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Achill based Cllr Paul McNamara has said that he fears that two beaches on the island at Keel and Dooagh are in danger of potentially being washed away if another big storm comes.

KMK Metals Recycling Ltd. presented a cheque for €600 to Noel Greene on behalf of the Midlands Simon Community, following a Christmas lights recycling campaign which took place in three local shopping centres during the months of December and January.

Local Independent Deputy, Denis Naughten, has called on the Government to immediately activate financial assistance schemes for farmers, families and businesses impacted upon by the serious flooding within the Shannon basin.

Fianna Fáil TD for Longford-Westmeath, Robert Troy, has called on the Government to outline what financial assistance is available to people whose homes and land has been affected by flooding.

Town Mayor, Cllr. Frankie Keena, has stressed the urgent need to implement adequate flood preventative measures for those living in rural areas of the local community presently effected by the rising flood waters.

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Ford has revealed the all new Mustang Mach-E to the public for the first time as the company launched a new ‘Go Electric’ experience that will help consumers make an informed transition to an electrified future.

Plans for the construction of the €600 million Galway Citry Ring Road will cause ‘eco-cide’ to more than 6,000 species of animasl, birds and insects, various groups opposed to the development told an oral hearing into the project in the city this week.

The importance of biodiversity, business, and bats dominated the opening of the second week of the An Bord Pleanala oral hearing into the proposed Galway City Ring Road (GCRR), held at the g Hotel.

Independent councillor James Charity has called for the implementation of a ‘horse exclusion zone’ in part of the Carrowbrowne area to protect the welfare of animals abandoned in flood waters over the weekend.