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A certain age cohort across Galway which reminisces about youthful nights of abandon at the Warwick and Oasis can now rest easy that they may perhaps return one day… in their dotage.

Fine Gael Galway City West Councillor, Clodagh Higgins has today called on the Government to introduce a targeted support scheme that would enable older people to safely divide their homes, freeing up thousands of new housing units while allowing older residents to remain in the communities they know and love.

Cllr John Connolly is encouraging people to have their say on the National Swimming Strategy before the public consultation period for the proposed strategy ends tomorrow (Friday). The Galway City West councillor has highlighted the lack of water quality monitoring at Galway’s public beaches outside of the traditional bathing season as being of particular concern.

The war in the Ukraine should be a warning to Ireland to reduce its dependency on energy from outside the State, and at how the State’s energy use influences international conflict.

“Politicians and diapers need to be changed often…for the same reasons.” This quote (wrongly) attributed to Mark Twain is among what must be millions of jokes told to show politicians in a bad light.

Higher future rainfall and rising sea levels means Galway needs to start planning now, and not in the future, on how it can protect itself from two sources of flooding.

Works for what will be Galway’s first Changing Places facility began this week at the green area near Ladies Beach in Salthill.

An “unworkable” plan “lacking in ambition”, or a necessary “brave step” towards reducing car dependency? The public consultation on the Salthill Cycleway proposals may have closed, but no heat has left the debate on the controversial proposals.

The floods which have played havoc with Salthill over the last decade could be greatly reduced and minimised now that flood relief plans for the area are progressing.

A total of €44,000 has been set aside in the Galway City Council budget to carry out a feasibility study on re-introducing the tidal pools at Ladies Beach in Salthill.