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The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government John Gormley, has said that local authorities must plan adequately in order to respond to drinking water incidents.

A number of splinters rippled to the surface in the solidity of Mayo County Council’s united front in the face of Minister for Environment, Heritage and Local Government John Gormley’s directions to change the development plan as adopted by the council on May 6 this year.

Three quarters of the treated water in Tuam’s public supplies is being lost before it reaches the taps, according to a report published by Forfás this week.

The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, John Gormley was in Carlow last week where he attended a number of important engagements.

The news that energy efficient lightbulbs will soon be the only ones on the market and that the ordinary 75 watt bulbs will be the first to go has alarmed many consumers.

Tidy Towns winners had their evening of glory in Emly in south Tipperary, where Minister of State Máire Hoctor presented the them with their prizes at a ceremony held in The Golden Thatch Inn.

Minister for Community, Rural, and Gaeltacht Affairs Éamon Ó Cuív has announced that he has allocated CLÁR top-up funding of €1,381,995 to group water schemes in the county.

Carlow local authorities were commended for three projects at Chambers Ireland’s fifth annual Excellence in Local Government Awards, at a ceremony held on November 6.

Members of Kilkenny County Council narrowly heeded the advice of the county manager not to rezone approximately 20 acres of land at Friars Hill in Thomastown for residential development.

A meeting to discuss Clonmacnoise as a UNESCO World Heritage site held in Athlone this week descended into an IFA-inspired walkout and the intimidation of a Department official in a highly charged atmosphere.