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Unpaid invoices totalling almost €2.3 million remain unpaid by owners of 48 derelict properties across Galway city so far this year.

Local Fine Gael Councillor Eileen Mannion has backed Tánaiste Simon Harris’s call for stronger action on derelict properties, saying tackling dereliction is essential if Ireland is to address its housing shortage.

Sinn Féin TD for Galway East, Louis O’Hara, has expressed concern at Government plans to limit the new Derelict Property Tax to population centres of 4,000 or more. O’Hara said that this would have the effect of excluding thousands of derelict properties from this new tax, such as the former Shannon Oaks Hotel in Portumna.

A positive decision on the expansion of Galway Port would mark a new era for the facility and city, a Fine Gael Senator said.

Cllr Thomas Welby, Independent candidate for the upcoming Bye-Election, has identified the delivery of a College of Future in Galway as having the ability to be pivotal in transforming the Further Education and Training landscape for the region.

The government’s long awaited maritime security strategy was published yesterday, including aspirations for a west coast naval installation.

Former President Michael D Higgins has called for a root and branch reform of the presidency.

The Minister for Defence has declined to confirm whether a new Naval Service facility for the west coast will be considered in an overhaul of Ireland’s military capabilities.

Galway County Council has become the third local authority in the country to actively rezone land to accelerate housing delivery, following a directive from Minister for Housing James Browne, calling on councils to free up serviced land for development.

Senator Seán Kyne and Councillor Eddie Hoare are expected to go head-to-head at a Fine Gael by-election selection convention later this month.