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There was a light-hearted, spring atmosphere at the March plenary meeting of Galway City Council this week, as the city's leaders attempted their assembly solely in Irish for the first time in seven centuries of civic government.

Local TD, Minister Hildegarde Naughton and Minister of State Seán Canney, Independent TD for Galway East and Councillor Alan Cheevers, have welcomed the granting of over €1.1 million to 16 community centres in Galway under the Community Centre Investment Fund.

If Storm Éowyn was an unwanted guest at Galway City Council’s table, his expensive tastes have racked up a bill so far of almost €15m, and – worryingly – the tab is still open.

Galway City Council has invited representatives of the Galway Culture Company to attend a full council meeting to explain its activities to councillors since Galway won the European city of Culture competition in 2020.

Local councillors are expected to dredge up the legacy of the 2020 City of Culture celebrations at the first full Galway City Council meeting of 2025 next week.

Fianna Fáil Councillor Alan Cheevers has criticised the local government for failing to allocate funding to grit pathways and roads in council housing-estates and pathways in public areas across the city.

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.

Brewing discontent and disagreement within the ruling pact which dominates Galway City Council spilled into the public domain this week, with the mayor forced to use his casting vote to pass an increase in Local Property Tax.