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WEEE Ireland, the Irish compliance scheme for electrical and battery recycling, will hold a series of WEEE collection events throughout Galway county.

The Galway minor hurlers produced a very impressive and gutsy display last Sunday in the All-Ireland semi-final to see off the Limerick minors in a cliff-hanger, at Croke Park. After extra-time, the score-board read 0-23 to 0-20.

The benefit of the addition of former Kildare star James Kavanagh to Milltown’s senior football championship challenge was clear to see last Saturday evening at Pearse Stadium, as John Concannon’s side gave Cárna-Caiseal a good trimming, on a score-line of 3-14 to 0-5. Kavanagh kicked one terrific point in the first half and also notched a few frees in the second, but it was his work-rate, link-play and overall contribution to the cause that caught the eye. Experienced scoring forwards are hard to come by at the moment, and Kavanagh can be a really key player for the “Scans” as their season progresses.

Galway county councillors this week questioned the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) over why Irish processors have not been prosecuted over the horse meat scandal when farmers are penalised regularly for not following regulations or failing inspections.

Galway county player Michael Meehan is coordinating and coaching in a Galway football camp, which starts next Monday (June 24) at Loughgeorge.

Two men were being questioned at Galway Garda Station this week after a major joint operation resulted in the seizure in the Tuam area of herbal cannabis worth an estimated street value of €400,000.

A motion calling on Environment Minister Phil Hogan to exempt householders affected by the big flood of 2009 from having to pay property tax on houses which were damaged and, in many cases, have been rendered valueless was passed at this month’s meeting of the Galway County Council.

The Galway Advertiser has maintained its position as the most read newspaper in both Galway city and county, according to an independent readership survey carried out in the area in the past few weeks.

The number of homeless people presenting to Galway County Council and other local authorities in the West is increasing with the complexity of cases described as very worrying, necessitating the implentation of a Regional Homeless Action Plan, which will shift the focus from the hostel model to providing a more permanent solution.

Galway County Council will be liable to pay for the property tax on its housing stock to the tune of between €90,000 and €100,000 by January 1, 2014, councillors at a meeting held on Monday were told.