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BY DECLAN VARLEY

Minister for Disability and Fianna Fáil TD for Galway East, Anne Rabbitte, has called on Galway County Council to allocate some of its increased Local Property Tax funding to the provision of new or upgrading of existing playgrounds around the county.

The new fire station for Athenry is reaching the final stages of construction, Dep Sean Canney said this week.

Co-operative Housing Ireland (CHI), an Approved Housing Body (AHB), has announced a record-breaking year in 2023 with the delivery of 849 homes.

The number of residential homes under construction in County Westmeath in the first eleven months of the year has increased by over 160% on the same period in 2022.

The recording and publishing of previously unheard and unwritten stories of Galway’s central role in the voluntary period from 1913 to 1923 is being described as a legacy project of the County’s Decade of Commemoration programme, which draws to a close this week.

Roscommon County Council, in conjunction with the Department of Housing, Local Government & Heritage, are inviting applications from local communities in South Roscommon for the Community Monuments Fund 2024.

Galway City councillors unanimously passed a record €121.3m budget this week, but tempers frayed during the annual money meeting on Monday.

Did you know that the Winter Solstice is on December 22 this year? Don’t be caught out and miss the shortest day of the year. Galway Simon Community invites you to join them that day to celebrate the Winter Solstice with a Dip at Dawn and support those facing the trauma of homelessness in Galway, Mayo and Roscommon.