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Galway City Council has received €127,500 in Built Heritage Investment Scheme Funding for both Protected Structures and buildings in Architectural Conservation Areas in the city.

Galway East Deputy Albert Dolan has welcomed new figures from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage which show that hundreds of vacant and derelict homes across Galway County are being brought back into use under the Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant.

More than €330,000 in funding has been announced for a range of conservation projects on heritage buildings in Galway. 

Official figures from registered landlords indicate that by the end of the year, more than 1,000 evictions will have taken place across Galway in 2025.

Sinn Féin TD for Galway East, Louis O’Hara, has described the lack of solar energy planning guidelines as open season for developers. Raising this issue in the Dáil last week, he gave examples of local projects including the planned Belleville Solar Project in Monivea-Abbeyknockmoy and the Ballymoneen Solar Project in Grange-Cregmore which is under construction with plans for expansion. O’Hara called on the Government to deliver solar planning guidelines as a matter of urgency.

Make the most of the shortest day of the year and join Galway Simon Community for a Dip at Dawn this Winter Solstice to support those facing the trauma of homelessness across Galway, Mayo and Roscommon. Galway Simon Community invites you to take the challenge, don your swimwear and join with your colleagues, friends and family at 8.30am on Sunday December 21 for an invigorating dip at Salthill Beach and help tackle homelessness.

Galway County Council has announced that site works on one of the largest social and affordable housing schemes delivered in east Galway will commence before Christmas.

Residents of two notorious rat runs on the east side of the city say they have had enough, and will stage protests tomorrow, Friday, November 28, during morning rush hour.

Labour Councillor Helen Ogbu has expressed deep concern at the latest homelessness figures released by the Department of Housing, which show 16,614 people in emergency accommodation nationwide, including 5,238 children.

If Storm Éowyn had hit Galway at high tide last January, lives would have been lost. This is the brutal conclusion of a new report from the government’s National Directorate of Fire and Emergency Management (NDFEM), quietly published last week.