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While Taoiseach Leo Varadkar was in Mayo yesterday to perform the official opening of the new N5 Turlough-Westport route, Fáilte Ireland was also on the ground in Mayo this week, as it hosted two special workshops in Westport and Mulranny, aimed at developing a network of local experts working on the frontline in tourism and hospitality.

Local Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, warmly welcomed Minister for Public Enterprise, Deputy Paschal Donohoe, to Athlone late last week for a series of engagements.

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) and An Garda Síochána are issuing a road safety appeal to all road users ahead of the Easter Bank Holiday weekend.

Mayo TD Michael Ring has called for action on the strategic development zone at Knock Airport in order to create an industrial hub there - and has been supported in his call by Minister of State in the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Dara Calleary.

Local Fine Gael Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, was in Athlone on Friday last visiting local business owners and hearing first hand the feedback on local and national issues which are affecting traders at present.

Mary Coughlan was listening to the radio when she heard Anne O'Rourke, founder of TIAFI, an organisation dedicated to helping vulnerable women and children across Turkey and Syria. "I heard Anne on the news a week after the earthquake. She is from Waterford, and she has been living and working in a refugee camp on the Turkish Syrian border for years. Following the earthquake, she had an influx of about 26,000 people looking for help, some of whom had lost every member of their family.

Gardaí in Galway are investigating a fatal road traffic collision involving a pedestrian and a vehicle on the N84 near Carrowbrowne, on the Headford road Galway, on Sunday February 19, 2023 shortly before 6.30am. The pedestrian sadly passed away.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has assured Galway West TD Noel Grealish that if the city’s ring road gets the go-ahead from An Bord Pleanála, it will be funded by Government.

Local Fine Gael TD Ciaran Cannon has welcomed a funding allocation of €3.3m for the refurbishment of community centres across Co Galway. The funding has been allocated by Rural Development Minister Heather Humphreys and will benefit 21 community groups in the city and county.

Galway Science and Technology Festival broke all previous attendance records on Sunday for the much-anticipated return of the Festival Exhibition, hosted by the University of Galway and spread right throughout the campus.