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A €2 million rooftop helipad will cap University Hospital Galway’s €4 billion redevelopment, despite the HSE’s controversial purchase of Shantalla parkland to build a ground-level heliport.

Thirteen years after Galway City Council lent a piece of parkland to the HSE for six months, next week councillors will be asked to sell almost four acres of that park for an air ambulance base to serve the west of Ireland.

The planned Galway Regional Aquatic Centre has the potential to transform water sports across Galway and the wider west of Ireland for generations to come. With Government backing now reaching €11.25 million, including an additional €3.25 million announced recently, the long-awaited project is moving closer to becoming a reality. More than simply a swimming pool, the new regional aquatic centre represents a major investment in sport, health, youth development and community life for one of Ireland’s fastest-growing urban areas.

Galway City Council has welcomed the announcement by Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport, Patrick O’Donovan TD, of €3.25m in additional Government support to progress the long-awaited Galway Regional Aquatic Project at Knocknacarra.

Salthill Knocknacarra GAA Club will tomorrow formally submit a planning application to Galway City Council for the first phase of the club’s new playing facility development at Mincloon.

James Browne TD, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, officially broke ground on a €23.6 million mixed-tenure housing development in Baile Chláir (Claregalway).

Three men have been arrested by Galway Divisional Drug Squad in Doughiska, with a large quantity of hidden cocaine found nearby, including machinery for packaging drugs on an industrial scale.

Fianna Fáil councillor for Salthill, has Peter Keane expresses his gratitude and appreciation for the formal support and endorsement of Council Colleagues for his motion to support Salthill Knocknacarra GAA Club.

The Longford Westmeath Green Party will host a special public event in the Radisson Blu Hotel Athlone on Friday, November 25.