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An abalone aquaculture farm in Co. Galway is one of over 100 ocean farming and marine businesses across Europe joining forces with Trinity researchers and the Western Development Commission (WDC) on an international study investigating the challenges and benefits of a nature-positive economy.

Over the past week, twenty-four white-tailed eagle chicks have been released in locations around the west of Ireland, Lough Derg, the Shannon Estuary as part of a long term reintroduction programme managed by the NPWS.

Efforts to increase the population of the corncrake in the west and north of Ireland appear to be paying off, with the numbers recorded in the core breeding areas of Mayo, Donegal and Galway having increased by 15% since 2022 - according to the latest survey from the National Parks and Wildlife Service - which shows an overall increase of 35% in the corncrake population in the past five years.

Malcolm Noonan TD, Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform, last evening (Wednesday) announced more than €290,000 in funding for 24 local community groups and organisations, including three in Galway, to support a variety of local projects across Ireland under the Peatlands Community Engagement Scheme 2023.

Plans to redevelop the Coole Park Visitor Centre are about to go to tender, with plans well advanced to create a state of the art visitor experience at the South Galway location.

Ballina Gate Lodge has been awarded funding of €240,000 as part of a heritage and conservation project that will see the structure being opened as a residence for artists, writers, ecologists, historians, environmentalists and community engagement.

Local Independent Deputy, Denis Naughten, has expressed disappointment that Heritage Minister Malcolm Noonan TD has no plans to visit the community at Lough Funshinagh to see the environmental devastation for himself.

The Longford Westmeath Green Party will host a special public event in the Radisson Blu Hotel Athlone on Friday, November 25.

Local Minister of State with responsibility for Planning and Local Government, Deputy Peter Burke, together with the Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O’Brien and Minister of State, Deputy Malcolm Noonan, recently launched a new €50m Croí Cónaithe (Towns) Fund which will support bringing vacant and underused buildings in Westmeath’s towns and villages back into residential use.