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Extra seat and retiring councillors line up exciting race
One more seat and three councillors retiring from politics makes the battle for the seven seats in the Castlebar electoral area one of the most interesting races in this year’s local elections. The transfers of Burriscarra, Portroyal and Roslee with their combined population of 1,327 people from the old Ballinrobe area to the Castlebar area has really thrown the race for seats in the county town wide open. There are 12 going to post on June 5 and, with only three sitting councillors going for re-election, there will be at the very least four new faces or maybe three new and one old representing the Castlebar area in the next council.
No cutbacks, no fees, no Fianna Fail TDs!
Over 100 students from Athlone Institute of Technology descended on the Hodson Bay Hotel, Athlone on Monday this week to stage a protest to coincide with the Fianna Fail ‘think in’ taking place at the hotel.
Hike in student registration fees a real danger warn SU and McNelis
Third level fees might not be about to be reintroduced but that does not mean there will not be a hike in registration fees, which will make education more highly expensive than it already is.
Put new school for Colaiste na Coiribe at top of priority list, Education Minister urged
A local city councillor is urging Education Minister Batt O’Keeffe to put building a new premises for the Knocknacarra based Irish secondary school Colaiste na Coiribe at the top of his priority list.
Colaiste na Coiribe deserves better than a ‘no show’ by minister says Walsh
Education Minister Batt O’Keefe’s failure to turn up at Colaiste na Coiribe was “disappointing” but the real shame was that the school has again been left with no news on whether or not it is to get an upgrade and new location.
Higgins demands definitive answers on Coláiste na Coiribe
“Evasive and obfuscatory” is how Labour Galway West TD Michael D Higgins has described the Minister for Education’s responses to his questions about Coláiste na Coiribe.
Twenty five years a singing and dancing - that’s a real education
Poor old Batt. He was damned if he did and damned if he didn’t, so he did and took all the damnation that was thrown at him and then changed his mind in case there wasn’t enough damning.
Twenty five years a singing and dancing - that’s a real education
Poor old Batt. He was damned if he did and damned if he didn’t, so he did and took all the damnation that was thrown at him and then changed his mind in case there wasn’t enough damning.
