€29 MILLION TII INVESTMENT IN GALWAY COUNTY ROADS

Great news from Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) that as a result of funding secured in Budget 2020, Galway County Council will receive nearly €29 million to invest in maintaining and upgrading the county's roads infrastructure. [...]

By | December 19th, 2019|Blog, Galway East, Homepage, Information, Kinvara Area, Latest News, Tuam Area|0 Comments

CANNEY WELCOMES €29 MILLION TII INVESTMENT IN GALWAY COUNTY ROADS

Galway East TD and Minister for Rural Affairs Seán Canney has welcomed confirmation from Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) that as a result of funding secured in Budget 2020, Galway County Council will receive nearly €29 [...]

By | December 19th, 2019|Press Releases|0 Comments

CANNEY CALLS FOR EASING OF PROCUREMENT RULES FOR SMALL JOBS

Galway East TD and Minister for Rural Affairs Seán Canney has called for procurement rules to be eased to help schools, voluntary groups, sports clubs and local organisations with carrying out small projects with public [...]

By | December 19th, 2019|Press Releases|0 Comments

CANNEY WELCOMES GOVERNMENT INITIATIVE OVER AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

Galway East TD and Minister for Rural Affairs Seán Canney has strongly endorsed measures approved at a recent special Cabinet meeting on future job creation and new technology. Among the initiatives agreed was licensing for [...]

By | December 19th, 2019|Press Releases|0 Comments

TRADITIONAL CONCERT IN GALWAY

The magnificent St Nicholas' Collegiate Church was the setting for a superb concert by the Galway Traditional Orchestra on Sunday. Entitled A Christmas Celebration, it featured performances by Seán Keane and Lisa Lambe. I was [...]

By | December 18th, 2019|Blog, Galway East, Homepage, Information, Latest News, Tuam Area|0 Comments

NELL AT THE MALL

I had a great evening of entertainment at the Mall Theatre in Tuam at the weekend when I went to see a performance of Nell by Patricia King-Callaghan. The cast included Máire Acton-Mannion, Alana Mullins, [...]

By | December 17th, 2019|Blog, Galway East, Homepage, Information, Latest News, Tuam Area|0 Comments

PROGRESS FOR DERRYOOBER WATER SCHEME

I have received confirmation that Galway County Council has given approval to the Derryoober Group Water Scheme to progress to tender for upgrade works to the water supply. There have been issues with water quality [...]

By | December 17th, 2019|Blog, Galway East, Homepage, Latest News, Loughrea Area, Tuam Area|0 Comments

FUNDING FOR SENSORY SERVICES IN GALWAY COUNTY LIBRARIES

Public libraries in Galway County are to receive €26,600 from my department - the Department of Rural and Community Development - and Galway County Council to invest in sensory facilities and equipment. This will help [...]

By | December 16th, 2019|Blog, Galway East, Health, Homepage, Information, Latest News, Tuam Area|0 Comments

CANNEY WELCOMES FUNDING FOR SENSORY SERVICES IN GALWAY COUNTY LIBRARIES

Public libraries in Galway County are to receive €26,600 from the Department of Rural and Community Development and Galway County Council to invest in sensory facilities and equipment. Welcoming the funding from his Department, Galway [...]

By | December 16th, 2019|Press Releases|0 Comments

FIRING THE STARTING PISTOL ON THE NATIONAL BROADBAND PLAN

As Minister for Digital Development, I hosted a meeting of top officials of Local Authorities and senior executives of National Broadband Ireland (NBI) in Tullamore to hear of NBI’s plans for the roll-out of high [...]