16 new bins installed in city centre and Salthill

Thu, Dec 09, 2021

Sixteen new 1,100 litre litter bins have been installed at the Spanish Arch, Wolfe Tone Bridge, and along Salthill Promenade.

Cheevers calls for full report on use of Mervue running track

Thu, Dec 09, 2021

A full report on the Mervue running track, examining its use by the public, its opening hours, when it is free and when there is a charge for use, has been requested by a Fianna Fáil councillor.

O’Hara calls on public to make voice heard over Irish unity

Thu, Dec 09, 2021

If Irish unity is now a matter of when, not if, then people need to make their voices heard about what kind of State the new Ireland will be.

Every classroom in Galway must be given a HEPA filter, says PBP

Thu, Dec 09, 2021

Every classroom in Galway should be given a HEPA filter, while all workplaces must monitor air quality with filters and CO2 monitors.

Disabled drivers to suffer further delays as appeals board members resign

Thu, Dec 09, 2021

Galwegians awaiting decisions or appeals hearings by the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passenger Tax Concession Appeals Board will suffer further delays.

Gardaí appeal for witnesses to Dock Street assault

Thu, Dec 09, 2021

On Sunday October 31 at approximately 1.40am, a man and female were walking home along Dock Street when they were approached by a group of five to six young males and one female.

Gardaí appeal for information on burglaries

Thu, Dec 09, 2021

Gardaí are appealing for witnessess, or anyone with information, about two burglaries which took place in County Galway recently.

Additional housing staff for Galway County Council

Thu, Dec 09, 2021

A total of 13 new staff have been appointed to the Galway County Council’s housing department - 10 additional technical staff and three administrative staff.

Galway schools to receive €3 million to support digital technology projects

Thu, Dec 09, 2021

Schools in Galway are set to receive almost €3 million in Government funding for investment in information, communication, and digital technologies under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan.

Canney calls for residential developments to be located near train stations

Thu, Dec 09, 2021

Galway County Development Plans and Local Area Plans need to designate catchment areas close to train stations as priority locations for residential developments.

Roads and routes — and the way we’ll move a decade from now

Thu, Dec 09, 2021

Decisions, often the long awaited ones, come along like buses. You wait interminably wondering if one will ever arrive and then, out of the ether, come along several. It is an apt analogy this week because for the past while, Galway city and county has been awaiting decisions which have a lot to do, if not so much with buses, then with ways in which we are set to move around for the rest of this century.

The issue of the Galway City Ring Road or the Road Formerly Known As The Galway City Bypass and multiple other iterations over the last third of a century or more, has long been a bone of contention among those who travel to and from the city. To those who spend ten hours a week in their cars on the edge of town, it has been a manna from heaven, but one they wonder if they will ever enjoy.

Welcome from many, but some disappointment as route for cycleway is chosen

Wed, Dec 08, 2021

Senator Aisling Dolan welcomed the announcement of a final route corridor from the Galway to Athlone Cycleway project team. The Red Route five through Athlone, Portumna, Gort, Kinvara to Galway has been selected with a link to Ballinasloe town.

Councils prepare for arrival of storm

Mon, Dec 06, 2021

As per Met Éireann’s latest storm advice, the effects of Storm Barra will begin to be felt across Ireland from Tuesday morning, continuing all the way into Wednesday morning. The main impacts will include strong winds, falling trees and potential flooding. High tide in Galway Bay will be at 6.45am Tuesday.

Some trees may be compromised due to saturated soils at the moment, and with more rain forecast with Storm Barra some disruption due to falling trees/branches is likely. Heavy rain, coupled with falling leaves may block drains and gullies, leading to surface flooding. Galway City Council staff have been carrying out drainage maintenance across the city in advance of the storm to minimise potential flooding risks.

Hundreds of children to spend Christmas in emergency accommodation, as homeless charities appeal for funding

Thu, Dec 02, 2021

More than 200 Galway children will spend this Christmas in emergency homeless accommodation provided by COPE Galway, at the end of a year in which 527 children and 868 adults were supported by Galway Simon.

Mayor appeals to people of Galway to spare a thought for the people of Gaza this Christmas

Thu, Dec 02, 2021

Mayor of Galway, Collette Connolly, has appealed to the people of the city and county to embrace the Christmas spirit and spare a thought for the men and women of Gaza who are living traumatic lives trapped by forces beyond their control.

Sinn Féin raise overcrowding in Saolta Group with Minister

Thu, Dec 02, 2021

Sinn Féin TDs from across the West raised “serious concerns” over capacity, patients on trollies, and emergency department crisis in the Saolta Hospital Group with Minister Anne Rabbitte.

Major investment in Galway’s mountain and forest walks

Thu, Dec 02, 2021

Funding of more than €900,000 was approved by the Government this week to develop walking/cycling trails at Letterfrack National Park, and in Portumna, Woodford, and Loughrea.

Progress on flood relief works for Salthill

Thu, Dec 02, 2021

The floods which have played havoc with Salthill over the last decade could be greatly reduced and minimised now that flood relief plans for the area are progressing.

Campaign calls for increased number of neurology nurses in Galway

Thu, Dec 02, 2021

Increasing the number of nurse specialists in neurology will be a “cost-efficient way” of reducing waiting lists, freeing hospital resources, and ensuring patients in Galway have access to specialist support.

Council collects €400,000 in fines on Corrib Great Southern Site

Thu, Dec 02, 2021

Galway City Council have received an estimated €400,000 in fines imposed under the Derelict Sites Legislation in discharge of amounts due for 2020 and 2021.

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