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Galway sports clubs and community groups are being urged to apply for the Government’s new €40 million Sports Capital and Equipment Programme, which was unveiled this week.

There will be free parking for shoppers in the lead up to Christmas in the county town following this week's meeting of the Castlebar Municipal District.

The HSE should look at hiring more carers for home help schemes rather than spending their budgets on hiring agencies, Cllr Declan McDonnell told the Regional Health Forum this week when he asked about the number of clients in Galway awaiting the service.

Councillors have expressed fears that the proposals for speed limits and increases they rejected this week will come back to them unchanged, leaving Galway with little ability to create speed limits suitable for different areas of the city.

Work will start next week on installing new LED lighting for Doughiska Park, a move one councillor said will "offer more security" for local people using the park during the winter.

The enhanced and improved surface markings on the all weather facility in Battery Heights has been positively received by the staff and pupils of the Dean Kelly National School.

Westmeath County Council has received a significant financial boost in recent times with a Government contribution of €5.5m afforded to the local authority to address the income vacuum incurred following the introduction of the commercial rates waiver in April of this year.

Using drones to identify people carrying out illegal dumping could prove an effective way for the Galway City Council to combat this major problem.

Transport Infrastructure Ireland's (TII) lack of remedying Claregalway's road flooding issues is a sign the organisation does not care, that is the assessment of Independent councillor Jim Cuddy.

Pedestrian crossings, new footpaths, as well as measures to tackle surface water flooding on the Coast Road, among other works, are on the cards for Oranmore.