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Cllr Colette Connolly, vice chair and PRO of the Shantalla Residents’ Association, has welcomed the progress made on the introduction of allotments in Shantalla.

A plot of land at the rear of the Shantalla Community Centre is to become a community allotment site for gardening and vegetable growing enthusiasts.

Temple Villa AFC and South Westmeath Employment Education and Training Services (SWEETS) Ltd, both from Westmeath, celebrated this week after they became the lucky recipients of €500 in funding from the EBS Community Fund. In addition to this one of the winners will be selected to go forward to represent their county and be in with a chance of receiving €10,000 in funding from EBS Building Society.

With the housing waiting list rising to almost 4,000, the ‘housing crisis’ in Galway has reached such a pitch that councillors will hold a special meeting next month dedicated solely to the issue.

Rahoon, Dangan Knocknacarra, Renmore, Ballyloughan Road, and Doughiska have all been identified as possible sites for garden allotments in the city.

Green fingered enthusiasts in need of space to grow fruit and vegetables can now do so in Galway Bay Allotments in Clarinbridge.

More than 150 people from all over the city had already put their names down for an allotment and the Galway City Council must capitalise on this “extraordinary interest”.

Funding for construction of housing under local authority schemes in county Carlow is set to be cut by €4.5 million over the next three years, local representatives were told.

Enjoy growing and nurturing your own fruit, flowers and vegetables at Castlebar Allotments, Balloor, Castlebar.

A chronic lack of social and affordable housing and a growing housing list are areas that seriously need to be addressed by the local authority, according to local representatives.