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With only three – or maybe even just two – full Galway City Council meetings left before the local elections this June, councillors were most definitely in election mode at City Hall this week.

City councillor Terry O’Flaherty has welcomed the start of work to tackle what she had labled the ‘shabby’ exterior of the Walter Macken flats complex in Mervue.

Independent Councillor Declan McDonnell - the most experienced elected member of Galway City Council - has confirmed that he will be standing for re-election in June.

City Councillor Declan McDonnell has welcomed the news that tenders are being invited for designing a major upgrade of facilities for St James’ GAA Club.

Cllr Mike Cubbard has called for action on the urgent need for toilet facilities at playing pitches around Galway. He believes that the lack of adequate facilities poses significant challenges for the comfort and well-being of young people.

City councillor Declan McDonnell has called for a change in the process of funding sports clubs’ grounds developments in Galway, in order to speed up their delivery.

Cllr Laurence Fallon has confirmed that he will contest June’s local elections as an Independent candidate in the Athlone Electoral Area (Roscommon).

City Councillor Declan McDonnell has taken to task a Fine Gael candidate in the next local elections, over claims that not enough is being done by sitting councillors to provide affordable housing in Galway.

Independent Councillor Paul Hogan has criticised the Department of Housing’s apparent omission of County Westmeath in the new septic tank grant scheme.

Independent Councillor Terry O’Flaherty can confirm Galway City Council will be installing shelters at Ballyloughane Beach shortly — for which she secured funding more than three years ago.