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'Everyone is welcome to Pride, no matter how you identify'
WHAT A year it has been for Galway’s LGBT+ community. What a year it is still set to be. With the Galway Pride - Bród na Gaillimhe festival, taking place this August, there is much to look back on, and much to look forward to.
Hanley calls for a ‘night life’ mayor for the city
A second mayoralty should be created for Galway city - a Night Mayor - whose role would be to “promote the exciting life after dark that already exists in Galway”, as well as “develop new cultural additions”.
Hanley calls for a ‘night life’ mayor for the city
A second mayoralty should be created for Galway city - a Night Mayor - whose role would be to “promote the exciting life after dark that already exists in Galway”, as well as “develop new cultural additions”.
Donal Lyons re-appointed as chair of Leisureland board
Donal Lyons, the long serving Independent city councillor, has been re-appointed as chair of the board of Leisureland. Newly elected councillors, Pauline O'Reilly and Owen Hanley, have also been appointed to the board.
Hanley condemns unpaid dereliction fees 'a disgrace'
A total of €112,500 in unpaid dereliction site levies on the former Corrib Great Southern hotel remain unpaid from the last invoice issued in March for the site, a situation one city councillor called "a disgrace".
Hanley says Westminster marriage equality vote a 'massive step forward for LGBT+ rights'
Westminster MPS voting to extend marriage equality to Northern Ireland, to bring the region into line with the rest of the UK, and also the Republic of Ireland, is "a massive forward step of progress for LGBT+ rights on this island".
New letting laws will not change housing crisis in city
New short term letting regulations without additional resources for the Galway City Council to enforce them will not produce positive results for the housing situation in Galway city, according to assistant CEO of COPE Galway, Martin O'Connor.
Hanley calls for Renmore trainline path to be renovated and re-imagined
The pathway along the trainline from Renmore to Ceannt Station is "dreary", narrow, and is not "walker, bicycle, and buggy friendly", and is need of both renovation and being re-imagined.
Hanley demands re-think on 'punitive' childcare funding scheme
A new funding scheme for childcare is in danger of "disproportionately going to those who are better off", while at the same time "hurting families" who live in "the areas of highest deprivation".
‘I’ve always believed in myself and my community'
On Friday June 7, at the first meeting of the new city council, the 33-year-old Independent city councillor, Mike Cubbard, was elected Mayor of Galway city - in the process becoming one of the youngest people ever to hold the position, since it was founded in 1485.
