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A report on Galway Bay and Harbour published by the House of Commons in 1838 makes for interesting reading.

The Galway Bay Swim in aid of Cancer Care West has been renamed the Frances Thornton Memorial Galway Bay Swim 2008 and takes place on Saturday August 9.

The proposal for a memorial to Famine victims on Mutton Island, made recently by Galwayman and writer Mark Kennedy, deserves the full support of Galway people and organisations.

Galway city Mayor Padraig Conneely has slammed senior city hall management for their failure to collect over €9m in outstanding development levies, just days after city council members were chastised for rejecting a controversial levy increase.

Independent councillor Daniel Callanan is calling on the city manager not to target the usual suspects; the eldery, the vulnerable, and the hard working; when framing the Galway City Council’s budget for 2009.

It was expected to be the toughest budget inflicted on Galway city in more than 20 years, however, thanks to an unprecedented cross party effort by all 15 city councillors, Galway was spared the worst in City Hall’s first budget of this current recession.

Oscar Wilde once said to lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.

Fianna Fáil is determined to lead a green revolution in Galway by making the city into a a sustainable energy zone and Ireland’s leading centre of energy efficiency, alternative energy research and development.

A major upgrade of the Terryland Water Treatment Plant will force City Hall to borrow €1.6 million, leading to a hike in the water charges rate for city businesses.