Pat McGrath
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Galway County Council refuses permission for solar farm (opens the original)
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Galway County Council has refused permission for a 239-hectare solar farm near the villages of Monivea and Abbeyknockmoy. Heron Solar Limited had applied to develop a site, across a number of townlands, saying the facility would operate for 40 years. The company sought 10-year permission to allow for the erection of over one million square metres of ground mounted solar panels, along with a number of medium voltage stations and associated cabling. The plans also involved new access points to a n
Report finds failures in how OPW manages 92 properties (opens the original)
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The C&AG report identifies shortcomings in how the Office of Public Works (OPW) manages 92 residential properties across the diverse portfolio of buildings for which it is responsible. More than half of these are in the Phoenix Park in Dublin, with the remainder in other locations around the State. An examination of how the OPW monitors and manages these properties found an absence of formal arrangements for the management of 36 of them by other entities. The report also looks at rental income f
Further charges against two men accused of rape in Galway (opens the original)
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Further charges have been brought against two men, who have already been accused of raping a woman in the car park of Ceannt Railway Station in Galway last month. The men - aged 25 and 27 - were brought before Galway District Court this morning. Proceedings were translated for them by an Arabic interpreter. The accused men cannot be named, to protect the identity of the alleged victim. The 25-year-old man faces an additional two counts of sexual assault, contrary to Section 2 of the Criminal Law
Gaeltacht and West prepared for busy Culture Night (opens the original)
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There's a special focus on culture in the country’s Irish speaking regions this evening, with almost 40 different Culture Night events taking place across the Gaeltacht. In Conamara, there’s a night of storytelling and community heritage at Seanscoil Shailearna, with music events planned for Indreabhán, An Cheathrú Rua and Chill Chiaráin. People on Inis Meáin can take part in what’s billed as a traditional house visiting gathering, echoing the long standing custom of community interaction and ch
Permission refused for new Mayo data centre (opens the original)
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An Coimusún Pleanála (ACP) has refused permission for a data centre in Co Mayo over concerns about the electricity capacity to run the facility and the impact it would have on climate targets. Mayo Data Hub Limited was granted approval for the development outside Killala by Mayo County Council, in April 2025. Months later, that decision was appealed to ACP, by Colin Doyle, from Ennis in Co Clare. The planning authority has now overturned the initial permission, citing a number of issues with the
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