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DEADLINE LOOMS FOR SUBMISSIONS ON NEW TUAM MOTORWAY
Date Published: 07-Feb-2008
Residents and landowners between Tuam and Galway have until Friday week [feb 15] to make submissions on the proposed M17 motorway to An Bord Pleanala.
The 25 kilometre long motorway isn’t expected to become a reality before 2012, but it’s already at an advanced design stage with Galway county council.
The proposed motorway is 25.5 kilometres long and will stretch from Rathmorrissy outside Galway city to the existing N17 where it will join the proposed Tuam Bypass.
Compulsory Purchase Orders were issued before Christmas to 180 landowners along the length of the route according to project engineer Fintan O’Meara.
The closing date for submissions to An Bord Pleanala is Friday 15 Feb
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Appeal for information following Portumna crash
Date Published: 08-May-2013
Gardai are appealing for witnesses following a single vehicle crash at the Portumna bridge this morning.
The road from Nenagh to Loughrea reopened shortly after 11 this morning following the completion of a technical exam.
Four men were travelling in a van when they hit the Portumna bridge around 6:30 this morning.
Gardaí, ambulance and two units of Portumna fire services rushed to the scene, and one of the men was taken to Portiuncula hospital in Ballinasloe.
He is being treated for head injuries, which have been described by Gardaí as serious.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Portumna Garda station on 09-097-42060
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President Higgins among GMIT’s first ever honorary fellowships
Date Published: 10-May-2013
GMIT is to honour seven outstanding individuals including President Michael D Higgins with Honorary Fellowships at a special ceremony later this month.
It’s the first time in the 40 year history of the Institute the Governing Body of GMIT has decided to award honorary fellowships.
The GMIT Honorary Fellowships will be conferred at the g Hotel in the city this day two weeks Friday 24 May at 2.30pm in front of 200 invited guests.
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Galway commuters hold their breath as LRC intervenes in bus strike
Date Published: 13-May-2013
Galway commuters are holding their breath as there has been a potential breakthrough in the Bus Eireann dispute, as both sides have agreed to talks at the Labour Relations Commission.
The LRC intervened this afternoon, on day two of strike action that has seen 95 per cent of bus services disrupted across the country.
The LRC’s Director of Conciliation Services, Kevin Foley, says the National Bus and Rail Union and the company have agreed to meet for mediated talks at 8 this evening.