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NUI Galway is organising an international conference entitled ‘The Future is Now! eConveyancing and Title Registration’, which will take place in Galway on April 7 and 8. The conference, which will take place in the Galway Bay Hotel, Salthill, will be chaired by Supreme Court Justice Miss Mary Laffoy and Court of Appeal Judge Michael Peart.

O’Donnellan & Joyce has announced it will provide a free valuation service of any house throughout Galway city during the month of January.

Property: 4 Sean Costello Street, Athlone

Property: 34 Barleyfields

A decision on the Local Property Tax rate for the county has been deferred until next Monday due to concerns about a shortfall in Galway County Council’s budget. At this week’s local authority meeting it was agreed that a special meeting will be held next week to discuss the matter.

The public must make their voices heard on the local property tax rate which is up for review next month, and tell City Hall that any increase in the current rate will not be tolerated.

Winters Property will hold an open landlord information event on July 11 at 7pm in the Menlo Park Hotel. The event is titled “Being a Landlord in 2016” and Winters is inviting all landlords to attend this free event.

Local authority tenants who want to buy their own homes will be able to do so under the new Tenant Purchase Scheme which one Galway TD has described as “a very progressive step”.

Under pressure landlords in Galway whose properties are being repossessed by the banks are being forced to evict tenants, as banks are insisting on vacant possession for sales to go ahead. This is according to Tuam based councillor Sean Canney who says he knows of five or six incidences of this occurring in his local area.

Galway city councillors have voted to retain the local property tax at its current rate for the coming year.