CLAIM GALWAY TO SUFFER DURING RECESSION DUE TO DUBLIN BIAS

Date Published: 19-Jan-2009

A West of Ireland MEP says spending on Galway infrastructure during the recession will suffer because of Dublin biasMEP Marian Harkin says that the Government group 'An Bord Snip' is on the record as dismissing the case for the Western Rail CorridorThe Independent MEP has written to the Council for the West urging it to convene a meeting of the economic and social interests in the regionShe wants it to agree a common approach to government in relation to future road and rail investmentIn the meantime MEP Harkin says the people of Galway need to start lobbying for investment in western services