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A 37 per cent increase in the recording of domestic disputes by the gardai for this year has been described as frightening by Deputy Catherine Connolly.

Drugs with an estimated street value of nearly €470,000 were seized by gardaí in Galway county for the year to date with the number arrested for sale or supply increasing by 46 per cent.

Families in the Galway city area who are being intimidated and threatened by drug thugs seeking payment for drug debts incurred by sons and daughters, have been urged to contact the Gardai.

The restrictions of lockdown were the probable causative factors of the decline in almost all criminal activity in the city for the first nine months of this year, the City Council Joint Policing Committee meeting was told this week.

Gardai in the city have devised a policing plan to prevent the sale of dangerous fireworks and the lighting of bonfires this Halloween.

Answering close to 600 calls to address house parties in the Galway area during July and August was a huge drain on Garda resources, the County Council Joint Policing Committee meeting was told this week.

Galway needs to follow the example of Wales and decrease its speed limits for urban areas from 50km/h to 30km/h, that is the opinion of the chairperson of Galway Cycling Campaign, Kevin Jennings.

The gardaí and the Galway City Council must take a "serious" and "coordinated approach" to stop tackling the illegal bonfires which have occurred on the east side of the city in recent weeks.

Galway city councillors have raised concerns whether enough is being done to tackle offences committed by cyclists in the city.

Drugs with an estimated street value of more than €650,000 were seized by gardaí in Galway city for the whole of 2018; while the number of rapes reported increased by 15 per cent.