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  THE country’s newest train station at Oranmore opened on Sunday. Oranmore, the 144th station on the Iarnród Éireann network, will be served by 23 trains on weekdays and 15 trains on Sundays. Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Leo Varadkar officially opened the station, which sets in place another important piece of the framework for a strong rail network in the West of Ireland. Together with the car park facilities, the project spend is in the order of €4.8m. Mr Jim Meade, director, Rail Undertaking and Mayor of County Galway Liam Carroll along with a number of other public figures were in attendance for the historic occasion. The station opened in time for the Galway Races and will be served by a mixture of Galway/Dublin and Galway/Athenry/Limerick services. The journey time from Oranmore to Galway is just seven minutes, and customers can travel to Limerick, Dublin and a range of intermediate stations also. Some time changes to the Galway/Dublin …

Up to 15 jobs are to be created in Kinvara as a maritime consultancy firm confirmed it is to set up in the village as part of a new Government employment initiative.

The completion of the long-awaited Gort to Tuam motorway will be another three and a half years away, if private funding is secured, as hoped, by the end of this year.

PORTUMNA documentary producer Aisling Ahmed has scooped the best short documentary award, in association with Teach Solas, at the Galway Film Fleadh for The End of the Counter.

ARDRAHAN resident and documentary producer John Hearne brings his latest production to Radio 1 this weekend, where he documents the life of Monivea man Shane Mullins since being involved in a serious car accident in 2005.

FINAL preparations are being put in place for Ardrahan Agricultural Show, which takes place this weekend.This year’s show, which takes place on Sunday, sees a few changes and some new additions.

GALWAY East has been left without a Labour Party representative at Government level, following last week’s resignation from the party of former Labour Deputy and party chair, Colm Keaveney. The deputy will continue to serve in the Dáil as an independent TD for the Galway East constituency.

THE publication of the third inquiry into the death of Savita Halappanavar at University Hospital, Galway (UHG) and other regulatory authorities will determine what action, if any, will be taken against clinicians who were entrusted with her care.