A three-year-old boy who was left on his own in a Galway city amusement arcade on Tuesday night was reunited with his mother yesterday, writes Christine Newman.
The child was found by staff in the amusement arcade Fun World on Eyre Square at about 6.30 p.m. on Tuesday.
The gardaí were called and when they could not find anybody who was caring for the child, took him to Mill Street Garda station in Galway.
A Garda spokesman said: "The child was too young to tell us his name or address so when we could not establish who the child was, we contacted the Western Health Board." The gardaí put out an appeal in the media for information concerning the child, who was taken into the care of the health board.
Yesterday morning, the mother of the boy contacted gardaí and she was reunited with her son.
The Garda spokesman said the child was still in the care of the health board but his mother was with him. The matter was under investigation.
Remand in false statements case
A student charged with wasting Garda time and making false statements appeared before Cork District Court yesterday.
Ms Lorraine Ford (24), of Baltimore Road, Skibbereen, made no reply when she was charged and cautioned with two counts of wasting Garda time and making false statements during an investigation between September 19th, 2003, and November 1st, 2003.
Det Garda Karen Seymore of Barrack Street Garda station told Judge Uinsin Mac Gruairc that the young woman was arrested last Friday after a lengthy investigation.
Ms Ford was remanded on continuing bail to appear again before Cork District Court on March 10th next.
GAA club plans to resist road plans
Members of a Co Carlow GAA club are angry at plans by the National Roads Authority (NRA) to route the proposed N9-N10 motorway through their grounds, writes Charlie Keegan.
The Tinryland grounds, incorporating a club house, are at Rathcrogue beside the main Carlow to Wexford road, some three miles from Carlow town. The club says that the motorway plans would obliterate a juvenile playing pitch which is currently being developed.
Fears have also been expressed for the club's 400 juvenile and adult members.
Club chairman Mr Ned Deane said the club had tried for the past two years to achieve an amicable resolution but claimed that to date it had received no co-operation from the NRA.
Food company to create 40 jobs
Forty jobs are to be created in the Kilkenny food company, Glanbia.
The company is also to team up with Enterprise Ireland to create a state-of-the-art innovation centre in the city. The new jobs will be at the top end of the market and will bring a number of food and manufacturing specialists to Kilkenny.The high-tech centre will be based in new premises just completed at the Carlow Road, Kilkenny.
Quarry plans worry residents
Residents of Ballintubber, Co Mayo, are concerned at a proposal to develop a stone quarry near the centre of their village.
Fears about blasting, stone crushing and dust and noise pollution were expressed at a public meeting where developer Mr Seán Corcoran explained his decision to relocate a quarry in Ballintubber from Ringeraun, Ballyheane, some miles away. He said he was well aware of the importance of the area from a tourism and historical point of view.
Mr Jack O'Sullivan, an environmental scientist, warned that tourism would be damaged if the quarry was moved to Ballintubber.