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City leaders present shopping list to TDs

A high-level Galway City Council delegation met with Galway West TDs during government formation talks to advocate for massive investment in the city and region.
Politics, policing and the pain of grief

Men in dark clothing with torches were banging and roaring at the windows and doors of Noel and Lorraine Thomas’ rural home in Gortachalla exactly one year ago.
Seanad franchise expansion is chance for West to be heard in Leinster House, says Higgins

Galwegian senator, Alice-Mary Higgins, is calling on graduates of all third-level education institutions in the west of Ireland to register to vote in the new Seanad education constituency.
O’Reilly welcomes consultation on safe pedestrian and cycling link to Oranmore train station

Senator Pauline O’Reilly has welcomed the opening of a public consultation on the pedestrian and cycleway route from Oranmore town centre to the train station.
Labour calls for action to end price gouging and soaring living costs

Labour’s Councillor Helen Ogbu has announced the launch of Labour’s Cost of Living action plan, aimed squarely at combating price gouging and easing the immense strain of high living costs on families.
West Galway city to get Park & Ride twenty years late

After 19 years of complaints that Galway’s annual wintertime Park and Ride service only serves the eastern city, plans are finally being drawn up for the west side – but after this Christmas.
John Connolly and Gráinne Seoige selected as Fianna Fáil Galway West election candidates

Fianna Fáil has confirmed Cllr John Connolly and Gráinne Seoige have been selected to contest the next General Election in the Galway West constituency.
GRETB calls on Government to tackle inequalities in education sector

Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board (GRETB) is calling on the Government to commit to tackling inequalities in the education sector by supporting the priorities laid out in the #SupportYourLocalETB campaign. Representatives from Galway and Roscommon ETB met with members of the Oireachtas at a briefing event in Buswells Hotel, Dublin, recently where they expressed their concerns.
Family Resource Centres in Galway call on Government to put community services at the heart of Budget 2025

Representatives from the Family Resource Centres National Forum (FRCNF) met with members of the Oireachtas at a briefing event in Buswells Hotel, Dublin, to urge them to adequately fund community services in Galway in this year’s Budget, so that they can provide the level of support services that are desperately needed in local communities. Fergal Landy, CEO of the FRCNF, is living in Oranmore, Galway and he presented their pre-Budget asks to elected representatives.
Sen Seán Kyne appointed deputy leader of the Seanad

An Taoiseach Simon Harris has appointed Galway Senator Seán Kyne as the Seanad’s deputy leader and leader of the Fine Gael group.