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The Northern and Western Regional Assembly (NWRA) has welcomed the designation of Ireland’s Northern and Western region as a Regional Innovation Valley (RIV) under the European Commission’s New European Innovation Agenda initiative.

The lack of availability and reliability of public transport in County Galway was one of the major cause for concern raised by councillors at the first plenary meeting of Galway County Council on Monday, July 22, resulting in renewed calls for a meeting between the council and the National Transport Authority (NTA).

A former Mayor of Galway has launched a stinging attack on the Green Party, saying that they must bear a lot of the blame for Galway’s never-ending traffic flow crisis.

Additional staff car parking is expected to be provided on the site of the former Merlin Park mortuary which is due to be demolished, a meeting of the HSE West’s regional health forum was told this week.

Cllr Declan McDonnell has proposed an extension of the one-way traffic system on roads leading into the city centre — which would enable the expansion of bus lanes on routes that are often choke points for traffic.

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.

Following a 45 minute discussion, a vote took place determining that Galway City Council meetings will be held remotely for the rest of the month with a review set for February.

A temporary cycleway in Salthill will be introduced in March and is expected to stay in place for six months.

Over-reliance on an increasingly unaffordable private rental market, and a shortage of new housing units, are key factors contributing to homelessness in Galway, an EU advisory body has been told.