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Around 250 residents gathered in the Raheen Woods Hotel, Athenry, last Thursday evening to hear the Athenry Peaker Plant Concern Group outline opposition to a proposed electricity generation facility expected to be submitted by Bord Gáis Energy later this month.

Last week, the state-owned Land Development Agency was given the green light to apply for planning permission for 356 apartments in four tower blocks on over six acres of lands stretching from the entrance to Lough Atalia, to the Commercial Docks.

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage Malcolm Noonan has pledged to provide accurate information on a potentially dodgy siphon carrying vast quantities of sewage under the River Corrib.

An Taisce is the organisation which first brought pipe survey reports into the public domain last month, and Catherine Connolly TD (Ind) also railed against amendments to the Planning Act tabled this week to remove the heritage body as a ‘prescribed body’ under the current planning rules.

An Taisce is the organisation which first brought pipe survey reports into the public domain last month, and Catherine Connolly TD (Ind) also railed against amendments to the Planning Act proposed this week, including one to remove the heritage body as a ‘prescribed body’ under the current planning rules.

Low water levels on the River Corrib have revealed untreated sewage flowing freely into the city’s estuary in front of Claddagh Quay after weeks of repair work was completed.

Christmas is a wonderful time of the year, when we enjoy having family and friends around to cook and eat together.

Christmas is a time for giving, and sadly also a time when a lot of food is wasted in Westmeath, the Midlands region and all over Ireland.