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Officials in City Hall have vowed to begin working on the Dublin Road bus corridor project immediately, despite its planning permission still being subject to potential judicial review.

As many of us drop children back to school this week, we have seen the pickets of Fórsa workers – secretarial and care-taking staff – who are demanding that they be treated like other school workers, especially access to a public service pension scheme.

With one foot firmly planted in the world of enforcement and the other in the realm of legal challenge, his life’s journey is as rich and complex as the landscapes he once patrolled—from the rocky edges of Inis Oírr to the tense border regions of Northern Ireland.

An Bord Pleanála (ABP) has asked the ring road project managers at Galway County Council to re-advertise their planning application for the route from Coolagh to the R336 Coast Road, and open it up to public consultation.

Almost 80 activists opposing the slaughter and starvation of Palestinians greeted Taoiseach Micheál Martin as he unveiled the €550 million Crown Square development in Mervue last Friday afternoon.

The pedestrianisation of streets in Galway’s West End went ahead this week, after last-minute negotiations between local traders, a city councillor and a transport activist means outdoor dancing and dining can go ahead.

News of the initiative comes as expectation in senior government circles is growing that An Bord Pleanála will initiate a second oral hearing on environmental aspects of the planning permission for the N6 City Ring Road.

This is the expectation of Roads and Infrastructure Minister of State, Sean Canney, who welcomed a €2.4m funding allocation for environmental reports and consultancy services necessary to advance the project to the next stage of planning this week.

As if the weather had not made conditions miserable enough for commuters this week, they were further inconvenienced by the fact that Pay and Display parking machines in the city were inoperable.

John Connolly, Fianna Fáil election candidate and city councillor, says he has sought a commitment from Tánaiste, Micheál Martin to ensure that if Fianna Fáil form part of the next Government that the Galway Ring Road project will be included in the next Programme for Government.