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Taoiseach Simon Harris is adamant that the current government will run its full term until 2025. It is a blunt and difficult promise to unwind, although the current spat between Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and Green Party coalition TDs about taxing underutilised residential land may be the loose thread that unravels this current government prematurely.

Primary school teachers in Galway are being invited this week to register for the Blue Star Programme. In its 14th year, the award-winning programme teaches children about the European Union. To date, more than 1,200 schools and an estimated 200,000 pupils have completed the programme, with 18 schools in Galway participating last year.

Minister Hildegarde Naughton has confirmed that two new bus stops will be provided on the Coast Road, Oranmore, to facilitate access to the train station. The local TD and Government Chief Whip, has been liaising with the National Transport Authority in recent months in relation to the need to provide greater public transport options in the locality.

€3.8 million has been secured to renovate the Nuns Island Theatre and Church House, to its rear - a move which will represent a further 1,800 square feet of cultural space in the city and a significant boost to the arts community. The funding was secured under THRIVE, the Town Centre First Heritage Revival Scheme, awarded under Ireland’s two European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Regional Programmes.

Ballybrit-based clinical stage orthopaedic medical device company Loci Orthopaedics is to create 20 new jobs, bringing its total team in Ireland to 32 employees.

Local TD and Government Chief Whip, Hildegarde Naughton, has revealed that the enabling works for the new Elective Surgical Hub in Merlin Park have commenced. The Hub is an interim measure pending the construction of the new Elective Hospital in Merlin Park, which Minister Naughton has championed since first elected.

St. Joseph's Special School in Galway recently celebrated its 60th anniversary with a heart-warming event that brought together past and present students, staff, families, and neighbours. The festivities were made even more special, thanks to Tom Kenny’s wonderful overview of the school's history in the Galway Advertiser prior to the event. As guests arrived, they were greeted by two stilt walkers at the brightly decorated entrance and welcomed by staff, board of management members, and the school’s principal, Sarah McGinley.

University of Galway Professor Pat Dolan has been presented with the Medal of the Maria Grzegorzewska University in Warsaw for life-long work and achievements in the field of children’s rights.

Count centres are like catnip for political reporters: we just can’t resist visiting them. And politicians – usually button-lipped around pol corrs – tend to want to chat about everything under the sun when ballots are being sorted, as the uniquely democratic adrenalin of fear and anticipation courses through their party-political veins.

Local Minister and Government Chief Whip, Hildegarde Naughton TD, has confirmed that the new Coast Road Pedestrian and Cycling Route in Oranmore will go to planning before the end of this year. This new project will encompass the existing Coast Road between the mini roundabout at the top of Main Street, Oranmore, to the entrance at the Oranmore Train Station carpark.