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On a Tuesday afternoon visit to Athlone, both Fianna Fáil party leader, Micheal Martin and Deputy Robert Troy, who is seeking to retain his Longford/Westmeath constituency seat, met with South Westmeath Hospice committee members following news this week that local HSE management had failed to meet with the volunteer organisation to discuss the future of the palliative care facility.

The Irish Wheelchair Association, Na Fraoch, Logmore housing development in Belmullet, has won the national award for best housing for Housing for People with Disabilities at the Irish Council for Social Housing Community Housing Awards 2019.

Fianna Fáil TD for Roscommon-Galway, Dep Eugene Murphy, has expressed his concern at Live Register figures for the Midlands which have increased.

Cllr. John Naughten has welcomed the allocation of €40,000 for the upgrade of the road network servicing the Cluain Broc, Daneshill and Danesfort estates in Monksland.

Galway-native but US-based senator Billy Lawless has this week urged graduate members of the Irish diaspora to avail of their rights to vote in any future Seanad elections.

Fine Gael Councillor Jarlath Munnelly is calling on the Road Safety Authority (RSA) to certify personal use alcohol breathalyzers, to give more clarity to motorists when it is safe to drive a vehicle.

Westmeath Fianna Fáil Councillors, have rejected a proposal to increase commercial rates by 2.2 percent throughout County Westmeath. Councillors adopted the annual budget for 2019 at their local authority meeting and despite initial Fine Gael support for an increase in rates, passed the budget with a commitment to no increase.

NUI Galway’s Medical Orchestra will present a varied and rich programme of work to include the premiere of a five-minute original piece of music entitled Vena Vitae, as part of the Arts in Action 2018-2019 programme. The concert is in aid of Cancer Care West and takes place on Wednesday, 5 December at 6pm in the O’Donoghue Centre at NUI Galway.

When was the last time Fianna Fáil won two seats in Galway West? The 2007 General Election - now more than a decade ago. Older party activists will sigh with nostalgia for the days when FF could take three out of five. The last time that happened was in November 1982 - 36 years ago.

Students from the College of Engineering and Informatics will host Ireland’s first student-run energy summit, ‘Galway Energy Summit 2018’ on 8 March in the Bailey Allen Hall at NUI Galway.