17 10, 2017

Canney welcomes €30 million additional funding for 2017 Sports Capital Grants

By | October 17th, 2017|Athenry Area, Blog, Galway East, Gort Area, Homepage, Information, Latest News, Loughrea Area, Portumna Area, Sporting, Tuam Area|0 Comments

Seán Canney T.D. has welcomed the announcement by Minister Shane Ross that the allocation of funding for the 2017 Sports Capital Programme is to be doubled from €30 to €60 million. ‘I have worked closely [...]

17 10, 2017

Canney welcomes doubling of funding for Greenways

By | October 17th, 2017|Athenry Area, Blog, Farming, Galway East, Gort Area, Headford Area, Homepage, Information, Kinvara Area, Latest News, Loughrea Area, Portumna Area, Tourism, Tuam Area|0 Comments

Seán Canney T.D. has welcomed the announcement by Minister Shane Ross that he is to double the amount of funding for Greenways. This announcement is in recognition of the success of Greenways. A new development [...]

16 10, 2017

Irish Water Update on Storm Ophelia

By | October 16th, 2017|Athenry Area, Blog, Flood Relief, Galway East, Health, Homepage, Information, Latest News, Loughrea Area, Portumna Area, Tuam Area|0 Comments

Dear Deputies Irish Water working in partnership with the Local Authority has incident plans in place and crews on standby to deal with the effects of Storm Ophelia. Irish Water recognises that the predicted conditions [...]

16 10, 2017

FREE BA IN BUSINESS ENTERPRISE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

By | October 16th, 2017|Athenry Area, Blog, Education, Galway East, Gort Area, Homepage, Information, Latest News, Loughrea Area, Portumna Area, Tuam Area|0 Comments

Galway Rural Development are delighted to be working with Equal Ireland in offering a FREE degree to Women aged over 21 in County Galway . This course is strictly for women who are not in [...]

9 10, 2017

Meeting with Harris on Merlin Park fiasco

By | October 9th, 2017|Blog, Galway East, Health, Homepage, Latest News, Tuam Area|0 Comments

I, along with other Oireachtas members met with Health Minister Simon Harris TD last week to brief the Minister on the situation arising at Merlin Park hospital. Also in attendance at the meeting were Maurice [...]

8 10, 2017

Speech by Seán Canney TD Official Opening Mountbellew Primary Care Centre

By | October 8th, 2017|Blog, Galway East, Health, Homepage, Latest News, Launch Events, Tuam Area|0 Comments

Introduction Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen, Reverend Father and Public Representatives. I am delighted to be here today and I would like to thank Tony O’Brien for the invitation to officially open the new expanded [...]

5 10, 2017

Contractor to be appointed for Tuam Fire Station

By | October 5th, 2017|Blog, Galway East, Homepage, Information, Latest News, Tuam Area|0 Comments

Tuam Fire Startion East Galway TD Seán Canney has been informed that the preferred contractor for the construction of the new Fire Station in Tuam is to be appointed. Following the tender process a contractor [...]

4 10, 2017

Good news for local towns and villages

By | October 4th, 2017|Athenry Area, Blog, Galway East, Gort Area, Homepage, Information, Latest News, Loughrea Area, Portumna Area, Tourism, Tuam Area|0 Comments

Significant funding for towns and villages in East Galway under the Town and Village Enhancement scheme was announced today. In total towns and villages in county Galway are to receive over €1 million in funding [...]

2 10, 2017

Proposed changes to Fair Deal scheme welcome

By | October 2nd, 2017|Athenry Area, Blog, Farming, Galway East, Gort Area, Health, Homepage, Information, Latest News, Loughrea Area, Portumna Area, Tuam Area|0 Comments

Proposed changes to the Fair Deal Scheme which would assist self-employed people and farm families to access the scheme are very welcome and long overdue. Minister Jim Daly has confirmed that he proposes to cap [...]