Galway Advertiser 1999/1999_10_21/GA_21101999_E1_016.pdf 

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East Galway councillors claim small towns and communities are being neglected
by Keith Kelly T H E F I V E County Galway towns to benefit from the 1 9 9 9 Town Renewal Scheme have been named, but once again county councillors from the east of the county have expressed anger at what they claim is the selective discrimination against east Galway by authorities.
NEWLY ELECTED FIANNA "WHY IS T E E NO SCHEME HR FAJL COUNCILLOR JAMES JOYCE SAID HE TOOK GREAT EXCEP FOR THE SMALLER TOWNS AND TION T THE OMISSION OF T E VILLAGES? THERE SHOULD BE, O H O SMALLER TOWNS AND VILLAGES THERE NEEDS T BE, AND I WILL OF THE COUNTY, PARTICULARLY FIGHT FOR THE SMALL TOWNS IN THE BALLINASLOE ELECTORAL AREA, FROM BEING CONSID ERED FOR SELECTION FOR THE AND VILLAGES OF GALWAY. HE WAS BACKED IN HIS COMMENT BY A L ELECTED L THERE WERE 1 2 TOWNS COUNCILLORS FROM THE SELECTED AS BEING ELIGIBLE BALLINASLOE ELECTORAL AREA FOR CONSIDERATION FOR THE WHO ONCE AGAIN EXPRESSED 1 9 9 9 TOWN RENEWAL CONCERN A THE APPARENT T LACK OF INVESTMENT AND FUNDING BEING MADE AVAIL SCHEME UNDER THE CRITERIA

TOWNS

BALLYGAR AND HEADFORD ( 5 0 0 - 7 5 0 ) , CLIFDEN AND PORTUMNA ( 7 5 0 - 2 , 0 0 0 ) , AND LOUGHREA ( 2 , 0 0 0 - 6 , 0 0 0 )

SAYING T A THEIR RESPECTIVE HT PARTS OF GALWAY WERE ALSO BEING IGNORED FOR FUNDING

MAKE A PROPOSAL AS T O WHICH TOWNS T SELECT, O

WHICH WOULD THEN BE F R O AND THAT IT WAS CENTRAL WARDED T THE GOVERNMENT. O O L THERE WERE A NUMBER O F WERE SELECTED T BE SUBMIT GALWAY T WHERE A L FUND O O O TED T THE DEPARTMENT FOR ING SEEMS T BE CHANNELLED. CRITERIA WHICH HAD T BE O RATIFICATION. COUNCILLORS FROM THE REMAINING SEVEN TOWNS WHICH WERE NOT SELECTED MOUNTBELLEW, MOYCULLEN, ATHENRY, GORT, ORANMORE, OUGHTERARD, AND BALLINASLOE A L BERATED THE L FACT THEIR PARTICULAR TOWNS WERE NOT SELECTED, WITH COUNCILLORS FROM NORTH GALWAY (TUAM ELECTORAL AREA) AND SOUTH GALWAY (LOUGHREA ELECTORAL AREA)

LAID DOWN BY THE DEARTMENT "CHAIRMAN, YOU A E TRY R OF THE ENVIRONMENT. O T ING T HURRY ME ON BECAUSE ABLE T EAST GALWAY - A A O TOWNS HAD TO HAVE A SCHEME. YOU KNOW WHAT I AM GOING RECENT MEETING OF THE COUN POPULATION G E T R THAN 5 0 0 RAE O VOICE RAISED, JOYCE TOLD T SAY AND YOU KNOW IT IS CIL, ULICK BURKE SAID THE AND LESS THAN 6 , 0 0 0 UNDER THE COUNCIL HE WAS THERE T NOT POPULAR, BUT I DO NOT EAST OF THE COUNTY WAS 1 9 9 6 CENSUS FIGURES TO BE O ALIENATED CONSIDERED. THIS WAS FUR O FIGHT FOR THE RIGHTS OF THE CARE, I AM GOING T SAY IT - BECOMING EAST GALWAY AND SMALL BECAUSE OF A LACK OF FUND T E BROKEN DOWN INTO THREE SMALLER COMMUNITIES IN HR R GALWAY, AND HE SAID HE TOWNS A E BEING NEGLECTED," ING IN THE AREA, AND HE ALSO CATEGORIES - POPULATIONS OF WOULD MAKE NO APOLOGY F R HE SAID. O SAID THE TRANSPORTATION AND BETWEEN 5 0 0 AND 7 5 0 , POP LAND USE STUDY HAD NEGLECT ULATIONS OF BETWEEN 7 5 0 ED THIS PART OF THE COUNTY. AND 2 , 0 0 0 , AND POPULATIONS

O O A MOTION WAS PASSED T O MADE F R A TOWN T BE ELIG O FORWARD THE NAMES OF THE BLE F R THE FUNDING, INCLUD H FIVES TOWNS SELECTED BY THE ING POPULATION FIGURES - T E COUNCIL F R FUNDING, AND T AVAILABILITY OF DEVELOPMENT O O NR S R C U E ALSO INCLUDE MOUNTBELLEW, OPPORTUNITIES, I F A T U T R H BALLINASLOE, AND GORT IN THE IN PLACE IN THE TOWN, T E O HOPE T A THEY TOO WOULD NEED F R REGIONAL DISTRIBU HT RECEIVE FUNDING. THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THE 1 9 9 9 TOWN RENEWAL SCHEME IS TO COUNTER THE TREND OF PEOPLE MOVING FROM SMALL URBAN SETTLE MENTS IN A COUNTY INTO THE

TION, AND THE FURTHER IMPROVEMENT OF DESIGNATED HERITAGE TOWNS WERE ALSO AMONG THE MAIN CRITERIA WHICH HAD T BE MET. O A DECISION ON FUNDING FROM THE GOVERNMENT IS

SELECTED

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OF BETWEEN 2 , 0 0 0 AND 6,000.

ET LARGER TOWNS AND CITIES OF EXPECTED IN APRIL OF N X YEAR, WHEN ANOTHER PHASE T A COUNTY. HT OF FUNDING IS EXPECTED T O

Marie Goaley

Harrods London Frank Hession
Btrkek

Court

Hotel

Dublin

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JULTEIDO te Jpns sine o wlbi g ad bat h aaee c c f e e n eu e -n y PROMOTION M A aa Mia s md ihn n S ied Cnua t is a al be u tl hsi o o s l n v ia l ni t St r a Ot 2r UM audy c 3d t a vs yu o t e S ied r n e o d ie o n h hsi o a g, prr a pro aie mkoe ad ef m es n lsd aevr n o s i cr a ayi knae n l ss j
THE COUNCIL

SELECTION CRITERIA
GALWAY

COUNTY

COME ON STREAM - COUNCIL LORS ASKED THAT THE SEVEN

EMPLOYED THE ' UNSUCCESSFUL TOWNS IN COUNTY GALWAY BE GIVEN BRADY SHIPMAN MARTIN PRIORITY FOR THIS ROUND OF COMANY TO ASSESS ELIGIBLE FUNDING. TOWNS IN THE COUNTY AND

SAIMEUL

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A Free Gift of a stylish SHISEIDO Bag containing a selection of trial size products is yours with any two purchases from the Shiseido Range, including one from the skincare range. Phone 566670 for your appointment

PAUL ANTHONY & HIS TEAM ARE DELIGHTED TO WELCOME MARIE GOALEY BACK TO GALWAY. DURING HER THREE YEARS AT HARRODS HAIR & BEAUTY SALON LONDON AS TRAINING & RECRUITMENT MANAGERPLUS HER 8 YEARS WITH THE RENOWNED FRANK HESSION @ THE BERKELEY COURT HOTEL, DUBLIN MARIE HAS GAINED INVALUABLE EXPERIENCE.

THEFIRSTWINES FROM HARVEST OF 1999 WIL ARRIVING IN GALWA 22ND OCTOBER. TAST FRIDAY EVENING BET AND 21.00 AND ON S 23RD OCTOBER FROM 19.00.
Come along and enjoy a glass of these delightful wines!
DISCOVER T E PRIMEUR A H T

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Call for an appointment n o w 9 Middle Street Tel: 0 9 1 561526

Matt O'Flaherty
William Street, Galway *

The Noble Vine, The Mail, Terryland Retail Park, Headford Road, Galway. Tel: 091 565749 Fax: 091 566849