Minister Seán Canney welcomes the official opening by Uachtarán na hÉireann, Michael D. Higgins, of ‘Parks – Our Shared Heritage’ at Farmleigh Gallery.

Seán Canney TD, Minister for the Office of Public Works and Flood Relief, today (6 April 2017) welcomed the opening of this significant international exhibition at Farmleigh. This is a unique collaboration between the Office [...]

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Minister Canney represents Government as Croatian President visits Galway

Minister of State for the OPW, Mr. Sean Canney represented the Irish Government on Wednesday during the occasion of the visit to Galway of Her Excellency, Mrs. Kolinda Garbar-Kitarovic, President of the Republic of Croatia. [...]

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Irish Water hosts local community and elected reps at Kilconnell water treatment plant

Irish Water hosted a community event on Friday last (March 24) to demonstrate the works that have taken place to remove the Kilconnell water supply from a 13-month boil water notice. The solution was an [...]

Minister Canney’s successful visit to China for St. Patrick’s Day ‘Promote Ireland’ Programme for 2017

Seán Canney, Minister for the Office of Public Works (OPW) and Flood Relief visited China as part of the St. Patrick’s Day ‘Promote Ireland’ Programme for 2017. St. Patrick’s Day provides the opportunity for the [...]

Mother and Baby Homes – Dáil Counter Motion on Private Members’ Business

Statement by Minister Sean Canney TD - 21 March 2017 Ceann Comhairle, Deputies, I would like to begin my contribution on this motion tonight by offering my personal condolences to the family of Martin McGuinness, [...]

Minister Canney attends the Greening of the Great Wall of China

Seán Canney, Minister for the Office of Public Works (OPW) and Flood Relief, is in China, as part of the St. Patrick’s Day ‘Promote Ireland’ programme for 2017 St. Patrick’s Day offers an opportunity for [...]

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Minister Canney supports Darkness into Light Hong Kong 5km

Darkness into Light Hong Kong committee members Stephen Togher and Niall Kelly presented visiting Minister for State, Sean Canney TD with a Darkness into Light Hong Kong t-shirt at the Consulate Of Ireland last evening [...]

Minister Canney meets with Mr Huang Rong, Shanghai Deputy Secretary General for Flood Relief

On the occasion of his visit to China, Mr. Seán Canney, T.D., Minister of State for the Office of Public Works and Flood Relief has met with Mr Huang Rong, Shanghai Deputy Secretary General for [...]

By | March 14th, 2017|Blog, Flood Relief, Homepage, Information, Latest News, O P W, Tourism|0 Comments

Sean Canney meeting Irish Companies at Irish Festival in Hong Kong

Delighted to visit Comix Homebase, the main venue for the Irish Festival in Hong Kong. I met with Irish people promoting their goods including Aidan Murphy, Galway Hooker Beers; Joe Laird, woodturner; Colum Murphy, Skelligs [...]

By | March 12th, 2017|Blog, Galway East, Homepage, Information, Latest News, National|0 Comments

Minister Canney outlines actions and the investment being made to mitigate flood risk

Seán Canney, T.D., Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works (OPW) and Flood Relief outlined actions and the investment being made to mitigate flood risk. The Minister said “While water levels [...]