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Galway West TD John Connolly (FF) last week submitted a number of queries to ascertain what – if any - governance roles O’Donovan’s department has concerning the limited liability company set up to manage the legacy of Galway’s 2020 European City of Culture win, and especially fundraising for the local creative sector.

After 40 years working for RTÉ, most famously as regional news reporter for the west of Ireland since 2007, Mannion is set to retire in six weeks.

On July 1, Ireland takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the next six months, and for the first time, housing will sit near the top of that agenda. That is not a coincidence, and it is not just an Irish story. Across Europe, the conversation about housing shortages has shifted. It is no longer framed primarily as a social issue. It is now being framed as an economic competitiveness issue, and that change in framing is hugely significant.

The Group of the European People’s Party (EPP) Summer University takes place from June 10–12, and will bring senior European political figures, including EPP President Manfred Weber, to Galway. EU-US relations and transatlantic trade will form the core themes of the event, with discussions also focusing on Ireland’s upcoming Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

Property insights by Johnny Gannon, Fair Deal Property

The EU must introduce a European-wide ban on dangerous conversion therapy practices that are still taking place today, a Fine Gael MEP has said.

The Society of the United Irishwomen was founded in 1910 and its name was later changed to the Irish Countrywomen’s Association. It is a non-political, non-sectarian organisation that brings together rural and urban women and their communities in fellowship and through cooperative effort. It offers support, friendship, personal development and life-long learning. Its members are to the forefront in improving the quality of life in Irish women. Together, they make up a very impressive association.

Sometimes the most important signals in the property market are not the headlines about prices or rent reforms. They are the deeper structural indicators that reveal where the housing system is truly under strain.

MEP Nina Carberry is calling on those living in the coastal areas of Galway to have their say as part of the EU’s public consultation on a new strategy for coastal communities.

Helen Ogbu was formally endorsed by the Labour Party at a heavily attended selection convention this week, to chants of “Gaillimh Abú, Gallimh Ogbu” by almost 100 supporters.