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The annual Park & Ride Christmas Service makes a welcome return to the city this year.

Over the last few months there has been much discussion about the impact students are having on the city during lockdown. In normal times Galway has approximately 28,000 students attending a variety of third level colleges and language schools. Given that the last census in 2016 put the city's population at 79,504, students potentially represent 35 per cent of the residents. Obviously, many of these students are Galway natives and may be living in the family home, but a significant cohort are drawn to the city for college from further afield and need housing to live in for the academic year.

New Year normally brings with it a desire to look to the future, get fit, get healthy, etc. After Covid-19 hit 2020 and three lockdowns, we are all keen to look to move forward, but with much more appreciation for where we live, work, and play.

Over the last week we have seen people back on the streets as some businesses have been able to open post the latest lockdown. This is a crucial period for the city, and in particular for retailers and hospitality businesses. Thus, this week we are going to look at the city centre, and in particular retail and office space. We will start with the important figures but we will then try to get behind these numbers and look at the trends.

Twenty-nine Galwegians will once again don their warmest coats and hats to sleep out on Shop Street for the homeless.

One thing we have all had to adjust to over the last few months is the so called “Covid fog” brought on by uncertainty and constant change. Property has not been immune from this, and we see more and more queries from property owners and other interested parties such as housing bodies and construction firms, regarding what the impact has been on the Galway housing sector.

The new president of Galway Chamber has said that in this challenging era, lodged between the Covid-19 outbreak and the impending Brexit, businesses have to remain positive and focused.

Over the past few weeks Enda McGuane, managing director of Winters Property Management, has been answering property related questions relevant to the Covid-19 crisis in The Irish Times on behalf of the Society of Chartered Surveyors of Irelsnd (SCSI). Below is an extract of some of the questions and answers

Winters Property, a full service property company based in Galway, was voted Domestic Collections Team of the Year at the 2019 Credit Team of the Year Awards. This follows the company's recent successes at the Irish Facility Management Awards, where it has won 11 categories in five years, including the Property Management Company of the Year in 2016, 2017, and 2018.

The Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI) Annual Residential Property Review and Outlook report reveals that estate agents across the country believe demand will increase across all property types with national house prices anticipated to increase by four per cent this year. The report expects Connacht prices to increase by five per cent in 2019, down from eight per cent as reported in 2018.