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Fears are growing that house prices in Galway are set to be capped at €400,000 in the city and at €350,000 in the county, further locking out many more people from buying their own home.

From being one of the last countries in Western Europe to decriminalise homosexuality in 1993, to becoming the first State in the world to legalise same-sex marraige through a public viote in 2015, the change in Ireland’s attitudes towards its LGBT+ citizens has been one of the most positive and rapid of recent social developments.

Galway City Council will carry out consultation with local groups, residents, and stakeholders, about plans to carry out extensive, and ambitious, refurbishments at Leisureland and Salthill Park.

A dedicated team to tackle eating disorders in the west of Ireland, and provide support and treatment to sufferers, must be established.

A City Recovery Taskforce to help guide businesses, artists, and the wider community “as we enter the next phase” of the Covid-19 pandemic, must be established by the Galway City Council.

All schools in Galway city are to see increased safety markings and infrastructure, along with measures to encourage walking and cycling to school.

Cllr Owen Hanley believes a radical new approach to housing is needed in Ireland.

Waiving the fees for outdoor tables and chairs licences for Galway pubs, restaurants, and cafés will prove “meaningless for most businesses” unless additional space is acquired to allow for the social distancing which will still be mandatory during the summer.

The current membership of the Galway City Council started their term almost two years ago in a welter of controversy surrounding the forming of a political alliance to hold the balance of power (and positions) for the following five years.

The profits of multinational companies will be put ahead of the welfare of the State, its citizens, and the environment, if the Investment Court System is introduced by the Government this month.