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Councillor Harry Barrett has urged members of the public to check the register of electors in order to ensure that they are able to vote in the upcoming referenda on the Court of Appeal and the abolition of Seanad Eireann.

A Fine Gael senator who was fined for boarding a train without a ticket is to meet Iarnrod Eireann officials next week with a view to “improving policy and practice”.

BPW Galway launches their Annual Summer Lunch to be held on May 18 in the Ardilaun Hotel and will have Gemma Hussey as its guest speaker with the proceeds of the raffle on the day going to Galway Hospice.

The proposed sale of State assets must not be at the expense of job losses, Senator Lorraine Higgins has warned this week.

A Galway employer has told her seven employees that if Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton’s proposal - that employers should pay the first four weeks of employees’ sick pay - goes ahead they will lose their jobs. The company will instead downsize to become a sole trader.

“The Labour Party must continue to grow and develop in East Galway and it can best do this by achieving the highest political representation it can at Oireachtas level,” according to Lorraine Higgins, who is running as a candidate for the Seanad Eireann.

Abolish the Senate — YES — John Fitzgerald

The country is insolvent with a deficit of €20bn and national debt of in excess of €300bn. We must find massive savings in current spending leading to a reduction in the deficit and thus a reduction in borrowing. Increasing taxes will have some albeit a limited benefit as they generate diminishing return in line with the increases levied. So we must close the gap elsewhere.

The Irish people have shown extraordinary restraint in the past six to 12 months despite mounting economic pressure says Senator John Paul Phelan.

The HSE West’s plan to cut temporary staff’s working hours as part of its cost cutting measures could have implications for patient safety, it was claimed this week.