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This week has seen two Castlebar town councillors exchanging verbal punches over the issue of bringing jobs to the county town. Fianna Fáil councillor Blackie Gavin threw down the challenge to Labour Party councillor Harry Barrett to “get real on who is responsible for solving the jobs crisis in Castlebar”. Cllr Gavin said Cllr Barrett seemed to forget that his own party was part of the Government and could do a lot to solve the problem if it wanted to.

Following last Friday’s meeting of the steering group established earlier this year to examine the options for growth and longer term viability of Ireland West Airport Knock, Managing Director of the Airport Joe Gilmore has stated that the airport is pleased with the progress that has been made to date.

The total cost to rectify all the deficiencies in the local road network throughout Galway county would be approximately €246 million, according to a recent study carried out by the local authority roads unit.

The first pre-election spat of the year in the council chamber saw a pragmatic, if somewhat irked, Cllr Aengus O’Rourke accept the unlikelihood of Fianna Fail returning to power after the next, soon-to-be-called, general election in a row over the National Recovery Plan 2011-2014.

Ireland West Airport Knock is to receive funding for urgent safety works to the tune of nearly half a million euro.