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Sinn Féin representative for north Kilkenny, Ray Quinlan has described the recent announcement by the Laois GAA county board that they have purchased a number of industrial buildings and 30 acres of land from Galmoy Mines Ltd for use as a sporting facility as “absolutely astounding”.

Fine Gael candidate for Kilkenny Borough Council, Darren Murphy has called for charges for inspection on nursing homes to be abolished.

Hibernian’s Westmeath branch in Mullingar is going green, following the decision by Hibernian Group, Ireland’s leading multi-line insurance company, to award a two year green energy supply contract to competitive electricity provider Energia. Hibernian has 30 locations in Ireland including 27 branches nationwide and three regional centres in Dublin, Cork, and Galway.

Sen Fidelma Healy Eames has hit out at the continuing high cost of energy, despite a massive drop in the cost of oil.

Dear Editor,

Demographic changes and reduction in population will provide a major challenge for Government and local authorities in the future. Recent census figures in Co Mayo have indicated a substantial reduction in population figures in parts of our county, considering the fact that Mayo County Council has built substantial housing schemes in most towns and villages and considering the increase in private housing development undertaken during the Celtic Tiger period in the county.

Have you thought about how much it is going to cost to send your children to college? You may think it’s too early to start considering this, but when you realise the costs involved, it is something you should start planning for now.

THE FEDERAL Republic of Nigeria was established in 1963 after gaining its independence from Britain. As with many countries under colonial rule it had been divided with no due consideration for linguistic, religious, or ethnic differences and thus a bloody civil war dominated much of the post-colonial period.

Galway hoteliers have condemned as outrageous the decision by the board of the ESB to pay the 3.5 per cent wage increase under Towards 2016 (the first phase of the transition agreement).

UNDERGROUND PSYCHEDELIC folk-rockers Agitated Radio Pilot and Yawning Chasm are releasing new EPs on the independent Rusted Rail label. The EPs will be officially launched at a gig featuring both artists upstairs in the Róisín Dubh on Tuesday at 8pm.