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Galway City Council has vowed to sort out the shambolic car-parking situation across town.

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.

Following that meeting on Monday, and an early morning tour of the new Mervue HQ for journalists, nearly all councillors voted to approve an historic €60 million, 30-year loan at their July plenary meeting. This will pay for some of the fit-out of Crown Square, but there will be plenty left over for other capital projects.

Henry Street Playground was officially named last Friday in honour of former Mayor of the City of Galway, Mary Byrne (1917-2004) - who was the first female Mayor of Galway, and was also a resident of Henry Street.

The Health Service Executive has selected the temporary helipad in Shantalla Park as its preferred location for permanent aeromedical infrastructure, and local residents are not impressed.

They say a canny Conamaraman could sell sand to the Arabs, but unfortunately he can’t ship granite to the Gambians.

The 207-year-old bridge was described as looking “very shabby” by City East councillor, Terry O’Flaherty (Ind), in a meeting of Galway City Councillors this week.

Dhírigh na comhairleoirí ar agóidí Fhaiche na Coróiní agus Pictiúrlann an Pálás i rith a gcéad chruinniú as Gaeilge

There was a light-hearted, spring atmosphere at the March plenary meeting of Galway City Council this week, as the city's leaders attempted their assembly solely in Irish for the first time in seven centuries of civic government.

The Taxis for Ireland Coalition has issued a stark warning about the challenges Galway residents and visitors may face getting home safely during the festive season.