Francis Farragher

2 weeks ago | connachttribune.ie | Francis Farragher

FARMERS have been strongly advised by the Dept. of Agriculture of ‘two important opportunities’ over the coming weeks to make corrections, if needed, on their BISS [Basic Income Support for Sustainability] applications. An estimated 4,600 farmers will receive a ‘preliminary check notification’ in cases where the Department finds cases of ‘over-claims, overlaps or dual claims’.

2 weeks ago | connachttribune.ie | Francis Farragher

A SMALL North Conamara national school is on target to retain its second teacher for the new school year in September after offering financial incentives to families from outside the area to enrol their children there. Scoil Naomh Pádraig, An Chloch Bhreac, near Clonbur, had been faced with the prospect of having only four children enrolled for the coming school year – seven short of the required 11 figure needed to hold onto their second teacher.

2 weeks ago | connachttribune.ie | Francis Farragher

Country Living with Francis FarragherMany years ago on a summer sojourn on ‘the buildings’ I remember a labourer from Conamara being asked if he could help out with some routine task . . . maybe ‘moving a concrete mixer’ or ‘shifting a few pieces of scaffold’.

2 weeks ago | connachttribune.ie | Francis Farragher

GALWAY farmers have been asked to  ‘seriously consider’ the use of solar panels on their shed roofs given that there is a 60% TAMS grant available for such projects. Stephen Canavan, Galway IFA Chair, said that every farmer ‘owed it to themselves’ to seriously assess the long-term financial benefits from the generation of electricity from solar panels.

3 weeks ago | connachttribune.ie | Francis Farragher

THERE was shock and sadness in the Conamara area this week following the deaths of two people in a house fire on Tuesday morning. Sunny Jacobs (78) and Kevin Kelly (in his 30s), died in the fire that occurred in their bungalow at Gleann Mhic Mhuireann, Casla, in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The alarm was raised at approximately 6.20am with Galway Fire Brigade personnel from the station in An Cheathú Rua on the scene shortly after.