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An initial grant of €560,000 by the Border, Midland and Western (BMW) Regional Assembly under the European Regional Development Fund grant scheme for the region’s designated gateways and hub towns has been paid to Galway City Council this week. The money will go towards the recently constructed bus and cycle corridor on the west side of the city.

Galway and the west of Ireland is in line for a major employment boost in the construction sector with the announcement that the three and a half year N17/N18 Tuam to Gort motorway road project is to begin construction.

The Border, Midland and Western (BMW) Regional Assembly director, Mr Gerry Finn has welcomed the outcome of the 2014-2020 European Union budget negotiations in Brussels which provided for a special case additional allocation of €100m to the BMW region.

The Border Midland and Western Regional Assembly has today welcomed the Atlantic Salmon Conservation Project that was presented at a conference in Limerick this week, addressed by Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Fergus O’ Dowd,TD.

The fourth payment totalling €267,785 has been issued to Mayo County Council by the Border, Midland and Western (BMW) Regional Assembly towards the Castlebar town centre regeneration project. This project has revitalised Castlebar through a programme of town centre regeneration and streetscape refurbishment. Also this grant has facilitated the development of a riverside walk developing Castlebar’s amenity corridor.

The fourth payment totalling €267,785 has been issued to Mayo County Council by the Border, Midland and Western (BMW) Regional Assembly towards the Castlebar town centre regeneration project. This project has revitalised Castlebar through a programme of town centre regeneration and streetscape refurbishment. Also this grant has facilitated the development of a riverside walk developing Castlebar’s amenity corridor.

Ireland’s oceans are an extraordinary natural resource with massive potential yet to be tapped, according to Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney, who was speaking at a national marine economy conference held in Malahide, Co Dublin, on Tuesday last.

Gort are the county senior hurling champions for the first time in 28 years after a magnificent victory over All-Ireland champions Clarinbridge on Sunday afternoon in Pearse Stadium.

A second grant of €0.32 million by the BMW Regional Assembly under a European Regional Development Fund grant scheme for designated Gateways and Hub Towns has been paid towards the Castlebar town centre regeneration project, bringing the total paid to date to €0.65 million, which consists of the town centre regeneration and streetscape refurbishment along with the development of the river walk as an amenity corridor.

Fine Gael county councillor Cyril Burke from Ballyglass, Castlebar, has been elected unopposed as the new Cathaoirleach of the Border, Midland and Western Regional Assembly at its annual general meeting.