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July 27 2006

Contracts signed for new Clarinbridge water scheme
BY UNA SINNOTT Contractors have been selected for a new 2.35 million water scheme for Clarinbridge, it was announced this week. The contract for the new water scheme, which will be an extension of the Tuam Regional Supply Scheme, has been awarded to Pierce Contracting Ltd. The move paves the way for work on the new scheme to begin shortly. "This is welcome news for the people of Clarinbridge, who have been waiting a long time for an adequate supply," Dep Noel Grealish said yesterday. "Currently Clarinbridge gets its water from a well in Kilcolgan, but this is not sufficient to meet the growing needs of the population in this area. Once the new scheme is completed Clarinbridge will gets its water supply from Tuam. The well in Kilcolgan and its distribution system will also be upgraded to meet the needs of the people of Kilcolgan." Minister of State for Equality Frank Fahey also welcomed the development. "This will help to alleviate the major water supply problems in the Clarinbridge and Maree areas," Minister Fahey said. "It will also enable a number of young people in the Clarinbridge area to proceed with planning applications, which up until now were held up because of water supply shortages."
Airbound -- a colourful scene from last Sunday's Macnas parade. Photo: Mike Shaughnessy

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NUIG lecturer wins UK award
BY AOIFE POTTER-COGAN A Galway lecturer in the Department of Physiology at NUIG, has won a major UK award for his research in the area of chronic pain. Dr David Finn was awarded the 2006 Wyeth Pre-Clinical Award by the British Association for Psychopharmacology at a ceremony in Oxford. Dr Finn's on going research explores chronic pain, a complex condition which affects millions of people worldwide. The lecturer's research focuses on three specific areas; pain, aversion (i.e. stress and anxiety) and cannabinoids (the psychoactive substances found in the common hemp plant). Sufferers of chronic pain are often affected p sy c h o l o g i c a l l y, biologically, and socially. The condition is known to be the most common symptom presented for treatment and two out of three sufferers experience pain daily, with one in five later diagnosed with depression as a result. "Suffering due to persistent pain has significant, far reaching socio-economic consequence," said Dr. Finn. Statistics show that in Ireland up to a half a million people are affected by the condition, costing the Irish economy over 1.2 million per week in disability benefit payments alone. "Pain is likely to become an even greater medical and socioeconomic problem in countries like Ireland, which have an increasingly ageing population", he concluded.

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