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The Midlands region has been recognised as a ‘European Region of the Future’ by the Financial Times as part of their latest fDi Intelligence ranking on FDI Strategy.

37 Church Street, Athlone, Co. Westmeath,

Anne Marie Stokes is a woman on a mission. She is the second person, and first woman, to fill the role of Traveller Education Officer for University of Galway, and is driven by a desire to bring about change through one of the world's most powerful tools, education.

An insight into how accessible Galway city is, through the eyes of the disabled people who navigate through it.

Funding is being made available under the Town and Village Renewal Scheme (TVRS) to support the continued regeneration of County Westmeath’s rural towns and villages so that they are attractive and vibrant places for people to live and work.

Cllr Niall Murphy is satisfied that the Galway City Council has committed to audit the public realm for accessibility for people with disabilities.

With its proven track record as a residential location of choice, the sale of a development site on the Clybaun Road, Knocknacarra, with planning permission for 33 spacious one, two, and three bedroom apartments with sea views, along with retail space and a medical centre between two blocks, is expected to attract strong interest from both local and national developers in the build-to-sell and build-to-rent sectors, in an established suburban area for both owner occupier and investor sales.

Saturday December 3 was the UN International Day of Persons with Disability. We marked it in Galway by holding what we called a ‘Speakout,’ at one o’clock outside Brown Thomas’s, where the Christmas shopping crowds were thickest. Ten of us, men and women in wheelchairs, all ages from late twenties to over eighty, spoke in turn about the need to combat our social exclusion in the city, letting the public know the everyday obstacles we face to our mobility and ease of access.

Planning applications for housing developments in the county continue to decline, the planning SPC heard on Monday.

Work has commenced on major accessibility improvements at Athlone Train Station. These improvements are designed to give greater access to those with mobility and sensory impairments as well as offering improved facilities to families travelling with small children and those travelling with heavy baggage.