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Clifden has finally received confirmation of a new waste water treatment plant to upgrade the town’s sewerage system. The announcement was made on Monday by Phil Hogan, Minister for the Environment, Community, and Local Government.

Chnoic Indreabhán is to benefit from a new all weather pitch, Minister for Environment, Community, and Local Government Phil Hogan announced on Monday. The pitch will be located in Coiste Pháirc Uile Aimsire Ghleann and funding to the tune of €411,019 has been approved for the project.

Ballyragget Fine Gael District are hosting a special celebratory function at Castlecomer Golf Club on this Friday at 8pm.

The Government should introduce a national “Adopt a Road” scheme, whereby companies sponsor the national road network, financing the cleaning of stretches of road in return for getting their name on road signage, according to litter group Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL).

The Government should introduce a national “Adopt a Road” scheme, whereby companies sponsor the national road network, financing the cleaning of stretches of road in return for getting their name on road signage, according to litter group Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL).

The chairperson of the Standards in Public Office Commission last week hit back at the report of county manager Peter Hynes into its investigation of a complaint made against a member of staff in the council. In a letter sent to Minister for Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Phil Hogan, Mr Justice Matthew P Smith, chairman of the commission, said: “In his report, Mr Hynes would appear to misapprehend the position of the Standards in Public Office Commission and the findings and determinations made in the investigation report.”

With the 2011 Anti Litter League being launched yesterday Galway city and Tuam will be looking to retain their litter free status and, according to the Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL), one way this task can be made much easier is by introducing the “Adopt a Road” scheme to the county.

Kilkenny’s fire station was the setting for the launch of the Irish Association of Supported Employment (IASE) National Supported Employment Week which took place this month along with the Job Shadow initiative 2011.

Westmeath County Council has been announced as a winner in the annual e-Government Awards, held in Dublin recently. The council was one of five short-listed candidates in the Local Government category and took the award for their suite of online services which includes a newly-redeveloped website, rural transport initiative and online services for elected members.

Following recent revelations that Kilkenny-based animation studio Cartoon Saloon is to create 30 jobs in the city over the coming year in a film project worth €5.3 million, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Phil Hogan pledged his support for other start up businesses in Kilkenny.