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At a meeting of representatives from the Seafood Ireland alliance in Brussels on Tuesday, Maria Walsh, MEP for Midlands-North-West called for a new Minister of State to focus on fisheries. Fine Gael MEP Walsh expressed her view that the current situation “is not working” and the fishing industry is facing a “slow and painful death”.

Councillor John Naughten and Dympna Daly-Finn have been selected by Fine Gael to represent the party in the Roscommon-Galway constituency at the next General Election.

Primary school teachers in Galway are being invited this week to register for the Blue Star Programme. In its 14th year, the award-winning programme teaches children about the European Union. To date, more than 1,200 schools and an estimated 200,000 pupils have completed the programme, with 18 schools in Galway participating last year.

Having served five years as an MEP, Maria Walsh has said that she is standing for reelection to the European Parliament as the candidate with the experience needed to get things done in Brussels.

Half of the 27 candidates who have declared for the Midlands-North-West European Parliament constituency set out their stalls at two similar events this week with very different outcomes.

The extension of free primary school books for school children from September is a great boost for families across the Midlands-North West, Fine Gael MEP Maria Walsh has said.

The Radisson Hotel Athlone was the location for the recent hosting of the Fine Gael Longford-Westmeath general election selection convention, during which Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Peter Burke and Senator Micheál Carrigy were chosen as the political party’s constituent candidates.

The newly passed European Disability Card will ensure Irish people with disabilities have the freedom to travel across the EU and access the supports they are entitled to, MEP Maria Walsh has said.

Sitting MEP Maria Walsh is bidding for a second term in the European Parliament, having officially launched her re-election campaign this week.

Maria Walsh MEP and Nina Carberry have been selected to represent Fine Gael in Midlands-North West Euro elections, the casting of votes for which will take place on Friday, June 7.