Seamount College to benefit from Emergency Works Funding

News that funding has been granted to Seamount College, Kinvara by the Department of Education under the Emergency Works scheme is very welcome. The funding will be used for structural work on the school. The [...]

Have your say on the Tuam Local Area Plan

The Draft Tuam Local Area Plan 2018-2024 will be on public display and may be inspected from Friday 19th January 2018 to Friday 2nd March 2018. The Draft Tuam Local Area Plan 2018-2024 along with [...]

By | January 23rd, 2018|Blog, Galway East, Latest News, Tuam Area|0 Comments

Have your say on electoral areas in County Galway

Have your say on electoral areas in County Galway.

Galway Parkinsons receives €40,000 in funding

Galway Parkinsons was this week allocated €40,000 in funding from the HSE, which is a very welcome development for people in Galway county and living with Parkinsons. This funding under a Section 39 application follows [...]

By | January 18th, 2018|Blog, Galway East, Health, Homepage, Latest News|0 Comments

Dog owners – be careful during lambing season

As the lambing season approaches I would urge all dog owners to keep their dogs under control at all times. Every year farmers in county Galway lose sheep to dog attacks and I would urge [...]

By | January 18th, 2018|Blog, Farming, Galway East, Homepage, Latest News|0 Comments

Streamlined process needed for critical infrastructure projects

Important applications for projects involving housing, data, transport and inward investment are being held up because of needless delays in the processes involved and there is a need for a more streamlined appeal process for [...]

By | January 17th, 2018|Blog, Galway East, Homepage, Housing, Latest News, National, O P W|0 Comments

Galway East to benefit from new tourism branding and marketing – Sean Canney

I welcome proposals by Fáilte Ireland to increase tourism potential in Galway East. These initiatives have come to fruition following meetings and discussions which Deputy Canney instigated during his role as Minister for the Office [...]

Have your say on the future of policing in Ireland

Have your say on the future of policing in Ireland. The Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland is organising public events to give members of the public an opportunity to share your views [...]

Alarming decline in farmer numbers

A huge decline in the number of people employed in agriculture in the west of Ireland is revealed in recent information from the Western Development Commission. There was a 41.4% decline in the number of [...]

By | January 9th, 2018|Blog, Farming, Galway East, Homepage, Information, Latest News, National|0 Comments

National Planning Framework must deliver AEC as Counterbalance to over-development in the East – Sean Canney

The National Planning Framework, which is due to be published in coming weeks, will set out the strategy for economic development for the country over the next 30 years and the Atlantic Economic Corridor must [...]