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Members of the public with an interest in water quality are being invited to an information meeting on Thursday, October 9, in Loughrea, where plans for a new Catchment Community Forum (CCF) for Galway Bay South East will be discussed.

Minister of State with Responsibility for International and Road Transport, Logistics, Rail and Ports, Seán Canney TD was at Coole Park Nature Reserve last Friday for a special heritage event when he opened a new, purpose built bat roost, and on behalf of the State he accepted a rare signed limited edition book by WB Yeats which will be retained as part of a collection at Coole Park.

Seán Canney TD, Minister of State for International and Road Transport, Logistics, Rail and Ports and Leader in Cabinet of the Independent Ministers, has welcomed the approval of over €3.4 million in funding for Galway Group Water Schemes under the Multi-Annual Rural Water Programme (MARWP) 2024–2026.

In years past, the NDP would be a ‘shopping list’ of projects which the cabinet awarded funding to, often after intense local lobbying, but it is now more a broad-brush statement of which policy areas or government departments will have funding prioritised.

The Office of Public Works (OPW) has announced free admission to over 70 heritage sites on Saturday 16 August, to celebrate National Heritage Week 2025.

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the 1995 massacre when more than 8,000 men and boys were killed. Mostly perpetrated by Bosnian Serbs and Serb paramilitaries, the attack on a UN enclave, including the forcible transfer of 25,000 women, children and elderly, constitutes the first legally recognised genocide in Europe since WWII.

The Shannon Airport Group welcomed Minister Seán Canney TD, Minister of State for International and Road Transport, Logistics, Rails and Ports, and Leader in Cabinet of the Independent Ministers, on his inaugural visit to Shannon Airport last week.

The critical need for accurate and rapid location identification on farms has once again been brought to the fore by Galway County councillor Andrew Reddington, who has called on the Government to address the issue of emergency access to farmyards. Cllr Reddington is urging that farmers be allowed to obtain a dedicated Eircode or alternative location code for their farmyards — separate from their home addresses — specifically for use in emergency situations.

Athenry will be one of just five towns nationwide selected to pilot a new Single Application System for post-primary school admissions.

The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) held a special heritage event last week where staff and community partners celebrated the unique biodiversity and cultural heritage of the park, which is expanding in the region. Most of the bog and mountain parkland was originally property attached to Kylemore Abbey and the Letterfrack Industrial School.