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The nationalist Irish Volunteers were established in November 1913 as a response to the formation of the unionist Ulster Volunteers in 1912. Members of the Provisional Committee of the Irish Volunteers selected areas around the country which they would visit with the aim of setting up Volunteer companies. Committee member Colonel Maurice Moore of Moorehall in Carnacon outside Castlebar chose to return to his home county to organise and mentor the men of Mayo. Moore had military experience since the 1870s with the Connaught Rangers and was well respected by both traditions.

In the Seanad this week Senator Rose Conway-Walsh showed pictures of a Mayo home which had been destroyed by pyrite. She used the photos she received from one home owner to demonstrate the urgent need for the expert committee to finalise its report and for the Government to put a redress scheme in place.

Athlone-based Senator, Gabrielle McFadden, has called on the Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed, to protect the Regional Veterinary Office in Coosan.

Building a wall along the Mexican-American border; banning people from a number of Muslim majority countries from entering the US; 'Fortress Europe' against the needs of Syrian civilians fleeing war - the last two years have seen opinion turn against immigrants.

City Council staff have been subjected to abuse and harassment over the past week, as a result of serious allegations regarding alleged abuses of the Affordable Housing Scheme, made public by a senator last week.

Ahead of Health Minister Simon Harris's visit to University Hospital Galway today, Senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh is demanding the introduction of a new system of hospital waiting lists, involving "fairness and strategic management".

Housing Minister Simon Coveney is being asked to investigate allegations of abuses of the Affordable Social Housing scheme.

Some 15 registered derelict sites in Galway should be considered for upgrade, or for alternative use in light of the city’s “unprecedented housing crisis”, according to a Galway based senator.

Rents in Galway have jumped by almost 11 per cent in the county and 10 per cent in the city in the last year, according to the latest Daft.ie rental report, leading a Galway senator to demand Government intervention on the issue.

Fine Gael Mayo senator, and Seanad spokesperson on agriculture, food and the marine, Michelle Mulherin, has asked that Swinford be included in Action Plan for Rural Development. This week, Senator Mulherin said: “I have asked Minister Humphreys to include Swinford as a pilot project town for the action plan. I think the town would be an ideal case to implement a pilot project and develop a worthwhile scheme for all rural market towns.