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Cash strapped young families are delaying or avoiding visiting their GP because of the cost involved, a local politician claimed this week.

The extension of the BreastCheck screening programme - to include women aged 65 to 69 years - will improve survival rates from this the second most common cancer in the country, a local politician said this week.

A County Galway health centre, which has been described by a local politician as a “focal point” in the community, has been closed temporarily.

The Galway County Council must immediately put a plan in place for hedge and grass cutting across the county, a local politician has demanded.

A solution to the ongoing flooding problem in south Mayo, which would mean huge savings for Mayo Council, has been put forward by a local politician, though, it has been met with some opposition.

I have been watching the progress of Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan with some amusement, and admiration for a number of years. Amusement because of his long running campaign to legalise cannabis, which has to be a no-hoper. He has been convicted on several occasions for possession of the drug, but undaunted, he sent a beautifully rolled cannabis cigarette to every politician in the Oireachtas as part of his campaign, pleading for them to enjoy a smoke, inhale deeply, and support his cause. That man doesn’t know the meaning of ‘no’.

Inependent Mayo county councillor Michael Kilcoyne will finally make his mind up whether he will contest the upcoming Dáil election this weekend. “Depending on what newspaper you read, I’m either in or I’m out of the running. But the reality is that I have not made my mind up yet. I’ve been talking to my people and I will make up my mind for once and for all this weekend.”

In every era in history, there is watershed in which what was acceptable before is no longer the norm, that what was expected is no longer expected, that what was tolerated was no longer allowed to be the dominant way of thinking.

A local politician has accused the Government of having “no real desire” to end hospital waiting lists.

The fact that almost 1,300 Galway children with hearing loss are on a waiting list for their first audiological assessment and review has been described as a “scandal” by a local politician.