Search Results for 'strong advocate'

Local Fine Gael councillor John Naughten has welcomed confirmation of an allocation of €250,000 in funding for a community park in Monksland as well as news that Minister Heather Humphreys will now perform the official opening of the new science and innovation hub.

Mayo Sinn Féin has selected its second candidate for next year’s local elections, Tony Geraghty, to run alongside Donna Hyland, who was selected for the party last month.

Local Fianna Fáil Deputy, Robert Troy, has described as unacceptable any attempt by the Department of Social Protection to penalise retained firefighters that are currently receiving social welfare payments, due to an ongoing dispute.

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.

In the early days of the pandemic, it was not unusual for people to suggest that 'afterwards' things would not - could not - go back to the old normal.

Local Fine Gael Senator, Aisling Dolan, has confirmed that a decision on the preferred route corridor for the TII Athlone to Galway section of the cycleway is due to be announced through public consultation at end of November/start of December 2021

The Ballinasloe routes identified for the new Galway- Athlone cycleway have the potential to transform the town into a dynamic eco-tourism hub, a Fine Gael Senator has said.

By the 16th century Galway was a compact, well laid out town, with handsome buildings, protected by a strong wall. The wealth of the so called Tribal families, originally Anglo/Normans, built up over decades of canny, and adventurous trade, bought them total control of the municipal authorities. Loyalty to the English crown rubber-stamped their laws to keep the native Irish out of the town. They built large houses in a style that reflected their power, while meeting the aesthetic standards of their European contemporaries. Galway was a place apart from the rest of the island.

Cllr Ollie Crowe, Fianna Fáil General Election Candidate, is calling for a better infrastructure, better finance and an increase on the disability allowance so that 642,131 Irish people can feel fully included and treated equally in our society.

Fianna Fáil Local Election Candidate for the Ballina Municipal District, Eamon Moore, is calling for Mayo County Council to apply to the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport for specific roads funding for the Ceide Coast, incorporating Killala, Lacken and Ballycastle.