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Officials in City Hall have vowed to begin working on the Dublin Road bus corridor project immediately, despite its planning permission still being subject to potential judicial review.

A special meeting was proposed to be held in April. This week, City chief executive Leonard Cleary warned councillors that “commercially sensitive” matters may need to be discussed.

Dhírigh na comhairleoirí ar agóidí Fhaiche na Coróiní agus Pictiúrlann an Pálás i rith a gcéad chruinniú as Gaeilge

There was a light-hearted, spring atmosphere at the March plenary meeting of Galway City Council this week, as the city's leaders attempted their assembly solely in Irish for the first time in seven centuries of civic government.

Galway County Councillors voted by 32 to 6 to increase Local Property Tax by 15 per cent in late September, a hike calculated to net an extra €2.4 million income per year for the local authority from 2025.

Officials have declined to test bathing water quality this month out of fears that results may lead to Galway city’s beaches losing their coveted Blue Flag status.

The figure emerged at a meeting of Galway city councillors this week after the city chief executive appeared to pour cold water on expectations that part of the existing City Hall site on College Road will be redeveloped for social and affordable housing after the move.

It may not have been the worst storm flood of Galway’s medieval city centre, but residents, business owners and emergency workers all agree that Storm Debi was certainly one of the swiftest.

The purchase of a property by the Galway City Council in Killtullagh, Oranmore has been described by the Mayor of the Galway County Council, James Charity, as "deeply concerning".