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ASK TERRY Alderton about coming to Galway, and the last thing he will give you is the standard “Oh yeah Galway’s a great city, I really love it” most performers trot out. For Terry, coming to Galway is coming to a city where there is a “funky bohemian atmosphere you only get in the west of Ireland”.

“It beggars belief that consideration would be given to a fossil fuel power station which would increase emissions and set backwards efforts to reduce the impact of climate change.”

Drains became blocked in Woodquay on Tuesday, following heavy rain, resulting in raw sewage coming up onto the street - a situation a local senator has called “unacceptable”.

Opel has unveiled the sixth generation of its Astra, which for the first time will be available as fully electric.

Customer reaction to the new Arkana has been positive, while orders are strong since it arrived in Irish dealerships in mid-August, according to Renault.

Castledaly native, Brendan Kelly, has been appointed to the role of Commercial Manager at Bord na Móna.

At a recent sitting of Athlone-Moate Municipal District, Green Party Councillor, Louise Heavin, requested that the local authority ensure all new LED street lighting are designed and of a colour that minimise disruption on insects, birds and small mammals.

Winter is coming and it’s time for the last cut of the season and to look towards preparing the garden and outdoor spaces for the cold months ahead.

BMW has for the first time in Ireland launched its eDrive Zone technology, a new digital service which it claims automates the process of switching to electric-only power when a BMW plug-in hybrid vehicle enters a defined area of a city.

In 1973, economist E.F. Schumacher’s essay collection ‘Small Is Beautiful’ disputed economic beliefs, arguing “today, we suffer from an almost universal idolatry of gigantism. It is therefore necessary to insist on the virtues of smallness—where this applies.”