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A Galway senator is calling for Arts Minister, Jimmy Deenihan, to officially set a date for the Famine Commemoration Day to not only acknowledge this significant event in Irish history but also to fully capitalise on the forthcoming Gathering events planned for 2013.

The setting up of a new bank to cater for small and medium enterprises is essential as the mostly State owned banks are refusing to give loans.

Delays in Garda vetting procedures by up to eight weeks and longer must be addressed as an urgent priority by the Justice Minister Alan Shatter.

The period for spreading fertiliser and chemical feed should be extended by a month to alleviate a winter feed crisis for farmers because of the heavy summer rainfall, Senator Lorraine Higgins has said.

Last weekend while the men enjoyed the football, a group of women were tucked away in a hotel in Galway, following an intensive course in politics.

Within the next fortnight, Fine Gael Senator Fidelma Healy Eames and Independent TD Noel Grealish, will learn whether they will remain representatives for Galway West or find themselves fighting for seats in Galway East at the next General Election.

The proposed sale of State assets must not be at the expense of job losses, Senator Lorraine Higgins has warned this week.

Early last year when Labour decided to hold this year’s centenary conference in Galway, they could not have foreseen just how different the picture would be. They had just been elected into power along with Fine Gael on a tidal wave of dissent against the incumbent incompetents. They had elected many new TDs, bright young things whom it seemed had lots to offer the party in this new coalition. Here in Galway, we provided two of them — Derek Nolan and Colm Keaveney — and they represented a refreshing change, and in the Seanad, Lorraine Higgins has also been groomed for greater things. Happy days for Labour in Government and in Galway.

A leading IT consultancy and services provider has announced that a number of jobs in Galway will be created, as well as in Dublin, through the expansion of its offices over the next three years.

A leading IT consultancy and services provider has announced that a number of jobs in Galway will be created, as well as in Dublin, through the expansion of its offices over the next three years.