| New Footpaths 10th October '04 | |
| Work on the prevision of new footpaths and new public lights has been going on for the past few weeks in the Village. Galway County Council are carrying out the work. It is also planned by the Council to carry out new surface dressing on the Regional Road through the village during the month of October but this is dependent on the weather and the availability of a Contractor to do the work. | |
| Water Scheme 1st October '04 | |
| During the past few weeks the Clontuskert Group Water Scheme was extended to 6 houses and a number of farms in the Crowsnest - Gannaveen area close to Lawrencetown. The Chairman of the Group Water Scheme, Mr. Michael Larkin, is to be highly commended for getting the work done. | |
| Houses €200,000 extra for Road 21st September'04 | |
| Galway County Council are spending an extra €200,000 on the main Regional Road going through the village in the month of September-October. Also €20,000 is to be spent on upgrading the existing footpaths in the village. | |
| Houses for the Elderly 1st September '04 | |
| Work commenced in August on the site for the nine new houses for the elderly in the middle of the village. The two old houses which were in a derelict state for many years disappeared in a day. The site was purchased from Michael Glynn over a year ago. Already a lot of site development has taken place and soon the construction work will commence. The house are in three groups of three, they will be centrally heated and have low maintenance. The Respond Housing Agency will own the houses and they will be let to elderly people. It is hoped that some of those who will be housed will be people who want to come home from England or any other country. If you know of any elderly people who want to move to Lawrencetown please contact us at this site. | |
| New Houses 27th October '03 | |
| A meeting was held with the Architect and a representative of the Housing Agency, Foscadh, on the 23rd October to discuss further the plans for the houses on the site the LCECo. purchased some time ago. Further meetings are necessary to clarify some points in relation to who will carry out the project, Planning Permission etc. Plans for the new Pre-school building were examined and it was decided to move ahead with these immediately through the planning process and to look for the funding from the Department. | |
| New Houses 11th October '03 | |
| A derelict site in the centre of the village has recently been purchased by Galway County Council and the transfer was recently completed. Already Respond, a voluntary housing association, has been awarded planning permission to erect nine small houses for the elderly on this site. Tenders to carry out the work have been received and at present negotiations are ongoing between Galway Co Council, Respond and the Dept. of the Environment about the scheme. The DOE are the funding body for such projects. Hopefully work will commence in the coming year | |
| St. Brendan's 7th September '03 | |
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St. Brendan’s Cathedral Loughrea celebrates its Centenary this year.
Celebrations to mark the Centenary include: On Sunday October 12th the Bishop of
Gyor in Hungary will be present at 12 noon Mass and will make a presentation to
the Diocese of Clonfert of a painting of Our Lady of Gyor. On Wednesday October
15th Fr. Sebastian Wolfe will give an organ recital in The Cathedral. On Saturday October 18th the Palestrina Choir from the Pro Cathedral in Dublin will sing at the 8.00 p.m. Mass. On Sunday October 19th the commemoration of the official dedication will take place with Mass in the Cathedral at 3.00 p.m. which will be attended by The Papal Nuncio Most Rev. Giuseppe Lazzarotto and the bishops of the Tuam Province. This will be followed by a parish celebration in the Temperance Hall to which all are welcome. Photographs from The Norman Morgan Collection pertaining to the Cathedral will be on display in the library during opening hours |
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| Camogie Win 18th July '03 | |
| Congratulations to Kiltormer under-10 Camogie team on their great victory last Friday in the Galway Special A County Final. They beat Clarenbridge 5-0 to 0-0. We wish the under-13 Camogie team every success in their county final match against Killimor in Portumna next Saturday at 7.00 p.m. | |
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