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Mayo Fianna Fáil Senator and Government spokesperson on agriculture in Seanad Éireann John Carty has welcomed the confirmation this week that the EU Commission has approved Ireland’s application for official brucellosis-free status.

FAIR CITY stalwarts Bryan Murray and Una Crawford O’Brien (alias Bob and Renee) will shortly be appearing at the Town Hall in a production of A R Gurney’s Pulitzer-winning play Love Letters.

Senator Nicky McFadden fears that people living alone will become increasingly isolated if rural transport services fall victim to cuts. The Fine Gael Senator for Longford/Westmeath said the rural bus service provides a real benefit to people at a relatively minor cost and should not be the focus of cutbacks.

In the beginning of July 1974 there was excitement in Galway as it was known that Senator Edward ‘Ted’ Kennedy was staying nearby with friends. It was all very hush hush as the senator was on a private holiday with his son Teddy Jr, who had recently undergone a serious leg operation for cancer. Everyone was trying to be kind and leave them alone. However, the Advertiser office kept getting calls from national and British newspapers asking where the senator was, and had we got a photograph of him with the boy?

A Galway senator has sharply criticised the decision by the former Bank of Ireland chairman, Richard Burrows, to accept the chairmanship of British American Tobacco (BAT) calling it a move that is mercenary and ill thought out.

As cash-strapped parents struggle to make ends meet, a Fine Gael Senator has called on schools to show leniency when it comes to the rigorous enforcement of strict uniform codes.

Small and medium sized businesses which have been refused credit by the banks are being asked to take part in an online poll by Fine Gael senator Fidelma Healy Eames.

Following the huge success of their Energy Scrappage Scheme offer earlier this year, Senator Windows are pleased to announce the re-introduction of the scheme this week. “We had a huge increase in enquiries regarding our energy saving products when we launched the scheme in the spring,” says Geraldine Sullivan, marketing manager of Senator Windows.

A local politician is calling on the Gardai to investigate allegations that women and children are being solicited for prostitution and trafficking outside hostels/direct provision accommodation centres for asylum seekers in Galway.

The first steps towards the conversion of the Aras an Mhuilinn building in Mullingar into a regional centre for Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann took place on Tuesday this week, when contracts for the refurbishment project were signed with Bam Builders.