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The Athlone Institute of Technology can expect a third official title in its 40-year history - expected to be Technological University Athlone - if talks this week to amalgamate the five institutes in the Border, Midlands and West (BMW) region come to fruition.

A case in which a man pointed a replica Kalashnikov AK47 rifle out of a car window to induce fear in a number of people at a shopping centre car park has been adjourned.

An announcement this week that Údarás na Gaeltachta is to avoid making further funding commitments due to a shortfall in government funding has been met with fury by Westport TD Michael Ring who claims that 200 jobs are now in limbo because of the lack of funding.

The average debt owed by clients seeking help from the Money and Budgetary Services (MABS) offices in Galway was €26,400 as at end of June last which was above the national average of €15,100, that is according to figures obtained from the Department of Social and Family Affairs.

As voters head back to the polls today to have their second say on the Lisbon Treaty, it seems many have either binned their polling cards or never received them due to new procedures.

The cost of prefab rental in Galway city and county for both primary and post-primary schools from January to December 2009 is estimated to soar to €1.84 million, according to figures obtained from the Department of Education and Science.