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It has been confirmed this week that upwards of €30,000 will be allocated to the installation of new solar powered compactor bins in Galway city this year.

Funding for sports clubs is to increase by more than 60 per cent to €125,000 in 2014, a measure that is due to be passed at the Galway City Council budget meeting in City Hall tomorrow.

A pledge to invest between €10,000 and €15,000 in upgrading the facilities of a GAA pitch in Shantalla has been made by the Galway City Council.

Variable rate customers across Galway are being “hammered” due to the Government’s failure to stop banks from increasing the interest rates.

NUI Galway and the Galway City Council have a duty to provide St Michael’s GAA Club with suitable facilities now that work is about to begin on the Westside Sports Complex.

Talks on bringing a major sporting event to the city next year, which has the potential to attract up to 1,500 athletes and boost the local economy, are at an advanced stage with hopes that contracts will be signed shortly, according to Fianna Fáil city councillor Michael Crowe.

It had seemed that the Solas Art House Cinema was in trouble yet again this week after councillors expressed serious concern over a request by the Western Development Commission (WDC) that Galway City Council funding of €200,000 be directed to it rather than the projects committee.

Galway City Council is being urged to tackle the problem of derelict houses throughout the city, an on-going problem not just for the local authority but also for surrounding residents who are forced to live with these eyesores, some of which are rat infested, have trees growing through the roof, and pose a number of other health and safety risks.

Outside of the city centre there is a serious lack of bins, according to Galway city councillor Michael Crowe who is calling for an extra 200 bins to be provided to meet the needs of the people and to fulful the local authorities committment to properly tackle litter.

The inaugural Galway Sea Festival, which hopes to bring in a higher number of tourists during the June bank holiday weekend by holding up to 50 events promoting the city’s maritime history, culture, and environment, has been awarded funding of €25,500 by Galway City Council.