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The public service recruitment cap will be waived for two community centres in Galway, allowing the Galway City Council to hire staff for the centres in Knocknacarra and Ballinfoile.

The public service recruitment cap will be waived for two community centres in Galway, allowing the Galway City Council to hire staff for the centres in Knocknacarra and Ballinfoile.

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) and An Garda Síochána have published a provisional review of road fatalities for the first seven months of 2015. The review shows that, from January to July of this year, 92 people died on our roads in 87 collisions, 21 fewer deaths and 17 fewer collisions than the same period last year.

Ireland should be prepared to take in 10,000 Syrian refugees, with each parish in the State being willing to accommodate five families each, according to Independent Galway West Senator Fidelma Healy-Eames.

The Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, has welcomed the grand of €50,000 to Castlebar Social services. The money is part of the National Lottery funding from the Department of Health.

A Galway school has come up with a novel initiative to finance a much-needed teacher. 

A county councillor has called on the Galway Local Government Review Committee to "put people first instead of always thinking about money.''

A significant step in reviewing local government in Galway - that could see a merger between Galway city and county councils  - has been taken with the completion of a report  into various options to deliver high quality services in our area.

Galway's housing shortage is reaching crisis proportions as more than 25,000 students descend on the city seeking accommodation for the college year.

Foxford-based architect and visual artist Francis Lanuza has just completed and installed his first Irish commission as an emerging artist for his healing spaces work, entitled Healing Hills. He was commissioned by HSE Limerick, to produce from his studio a work of art for its Regina House community nursing facility in Kilrush, Co Clare. Twenty seven artists applied for the commission competition, and it was awarded to Francis. Previous to this he has worked on office space planning and design for Procter and Gamble, Brussels Innovation Centre, and as a design architect in Aidea, Philippines, for a variety of architectural projects.