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A new Bill coming before the Dáil this week has the potential to address three major issues of concern to Galway renters - security of tenure, affordable rents, and quality of rental accommodation - but only if it achieves cross party support.

Three new bus stops are to be installed in the west side of the city as part of a plan to install 18 new shelters across the city as a whole.

Attempts to privatise Galway Local Employment Services need “to be fought in every town and county”, otherwise they will “lose their true value” in supporting “vulnerable people back into the workplace”.

It “beggars belief” that the arts and entertainment sector still has “no clarity” as to when it will be permitted to operate “on any sustainable scale”, while at the same time workers in that sector will see their income supports cut from September 7.

Galway could become the first city in Ireland to embed Sustainable Development Goals in city planning, if new proposals from the Galway Community Network are followed.

When a worker has an appointment to get their Covid vaccine, their employer must be accommodating, and allow them the time to attend that appointment.

Insurance premiums for personal and business customers must be “slashed” and the Government “finally get a grip” on an industry which has “had its own way for far too long”.

Galway city businesses are being asked to help keep the city clean by taking responsibility for their own premises and cleaning up the areas a metre out from their stores.

JULY 11 marks the 100th anniversary of the end of the War of Independence. Ireland’s fight for self-determination, and its aftermath, will be examined from a Galway perspective at an upcoming online conference.

Football plays "a vital role in our community", as it is the international game, and in that role it can "bring people together from all ages and walks of life and offers many opportunities".