Impossible to build city ring road without major impact on homes and businesses, Kyne tells hearing

Mon, Oct 12, 2020

Senator Sean Kyne has told the resumed An Bord Pleanála Oral Hearing on the N6 Galway City Ring Road Project that is impossible to thread a new, high quality road between the city and Lough Corrib without creating a major impact on homes and businesses.

Galway City Ring Road is not the silver bullet, O'Reilly tells oral hearing

Mon, Oct 12, 2020

Green Party senator Pauline O'Reilly has told the oral hearing into the Galway City Ring Road that it is not the answer to the traffic probelsm that Galway is experiencing.

Galway voters may directly elect mayor in 2024 Local Elections.

Thu, Oct 08, 2020

Citizens may have the opportunity to elect the mayor of the city in 2024 after city councillors backed a motion calling on the Minister for Local Government Darragh O'Brien to hold a plebiscite vote for a directly elected mayor with executive functions on Monday evening.

Galway rescue father and son team honoured by Mayor

Thu, Oct 08, 2020

The heroic achievements of Patrick and Morgan Oliver were celebrated at a socially-distanced Mayoral reception in Leisureland last week.

Kyne brands lack of funding for Westdoc as 'unfair, unsafe and unsound'

Thu, Oct 08, 2020

The Westdoc Service needs to be expanded to include Moycullen, Rosscahill and Oughterard so people in those areas are no longer being "forced to travel to attend a GP".

Give gardaí powers to close Air BnBs used for house parties, says councillor

Thu, Oct 08, 2020

Legislation needs to be brought in by the Minister of Justice, Helen McEntee, that will give gardaí the power to close down Air BnBs being used for house parties.

Connolly demands day care centres be classed as 'vital services'

Thu, Oct 08, 2020

Day care centres, and other essential disability services, must be classes as "vital services" with the State having moved into Level 3 lockdown, and with Level 5 a very real and serious possibility.

Councillors demand outlawing of mobile phones without identification

Thu, Oct 08, 2020

A motion calling on the Government to legislate for the outlawing of the purchase of mobile phones, SIM cards, and other electronic communication devices without a valid form of identification has been passed by the Galway City Council.

Council must take 'urgent action' to address lack of burial ground in Claregalway, says Cuddy

Thu, Oct 08, 2020

"Urgent action" must be taken by the Galway County Council to address the lack of burial ground in Claregalway, especially when this is "a rapidly growing parish" making this is "a very sensitive issue for local people".

More than 400 parents put their best foot forward to ‘Park and Stride’ to school

Thu, Oct 08, 2020

Some 420 parents and guardians have signed up for the Galway City Council ‘Park and Stride’ scheme, launched by the Mayor of Galway City, Cllr. Mike Cubbard, as part of European Mobility Week 2020.

Direct Provision: Time To Go

Thu, Oct 08, 2020

At this stage most of us are familiar with the national failure that is Direct Provision; the State's accommodation for asylum seekers set up in 1999 as a temporary measure which is now nearly as old as I am.

Eliminate the vape, say councillors

Thu, Oct 08, 2020

City councillors are supporting calls for a ban on vaping in all public buildings including schools, hospitals, and all workplaces throughout is the city.

Councillors criticise location for direct provision living complex

Thu, Oct 08, 2020

The location of the new 140 person direct provision independent living complex has been criticised by city councillors.

NUIG gets €7.5 million to help equip courses graduates meet 'future changes and demands'

Thu, Oct 08, 2020

NUI Galway has been allocated more than €7.5 million to develop "innovative courses" that will allow graduates meet the needs of key enterprises in Ireland.

Galway group demands Government make contraception universally available without charge

Thu, Oct 08, 2020

Government aspirations to make contraception universally available, without charge, for all women, must be made a reality in Budget 2021.

Cheevers calls for mental health supports for business owners affected by pandemic

Thu, Oct 08, 2020

Calls have been made for the Government to provide mental health support to business owners who have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Galway charities and voluntary groups to benefit from Covid-19 funding

Thu, Oct 08, 2020

Voluntary groups, charities, and social enterprises in Galway are to benefit from Government funding of close to €400,000 to alleviate financial difficulties and ensure they continue to provide services during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Grealish demands action to save Galway islands’ 'threatened' fishing industry

Thu, Oct 08, 2020

A major rethink by Government, or the creation of a new Department responsible for all marine matters, is urgently needed, if Galway’s island communities are to retain a viable fishing industry.

Grealish demands clampdown as ‘shocking’ photos of illegal dumping in Galway produced in Dáil

Thu, Oct 08, 2020

Images of illegal dumping on the outskirts of Galway City were described in the Dáil last week by Taoiseach Michael Martin as “shocking” and “appalling”.

Boost for Galway’s Gaeltacht with €500,000 funding for eight projects

Thu, Oct 08, 2020

Eight projects in the County Galway Gaeltacht, are set to benefit from €500,000 in Government funding, with one of the main beneficiaries being a new community centre on Inis Meáin.

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