Press Releases from Minister Sean Canney TD.
FREIGHT INCREASE BOOSTS CASE FOR WESTERN RAIL CORRIDOR – CANNEY
International Warehousing and Transport company (IWT) has announced it is increasing its freight services between Ballina, Co Mayo, and Dublin Port by 30% this month. The company, which operates services in conjunction with Irish Rail, [...]
CANNEY ANNOUNCES LEADER FUNDING FOR GOLDEN MILE PROJECTS
Galway East TD and Minister of State for Rural and Community Development Seán Canney has announced an award of €15,377.75 in LEADER funding towards an initiative to encourage community groups to adopt a mile of [...]
CANNEY OFFICIALLY OPENS NEW TRAIL AT KNOCKMA HILL
The new trail at Knockma Hill near Belclare has been officially opened by Galway East TD and Minister of State for Rural Development Seán Canney. The launch yesterday (Monday) was part of the Big Hello, [...]
43 GALWAY COMMUNITY GROUPS READY TO CELEBRATE THE BIG HELLO
Forty three Galway community groups will be saying a Big Hello to mark Ireland's first National Community Weekend. The Big Hello, which is an initiative by the Department for Rural and Community Development, will take [...]
GALWAY TO RECEIVE MORE RESOURCES TO COMBAT DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE
Galway is to get three new outreach workers for frontline services to combat domestic, sexual and gender-based violence as part of a €23.8 million national funding allocation this year. The move announced by the Department [...]
CANNEY APPLAUDS FOREST OWNER PAYMENTS
More than 4,000 forest owners who applied for their annual premium payments by paper application have received grants amounting to €15.4 million this week. The payments follow on from more than 6,000 payments made in [...]