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“A short term saving for a long term loss” and “unjust and illogical” is how a local councillor has described the Government’s slashing of €325 from the Respite Care Grant.

A row has broken out among city councillors over a proposal to rename an area in Mervue, after the late former mayor of Galway, Bridie O’Flaherty.

Difficulty in getting people to talk to and Galway City Council departments “not wanting to take responsibility” for certain issues has led Fianna Fáil councillors into seeking a meeting with the city manager.

The future of building schools in Doughiska has been secured following city councillor support for plans to accommodate road access to the new schools in the area.

An urban traffic management control centre to help ensure traffic flows almost continuously and safely, will be up and running in City Hall in May.

Cllr Michael Crowe has this week welcomed the news that the one way system introduced in Renmore some years back is to be abolished.

All diplomatic channels must be used and explored by the Government in order to convince US senators to pass legislation to legalise the status of undocumented Irish emigrants to the USA.

A Galway City councillor has vowed not the support any budget that does not include funding for next year’s Ironman event.

Much has been written and broadcast over the past week on the impasse between the City Council and the organisers of the now-cancelled Galway City Marathon, which was due to take place at the end of this month and draw a vast number of runners to the the city. However, among the most hurtful barbs thrown was the allegation by former mayor Michael Crowe that the organisers did not honour a commitment to donate marathon funds to sporting clubs and athletes in the city which has been angrily rejected by the organisers and proven to be untrue.

The Fishery Tower may be one of the most eye catching historic buildings in the city, but it has “fallen into a dreadful state” and its footbridge is “a safety-hazard”.