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Angling projects and conservation initiatives, to help ensure the State’s fish stocks and angling infrastructure are protected and enhanced into the future, are in line to receive State funding of between €50,000 and €1,500,000.

Fianna Fáil TD for Roscommon-Galway, Eugene Murphy, has said the confusion surrounding the fees which are being charged by Teagasc for farmers taking part in the Knowledge Transfer programme must be addressed as a matter of urgency.

Inland Fisheries Ireland has issued an appeal to farmers in Westmeath to remain vigilant during the summer months when harvesting silage and spreading slurry to avoid water pollution and the loss of nutrients to water.

Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Denis Naughten, is allocating €1 million to remove stockpiles of waste tyres that blight the Irish countryside.

Diocesan appointments announced for Galway

Fianna Fáil Deputy for Longford-Westmeath, Robert Troy, has welcomed the announcement of the Crop Loss Scheme to assist tillage farmers who suffered severe losses in 2016.

The 72nd anniversary of the dropping of the US atom bomb on Hiroshima will be marked this Sunday at 1pm in Eyre Square. The event will also seek to raise awareness of the growing dangers of nuclear conflict.

Minister Ciaran Cannon has welcomed the announcement by Irish Water that it is to invest €2.7m in wastewater monitoring and sampling across the north and west as part of a nationwide project.

A total of €7.6 million in vital funding will be allocated to rural communities in East Galway as part of the commencement of the LEADER programme in the area.