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The long running, highly controversial, and often bizarre saga of the Galway City Ring Road is finally set to both come to an end, and begin to become a reality, following An Bord Pleanála’s decision, on Tuesday, to grant planning permission.

The Galway City Ring Road will see a massive reduction in traffic congestion in the city centre, and travel times cut by more than 40 per cent; or it will see even greater levels of traffic clog our roads and drastically increase Galway’s carbon emissions.

The Presidents of the three institutes of technology in the Connacht-Ulster Alliance (CUA) today warmly welcome the announcement by the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, TD, that GMIT, LYIT and IT Sligo have together been approved for designation as a Technological University (TU).

Changes to the Carer’s Allowance have been hailed as “the first major reform of the allowance in more than a decade” by Sen Seán Kyne.

Construction of the Moycullen Bypass, first flagged in the 1970s, and granted planning permission in 2012, will begin in November.

More than 18,000 households across Galway were helped to cover the costs of paying to heat their homes last winter, through the National Fuel Scheme.

Close to €200,000 in funding have been allocated for coastal protection works to take place in Leenane, Connemara.

Eight Galway retailers have been included in round three of the Covid-19 Online Retail Scheme, which will provide funding to help strengthen their online presence and generate new business.

Three tenders have been submitted to the Galway County council to construct a bypass for Moycullen.

Gardai seek help in locating missing man