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CFÁA has completed Páirc Na Mara, Acaill, a new state of the art Children’s playground located in the heart of Keel. This modern facility, which has been equipped using the latest in the market innovations in play and leisure, ensures maximum play value for children of all age groups. Damian Kilbane, Chairman of the CFÁA, Environment and Infrastructure sub committee, said he was “delighted to see that this vital amenity for the children of Achill and beyond has been developed”. In recent years, he said, the original facility that was there had fallen into a state of disrepair and was wholly inadequate. Damian outlined furthermore that the high numbers using the playground already are testament to the success of the development.

Michael Joe Lavelle, who died recently aged 79, was a loyal and dedicated member of the Westport branch of the Labour Party for over 55 years. He gave long and faithful service to the Labour Party and made a real and tangible contribution to the Irish labour movement, and he was elected Westport branch president for life in 2007.

While on a visit to Kilkenny this week, Minister at the Department of the Environment and Local Government, John Gormley told reporters that he had no intention of proposing the abolition of town councils although the proposal is contained in the McCarthy Report.

Having performed for Nelson Mandela at the Yankee Stadium, for the Pope in Central Park, with the Chieftains on their US tour and on U2's Rattle and Hum album, film and tour, the Harlem Gospel Choir will, once again, return to Ireland for an extensive tour incluing a date at the Dean Crowe, Athlone on Friday November 20.

Last Wednesday, the American ambassador to Ireland, Daniel Rooney, and his wife Patricia, paid a special visit to Kilkenny where they were welcomed by Mayor Malcolm Noonan, members of the borough council and Kilkenny County Council chairman, Michael O’Brien at City Hall.

The Irish language is worth in excess of €136 million annually to the economy of Galway city and county, supports more than 5,000 jobs, and more than 90 per cent of city businesses believe that it is a unique selling point for Galway’s image and cultural identity.

Four clubs had proposed a "Champions League" style format for the 2010 football championship with relegation coming from championship performances rather than league, but the motion was voted down on a margin of 56-28 at last Monday’s football board convention in Lough George.

The Teagasc office in Castlebar, which serves as the headquarters of the advisory service in Mayo, is to close with the redeployment of nine staff members.

Hoteliers have called for urgent action by local authorities in Westmeath to exercise their powers to establish emergency waiver schemes in respect of local authority rates payable by the seriously wounded hotel and guesthouse sector.

The Moate Partnership Group’s Christmas Fair and gift day in the Moate Community Centre on Sunday last was a massive success with over forty stands and hundreds of visitors passed through the fair, and the response from all the stands was that it had being a great success.