Galway TD is elected as Labour Party chair

Works on a section of the new N6 Ballinasloe to Galway motorway have been suspended for the week following a blockade by residents.Several residents from Moher in Ballinasloe, blocked the road near the Portumna new roundabout out of Ballinasloe with a tractor and front loader this afternoon.The blockade is in protest over revised conditions as part of the N6 motorway, and it's understood the machinery will remain in place until negotiations take place on Friday.