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Galway County Council will contact Minister for Housing, Local Government, and Heritage Darragh O’Brien to get clarification on housing projects in rural areas.

Athlone Town Mayor, Cllr Aengus O’Rourke, has formally welcomed the decision to expand the criteria pertaining to the Shop Front Enhancement Scheme to include canopies and awnings.

Fine Gael TD, Alan Dillon, has ramped-up pressure on the prioritisation of the two projects to be awarded funding from the soon to be announced Urban Regeneration and Development Fund.

Construction of a new fire station in Athenry is now a priority project for the Galway County Council, as acquisition of a site is almost complete and a design team is to be appointed to take the project through the planning process and construction.

Fine Gael TD, Alan Dillon, has welcomed confirmation that €100k has been spent since the summer on upgrading the water treatment plant on Achill Island and that another €150k will be spent in early 2021.

New figures revealing an almost five per cent rise in rents in Galway city in the last year calls into question how well the Government is enforcing rent pressure zones, according to assistant CEO of COPE Galway, Martin O'Connor.

With rents in Galway city now standing at an "alarming" rate of more than €1,300 per month, the Government must step in and take action to halt such an "unsustainable" increase.

Westmeath County Council has been granted €400,300 to refurbish social housing units which will be re-let to individuals struggling with homelessness or on a housing list, a Longford/Westmeath Fine Gael Minister in the Department of Housing has said.

Martina O'Connor

DARRAGH O'DEA, the Tuam singer-songwriter releases his new single, 'Lost Dog Loyal' tomorrow [Friday June 12], with all proceeds from its downloads going to COPE Galway.