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City budget meetings are either boring or fractious, but this one was a political masterclass.

Ten priority projects were announced in the Athenry Town Centre Plan update at the monthly municipal district meeting for Athenry.

Concerns over the downgrading of maternity services at Portiuncula University Hospital (PUH) in Ballinasloe dominated this week’s plenary meeting of Galway County Council, where councillors from across the political spectrum voiced frustration with what they described as a lack of accountability and transparency from the HSE and the Minister for Health.

The substantial document has been in gestation for almost one year, and will be circulated to local councillors, TDs and senators before a high stakes meeting scheduled next week.

Peace groups throughout County Galway have labelled as “undemocratic” the actions of the Corporate Policy Group (CPG) of Galway County Council.

Galway County Council has set out ambitious plans to expand and retrofit its County Hall headquarters at the September Plenary Meeting this week, announcing its intention to consolidate all staff and services under one roof by 2031, following an extension estimated to cost €61.8 million.

The city’s aldermen and councillors: resplendent, ready, primed for their solemn, septennial duty to protect us from scallywags and scoundrels seeking to squat in Phoenix Park.

Around 60 marchers listened to speeches by the playground of Fr Burke Park in the Claddagh, before parading through town to Prospect Hill, behind Irish, Ivory Coast and Offaly flags, shepherded by a heavy Garda presence.

“I’m young enough” he maintains, as the 53-year-old steeples his hands thoughtfully, sitting in the boardroom in City Hall. This prayer-like posture comes naturally for an ordained deacon of the Catholic church, who ranks his family, faith and a community-development based approach to his work, as the three pillars of his worldview.

In the latest Department of Housing scoring of local authorities, Galway City Council managed to score a big fat zero in relation to its 2022 target for building homes.