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Minister of State for the Gaeltacht, Thomas Byrne, was in Carna this week to launch the next phase of development for the Emigrants Commemorative Centre.

Independent TD Sean Canney has announced he will be running for re-election in the upcoming General Election. He served as a minister of state from 2016 to 2017 and again from 2018 to 2020, and was also mayor of County Galway from 2007-2008.

Minister of State and Fianna Fáil TD for Galway East Anne Rabbitte has welcomed confirmation from the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, that advance payments under the 2024 Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) and Complementary Redistributive Income Support for Sustainability (CRISS) have commenced to farmers in Galway.

Local TD and Government Chief Whip, Hildegarde Naughton, has revealed that three clubs in Galway are to receive €25,000 each under the Governments Walking Tracks Initiative.

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”.

Galway East general election candidate Cllr Clodagh Higgins last night expressed her delight following the Government’s decision to deliver a veterinary medicine course at Mountbellew Agricultural College.

Waterways Ireland and Fáilte Ireland in the company of Minister of State Anne Rabbitte TD have officially launched the redevelopment of Connaught Harbour, Portumna following a €2.8m investment, marking a significant milestone in the Shannon Tourism Masterplan.

“Supercharge your Business with AI” is this year’s theme of the annual Atlantic Technological University (ATU) Digital West Conference due to take place in ATU Mayo campus (Castlebar) on Friday 11 October from 8.30am – 1.30pm.

Taoiseach Simon Harris is adamant that the current government will run its full term until 2025. It is a blunt and difficult promise to unwind, although the current spat between Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and Green Party coalition TDs about taxing underutilised residential land may be the loose thread that unravels this current government prematurely.

Entries have opened for the National Organic Awards, which will take place in Dublin on Thursday, October 17.