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NUI Galway has announced its Energy Management System (EnMS) will be certified to International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) 50001. The certification, which will be completed in September 2012, will cover the university campus in Galway, including more than 110,000sqm of facilities, including teaching, leisure and sports, conference, laboratory, and cutting-edge research facilities.

Minister of State for Tourism and Sport Michael Ring has announced a grant of €352,800 to Ballyhaunis Swimming Pool for refurbishment works under the Green Swimming Pool initiative, designed to make the pools across Ireland more energy efficient and less reliant on State support.

Minister of State for Tourism and Sport, Michael Ring TD has welcomed the announcement by the Minister for Housing and Planning, Jan O’Sullivan TD in relation to the housing capital allocations to local authorities worth €251.5 million for 2012. The allocation will support investment under the national regeneration programme, works to improve the standard and energy efficiency of the national social housing stock as well as meeting commitments under the existing contracts for delivering social and voluntary houses. Further multi-annual capital investment programmes for new housing construction projects will be outlined later in the year.

Housing stock in Galway city and county is set to benefit from significant improvement works to existing supply, as well as the provision of additional social and voluntary housing, after it was announced this week that funding of nearly €4 million has been allocated to both local authorities.

Westport’s Carlton Atlantic Coast Hotel was among a large group of spas represented at the National Spa and Wellness Conference in Cork this week, which was organised by Fáilte Ireland.

Pfizer’s Loughbeg site in Ireland has become the first Pfizer pharmaceutical plant worldwide to achieve the ISO 50001 standard — and it was achieved with the help of software from a Galway company.

Grady Joinery is Ireland's premier manufacturer of uPVC, timber, and aluminium A-rated energy efficient windows and doors.

Grady Joinery is Ireland's premier manufacturer of uPVC, timber, and aluminium A-rated energy efficient windows and doors.

Athlone’s long awaited new Garda station is nearing its final stages, the Office of Public Works has confirmed.

With preparations now well under way for next month’s inaugural Mayors Awards for County Galway organisors have announced the 35 community and voluntary groups short listed and in with a chance of coming up trumps in more than seven categories.