Fail returning to power after the next, soon-to-be-called, general election in a row over the National Recovery Plan 2011-2014.

No shooting or hunting of wildfowl including birds such as pheasants, snipe, and wood pigeon is to be carried out before Tuesday December 21 next at least, by order of the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.

A free talk on climate change is being held by change.ie, the Power of One and Kilkenny County Council during EU Waste Reduction Week on November 22, in the Ormonde Hotel in Kilkenny City.

Mayo County Council and Ballina Town Council were both awarded at the Chambers Ireland Excellence in Local Government Awards, organised in partnership with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.

The Irish Georgian Society (www.igs.ie) and conservation officers from Galway and Clare county councils are partnering to deliver a seminar on energy efficiency in historic houses. This half-day seminar will be held from 1pm today (Thursday) at the Loughnane and Quinn Memorial Hall, Labane, on the Galway to Gort road.

The key to the smart economy could be in your rubbish, according to the organisers behind a ‘Rethink, Recycle, and Remake’ free networking event which aims to stimulate and motivate entrepreneurs to turn waste into jobs.

Entrepreneurs in Mayo interested in setting up in business using what someone else considers waste as raw materials, should attend at NUI Galway on Tuesday November 9 from 10am to 12.45pm when rx3, a Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government initiative to rethink, recycle and remake recyclable waste into new products, will identify opportunities for reprocessing waste materials here in Ireland, creating new businesses and new jobs.

Almost two thirds of the housing loans owed to Westmeath County Council are in arrears, giving it one of the highest rates of debt in the country when it comes to housing loan repayments.

Kilkenny County Council has a limited amount of time to draw down funding of up to €1 million before it reverts back to the Department of Environment, Heritage, and Local Government, according to the Quarterly Housing Report.

Almost two thirds of the housing loans owed to Athlone Town Council are in arrears, giving it one of the highest rates of debt in the country when it comes to housing loan repayments.