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HUGE BOOST FOR EAST GALWAY SPORTS CAMPUS
I am delighted that the East Galway Sports Campus has been awarded a significant Government grant to develop its facilities. The campus at New Inn has been allocated funding of €749,000 for its major sports [...]
PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON WASTE ACTION PLAN
As part of our ambition to move towards a greener economy, my ministerial colleague, the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and the Environment Richard Bruton TD, has announced the opening of a public consultation on [...]
IRISH GEOSCIENCE EARLY CAREER SYMPOSIUM
As Minister for Natural Resources, I had the honour of giving the opening speech at the Irish Geoscience Early Career Symposium iGEO2020 at NUI Galway today. This is an important two-day event aimed at developing [...]
LOUGHREA COMMUNITY NURSING UNIT WILL BE BACK TO FULL CAPACITY
A new clinical director has been appointed and 11 new staff nurses have been approved to bring St Brendan's Community Nursing Unit in Loughrea back to full capacity following bed closures The unit has also [...]
WOMEN IN BUSINESS ACTION PLAN
Enterprise Ireland's Action Plan for Women In Business has been launched. The plan, which is part of the Government's Future Jobs Ireland strategy and has my full support, aims to increase the levels of women-led [...]
ENTERPRISE IRELAND JOBS BOOST FOR COUNTY GALWAY
Latest figures have shown that Enterprise Ireland supported companies in County Galway created 159 new jobs in 2019 leading to an increase of 1,534 over the last three years. These figures from the Government agency [...]