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Galway City Council chief executive Brendan McGrath has condemned the threats made to Mayor Mike Cubbard.

Groups of youths gathering on waste ground last weekend in Knocknacarra, in defiance of social distancing and health guidelines, has led to a councillor calling for joint action by parents and gardaí against anti-social behaviour.

Catch up on what was discussed at the March meeting of the Ballina Municipal District 

Local Authorities must be the lead provider of social and affordable housing in the State, but this is now under threat from the Government’s Land Development Agency Bill 2021.

More than €62 million has been secured for a significant number of transformational infrastructure projects in Galway under the Government’s Urban Regeneration Development Fund (URDF). 

Local Fine Gael Councillor, John Dolan, has welcomed the installation of driver feedback signs in Castledaly.

Galway City and County gaols were built at the beginning of the 19th century on a large site which took up most of Nuns Island. Construction was conditional on a right of way, the road all around the walls, also being built. James Hardiman, the historian, described it as follows: “The Prison …. Is built in the form of a crescent …. The interior of which is divided into eight wards ….. separated by walls which form so many radii of a circle, and, terminating in the rear of the governor’s house, bringing the whole range within many of his windows, by which means he can, at a single glance, survey the entire.”

“Women councillors need to come together and do so more often – to share our experience and wisdom and to collaborate and support cross-party working to focus on issues that affect women.”

The Green Party in Westmeath has welcomed the launch of a major new Shannon Tourism Masterplan which will see developments and improvements to the potential in many towns along the river.

Longford-Westmeath Fine Gael Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, has announced an increased level of funding to provide home adaptations for older people and those living with disability and mobility issues within County Westmeath.