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Worrying rises in underage drinking, vaping and late-night socialising among young people in Galway were laid bare at the November Plenary Meeting of Galway County Council, where councillors received a detailed briefing on the 2025 Planet Youth report.

The recent visit of British Ambassador to Ireland, Kara Owen, to Galway prompted strong reactions at the November Plenary Meeting of Galway County Council, with Independent Connemara South councillor Tomás Ó Curraóin voicing firm objections.

Ten priority projects were announced in the Athenry Town Centre Plan update at the monthly municipal district meeting for Athenry.

Around 250 residents gathered in the Raheen Woods Hotel, Athenry, last Thursday evening to hear the Athenry Peaker Plant Concern Group outline opposition to a proposed electricity generation facility expected to be submitted by Bord Gáis Energy later this month.

Local government in Ireland plays a central role in shaping communities, and Galway County Council is no exception. With 39 elected councillors, the council makes decisions on housing, roads, planning, environmental services, and community development.

The political landscape of Galway County Council has undergone significant change with the co-option of new councillors and the nomination of a new Cathaoirleach following the election of Louis O'Hara (SF), Pete Roche (FG), and former Cathaoirleach Albert Dolan (FF) to the Irish Dáil.

William Joyce’s notorious broadcasts to Britain, which continued throughout the six years of World War II, initially came from the studios in Berlin, later transferred to Luxembourg city, due to heavy Allied bombing, and finally from Apen, near Hamburg. The broadcasts were relayed over a wide network of German controlled radio stations in Zeesen, Hamburg, Bremen, Luxembourg, Hilversum, Calais, and Oslo. It had a huge potential audience, and was seen as a vital propaganda tool for Nazi Germany.

Often in life how you get to your destination can be deemed irrelevant - once you complete the journey.

The most common comment by far at last Friday’s reunion of the Galway football squad from 1998 was – “It is hard to believe, it is 20 years ago.”

In my final paragraph on these pages last Thursday I said that if Galway were "absolutely focused, and went out and performed to their utmost capabilities, then they should be good enough to beat Roscommon."