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Athlone Senator, Nicky McFadden has heavily criticised the Government for its deplorable treatment of Ireland’s asylum seekers who are being forced to wait up to seven years for asylum and ‘leave to remain’ applications to be processed.

The Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Éamon Ó Cuív TD, has announced that a total review will take place regarding funding and organisation of community-based, state-funded organisations in the Gaeltacht, in the near future. This review will provide for realigned and restructured state-funded groups with a role in language planning, community, enterprise development, and social inclusion.

Ballina will get a €250,000 boost for RAPID prorgrammes following an annoucement this week by Minister for Community, Rural and Gaelacht affairs Éamon Ó Cuív. The funding is Ballina’s share in one-off funding announced for the five new towns which were given RAPID status this year. The towns will share in €1.25 million from the Dormant Accounts Fund. The funding will be drawn down over two years and will be used for stand alone projects such as playgrounds, improving disabled and community facilities, and enducation and environmental improvments.

For me 2009 has proven the best and worst of times.

More than €6,000 in funding has been allocated to four County Galway groups under the Government’s Community Support for Older People Scheme, according to local Fianna Fáil Dáil Deputy Noel Treacy.

A flood of unsubstantiated claims made to the Labour Relations Commission and other dispute resolution bodies in recent months has prompted suspicions of an organised “claim culture”, according to local Fianna Fáil TD and former minister for labour affairs, Frank Fahey.

The Galway Alliance Against War will be joining the monthly vigil which takes place at Shannon Airport on the second Sunday of every month from 2pm to 3pm.

Education and Science Minister Batt O’Keeffe has issued a “call-to-arms” to rally volunteer engineers to visit Galway schools to enthuse students about maths as part of Engineers Week 2010.

Mayo County Childcare Committee is delighted to be in a position to confirm that the Free Pre-School Year Scheme in Early Childhood Care and Education starts in January 2010. The scheme is being introduced by the office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs with the local work being done by the Mayo County Childcare Committee.

Éamon Ó Cuív, TD, Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs has announced that the National Famine Memorial Day 2010 will take place on May 16 in Murrisk, which is home to the National Famine Monument.