Minister Canney welcomes Health Department funding for local organisations

Galway East TD and Minister of State, Deputy Sean Canney has revealed that several organisations in the constituency are to benefit to the tune of over €126,000 from Department of Health Lottery Funding. The Department [...]

By | November 22nd, 2016|Blog, Galway East, Health, Homepage, Information, Latest News, National|0 Comments

Embrace FARM to Host Accident Support Group Meeting in Corralea Court Hotel, The Square, Tuam

Embrace FARM to Host Accident Support Group Meeting in Corralea Court Hotel, The Square, Tuam at 8 PM on Friday November 25 for bereaved families in the Galway, Mayo and Roscommon area. Peter Gohery, the [...]

By | November 15th, 2016|Blog, Farming, Galway East, Health, Homepage, Information, Latest News|0 Comments

National Hydrology Conference 2016

This morning (15th November) I addressed the National Hydrology Conference 2016 which took place in the Hodson Bay Hotel, Athlone. I opened my remarks by thanking the OPW and the Irish National Committees of the [...]

By | November 15th, 2016|Blog, Farming, Flood Relief, Galway East, Homepage, Latest News, National, O P W|0 Comments

Minster Canney announces €2m for Targeted Voluntary Homeowners Relocation Scheme and significant progress on Ireland’s approach to Flood Risk Management.

After attending today’s Government meeting, Minister of State for the Office of Public Works and Flood Relief, Mr. Seán Canney T.D., has announced he has secured €2m for the introduction of a once-off targeted Voluntary [...]

Canney welcomes additional resource teacher allocation

Minister of State for OPW and Flood Relief, Sean Canney TD, has welcomed the allocation of 430 additional resource teachers to schools to provide extra teaching support to children with special educational needs. ‘Resource teachers [...]

By | November 7th, 2016|Blog, Education, Galway East, Homepage, Latest News, National|0 Comments

Progress on Athenry Boys N.S. – Minister Sean Canney

Galway East Independent TD Seán Canney has received confirmation that the Quantity Surveyor for the Athenry Boys National School is to be appointed and that the Design Team will then be in place to allow [...]

Canney – Welcomes funding of €10 million for Town & Village Renewal scheme

Galway East Independent TD Seán Canney, Minister of the OPW & Flood Relief welcomes funding for 172 towns and villages across the country which has been allocated in 2016. Rural Development is a key priority [...]

Bill to ban fracking has full support of Government – Minister Sean Canney

Galway East TD and Minister of State Sean Canney has said the Government fully supports legislation that has been introduced to the Dail that aims to ban fracking in the country. Minister Canney said the [...]

By | November 4th, 2016|Blog, Farming, Galway East, Homepage, Information, Latest News, National, O P W|0 Comments

Canney welcomes funding for rural recreation projects

News that rural recreation projects throughout county Galway are to benefit from over €100,000 in funding as part of rural development funding announced this week has been warmly welcomed by Galway East TD Seán Canney. [...]

Lowering level of Lough Allen

I recently (18 October, 2016) attended the fifth meeting of the Shannon Flood Risk State Agency Co-ordination Working Group in Government Buildings in Dublin. An Taoiseach, Mr. Enda Kenny T.D. also addressed the Group which [...]

By | November 1st, 2016|Blog, Farming, Flood Relief, Homepage, Information, Latest News, National, O P W|0 Comments