A round-up of today's other regional news stories in brief.
Claregalway campaigns for village bypass
Residents of the Galway village of Claregalway distributed 8,000 leaflets to motorists yesterday urging drivers to lobby TDs for a bypass for the area.
The Claregalway Bypass Action Group says that the protest was part of a campaign of events which it has planned to highlight the impact of 35,000 vehicles passing through the village every day. Spokeswoman Madeleine Flanagan said other bypasses had been provided already for Edgeworthstown, Co Longford (10,000 vehicles daily), Loughrea, Co Galway (10,000 vehicles), Bundoran, Co Dublin (10,000 vehicles) and Charlestown, Co Mayo (7,000 vehicles).
Kilkenny water is safe, says council
Kilkenny County Council has said the public water supply in both the city and county is safe and has strongly criticised some local media for claiming that drinking water had been contaminated by sewage.
A spokesman said samples were analysed by the Environmental Protection Agency and found not to exceed legal limits. The EPA said it would continue to monitor the scene.
However, a local residents group said the samples had been taken last week and the situation had deteriorated since then. It said it would carry on with independent monitoring and analysis.
Galway mayor to miss air show
Galway city's new mayor has decided not to attend this weekend's annual air show in Salthill due to his concerns over a "display of militarism". Niall Ó Brolcháin (Greens) said deputy mayor Billy Cameron (Lab) would also be absent from the event which normally attracts crowds of up to 100,000. The four Labour councillors on the city council would also not attend for the same reasons, he said.
Tralee gardaí investigate fire
Gardaí in Co Kerry were last night investigating a fire in a former meat factory near the centre of Tralee.
Up to 30 firefighters fought the fire at the former Tralee Beef and Lamb factory for almost three hours before bringing it under control. There were no reports of injuries.
However, the fire service was checking the building on foot of reports that people were seen entering it shortly before smoke was seen billowing out at 1.35pm.