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The Ahmadiyya Muslim Association Ireland welcomed guests from diverse backgrounds to the Maryam Mosque in Galway for a special event on Sunday last for the Mosque Open Day and 16th Interfaith Conference. Under the theme, ‘The Prophets: A Covenant with God’, this gathering served as a platform for dialogue and understanding.

The back gate of Merlin Park Hospital will be shut from tomorrow morning for a trial period of three weeks in a bid to assess the impact of ‘rat running’ through a nearby quiet residential area.

The Fulacht Fia Chairde Ghaillimh le Gaeilge took place in Builín Blasta in Ceardlann an Spidéil last week. It was the Fulacht Fia’s first time to move outside of Galway city and it was a great success. During the event, Cairde Gaillimh le Gaeilge enjoyed strolling among the beautiful craft shops in the Ceardlann. The wonderful Emer Killian and her fantastic team served delicious food, (all as Gaeilge) the guests were entertained with excellent music by Mike Stewart and Maria Fahy.

Cllr Alan Cheevers has called for more Government funding for outreach programmes and youth services across Galway city to help discourage young people from forming gangs.

Not having a penalty clause in contracts is like handing a blank cheque to the contractors, Cllr Alan Cheevers told this week’s meeting of Galway City Council, when he requested a full financial breakdown on money spent on the Martin Junction Construction to date.

Refusing decisions for projects that would create thousands of jobs on the city’s east side, while granting permission for a ‘montrosity’ in a car park on Westside are reasons why planning decisions need to come back to local authorities.

A Government-funded programme that supports migrants in the International Protection System who have been granted the right to work, has celebrated its recent successes at an event in Galway. The celebration was attended by participants, local employers, Cllr Terry O’Flaherty and Cllr Alan Cheevers, and Daragh Solan from the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY).

Cllr Alan Cheevers has expressed his disappointment at the news that Galway City Council has terminated its building contract for the social housing project Garraí Beag on Rockland Ave in Ballybane .

A controversial plan for the Renmore and Ballyloughane area was debated at Monday’s Galway City Council meeting for more than two hours.

Three city councillors have warned that “excessive measures” being proposed to stop ‘rat-run’ shortcuts being taken by traffic through Renmore will only create more problems than they will solve.