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The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government John Gormley, has said that local authorities must plan adequately in order to respond to drinking water incidents.

There have been mixed reactions locally to yesterday’s budget blow-out, which has left every one of us less well off in some shape or form.

Over the past year, the National Development Plan continued to deliver significant investment in a range of economic and social projects in Co Westmeath. Despite the global financial crisis and the pressure on Ireland’s public finances, further investment was made in training and employment programmes, business supports, education, healthcare, social housing, and the county’s physical infrastructure during 2008.

Independent election candidate for the Ballyragget electoral area Ger Ferris has moved to quash rumours that he will rejoin Fianna Fail if elected to the local authority next June.

Well, we now know what was in the Budget!

A north Kilkenny councillor has called on the Environment Minister to bridge the funding gap that has arisen for the local authority to deal with water services for the county.

The independent review into cryptosporidium outbreak, and the Galway City Council’s handling of the crisis, is to be completed by end of month. However Independent Cllr Catherine Connolly has “serious concerns” about the report’s independence.

At a combined borough and county council meeting last Monday, the question of funding the ever-increasing social housing list was raised by Mayor Malcolm Noonan at a question and answers session with Minister John Gormley in Kilkenny.

Looking back, the year 2008 has been a year that most people will want to forget.

The elected members of Mayo County Council and the executive of the council will sit down today at 2pm, to try and thrash out the budget for the council for 2009. The council met for four hours on Monday and managed to get through only four of the programmes for consideration and no agreement was reached on the budget.