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Minister for Education and Youth, Hildegarde Naughton, has welcomed the commencement of construction for the Safe Routes to School scheme for Scoil Íosa, Oranmore. Minister Naughton introduced this scheme, while the Minister of State in the Department of Transport provided funding for the project.

Minister of State Noel Grealish has called on the Department of Transport to fund Galway City Council’s efforts to tackle the thousands of vehicles using Renmore as a rat run.

Residents of two notorious rat runs on the east side of the city say they have had enough, and will stage protests tomorrow, Friday, November 28, during morning rush hour.

James Browne TD, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, officially broke ground on a €23.6 million mixed-tenure housing development in Baile Chláir (Claregalway).

Iarnród Éireann (IE) has reaffirmed its commitment to bringing the Western Rail Corridor (WRC) back into use, describing the project as an “absolute priority” for the organisation amid what it says is a “significant change in momentum” towards reinstating the currently disused route.

Iarnród Éireann (IE) has reaffirmed its commitment to bringing the Western Rail Corridor (WRC) back into use, describing the project as an “absolute priority” for the organisation amid what it says is a “significant change in momentum” towards reinstating the currently disused route.

In years past, the NDP would be a ‘shopping list’ of projects which the cabinet awarded funding to, often after intense local lobbying, but it is now more a broad-brush statement of which policy areas or government departments will have funding prioritised.

Independent Councillor Geraldine Donohue this week called on the Loughrea Municipal District meeting to write to the Department of Transport asking for the re-opening of the Safe Routes to School Programme for all schools that had not applied back in 2021 and be given the opportunity to apply now.

The Shannon Airport Group welcomed Minister Seán Canney TD, Minister of State for International and Road Transport, Logistics, Rails and Ports, and Leader in Cabinet of the Independent Ministers, on his inaugural visit to Shannon Airport last week.

The Gluas Committee said it very much welcomed “positive comments” made by Martin last month when the Cork TD was visiting Galway to open the Crown Square development.