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Green NCAP has rounded off its year with a final batch of five cars, ahead of some big test changes in 2022.

The excellent Never Too Old Charity Shop in Claregalway recently won three Awards at the Irish Charity Shops Association 2020 Awards (ICSA) – Coming 1st Place for ‘Shop Manager of the Year’, second Place for ‘Best Shop Team of the Year’ and third Place for ‘Best On-line Presence’ This has created great delight and joy for the team and local communities, and represents an amazing achievement for this local shop.

Local Green Party Councillor, Louise Heavin, this week spoke to the Athlone Advertiser and reflected in detail upon the recent publication, by Government, of the Climate Action Plan 2021.

Policy-makers could really benefit from talking to children more. In a survey carried out at an event in June organised by the Galway National Park City initiative involving young people from 13 city primary schools, participants were asked what they loved most about Galway.

Galway-based biotechnology company, Glasport Bio, took home the coveted Excellence in Energy Research and Innovation award and a €10,000 bursary at recent The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) Energy Awards.

Green NCAP has published the results of three popular, high-selling cars and of the three, the Mazda2 comes out on top with 3.5 stars.

Green NCAP has published the results of three popular, high-selling cars, and the Mazda2 comes out on top with 3.5 stars. Ford’s crossover Puma checks in with three stars and the DS 3 Crossback gets a 2.5 star rating.

The recent United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report signed off by 195 governments is a truly terrifying read. It makes clear that Global Warming- characterised by more intense and frequent heatwaves, storms, rainfall, flooding and melting glaciers as well as rising sea levels, is due to human activity. It further stated that no part of the world is safe from its consequences and that these changes are accelerating.

Eleven schools across Galway city and county have been selected for inclusion in the first round of the Safe Routes to School programme to support walking and cycling infrastructure for school goers.

Westmeath County Council have extended the closing date for community funding applications to Friday the 21st May 2021 for the following Grants.