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New home seekers in Galway will be pleased to learn that local company Burkeway Homes will shortly commence building more than 200 homes in developments at Letteragh Road and Barna village. This news is especially welcome at this time when there are not enough homes to meet the demands of our expanding population and changing demographics.

The elected members of Mayo County Council have given their support to the local authority to enter into agreement with Galway County Council for the design, planning and delivery of a relief road in Cong.

This month, the much celebrated STIRA attic stair celebrates its 40th birthday representing a momentous achievement for this renowned Irish brand which started back in 1982 in a hay shed north Galway.

Ballinrobe based Fine Gael councillor Michael Burke has this week called on the Government to introduce a new tax band to help middle income earners.

Fine Gael councillor Michael Burke hit out this week at people who caused what he said was "untold damage" in Cong last weekend.

Excitement is building in the south Mayo and north Galway regions as the hugely popular Ballinrobe Festival returns after a three-year absence enforced by Covid-19.

“There is nothing as Galway as Our Lady's Boy’s Club,” was how our president Michael D Higgins described OLBC some years ago at a function in the Columban Hall. It is more than 80 years since it was founded and it is the longest-running youth club in the country. It was set up by Fr Leonard Shiel SJ at a time when there were was a lot of grinding poverty in Galway and no recreational facilities or extra-curricular activities for young people in areas like the Claddagh, Bohermore, Shantalla, and ‘The West’. The club provided these and has been a source of guidance and inspiration to thousands of young men and boys since, especially those from a working class background. From that first day of nervous membership, right through their teens, and even after they had taken up the challenges of adult life, the spirit and watchful eye of the Club is ever with them.

“There is nothing as Galway as Our Lady's Boy’s Club,” was how our president Michael D Higgins described OLBC some years ago at a function in the Columban Hall. It is more than 80 years since it was founded and it is the longest-running youth club in the country. It was set up by Fr Leonard Shiel SJ at a time when there were was a lot of grinding poverty in Galway and no recreational facilities or extra-curricular activities for young people in areas like the Claddagh, Bohermore, Shantalla, and ‘The West’. The club provided these and has been a source of guidance and inspiration to thousands of young men and boys since, especially those from a working class background. From that first day of nervous membership, right through their teens, and even after they had taken up the challenges of adult life, the spirit and watchful eye of the Club is ever with them.

Galway property developer Burkeway Homes' latest acquisition is a 6.5 acre site on the west side of Galway city where it plans to build a mixed development of 82 homes together with Ability West facilities including a day care centre.

A bypass of Ballinrobe looks to be a long way away from happening - the elected members of the Claremorris-Swinford Municipal District were told this week.