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A former Mayor of Galway has strongly criticised the Green Party members on Galway City Council — accusing them of not having the best interests of the people of Galway at heart.

Eamon Ryan, leader of the Green Party officially opened the Galway Green Party office on Thursday. The new office is located in Woodquay just opposite McSwiggans pub and is shared by Senator Pauline O’Reilly with the Green’s two city councillors, Martina O’Connor and Niall Murphy, along with the Green Party county councillor Alastair McKinstry.

Since 1993, the Irish Food Writer's Guild (IFWG) Food Awards have celebrated local producers and food heroes who have nourished and brought pleasure to the lives and tables of many.

Cycling enthusiasts are sick. Reading last week’s extensive coverage of the Salthill Cycleway issue in the Galway Advertiser caused our stomachs to drop as we read how the opinions of some of the elected councillors on the proposal have changed.

On the Six-One News this week, the son of a woman murdered in her bedroom by her husband, encouraged victims of domestic violence to seek help.

The basic income guarantee scheme for artists and arts workers being piloted this year, will be “a stabilising and supportive financial measure to those who give so much to the public”.

As we approach the end of another year, it is always interesting to review the local political goings-on in the Galway City Council. Let us examine each grouping in the chamber.

Policy-makers could really benefit from talking to children more. In a survey carried out at an event in June organised by the Galway National Park City initiative involving young people from 13 city primary schools, participants were asked what they loved most about Galway.

The recent United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report signed off by 195 governments is a truly terrifying read. It makes clear that Global Warming- characterised by more intense and frequent heatwaves, storms, rainfall, flooding and melting glaciers as well as rising sea levels, is due to human activity. It further stated that no part of the world is safe from its consequences and that these changes are accelerating.

Women in labour and those having a caesarean section under regional anesthesia, will be able to have their partners with them under a partial easing of restrictions at Galway University Hospitals.