Government appoints housing taskforce after councils criticised
Thu, Feb 21, 2019
A special taskforce charged with increasing the availability of affordable and social housing in Galway is to be established by the Government, following the publication of housing figures which claim that Galway’s two local authorities are among the worst in the country for providing housing.
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