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City Hall on College Road will be demolished after Galway City Council completes its move to Crown Square next year.

Years of simmering discontent about how central government funds the city council reached boiling point this week, when councillors roasted Galway’s TDs and senators for failing to champion the regional capital’s local authority.

When Fianna Fail gathers in Galway West this month to celebrate the centenary of the party, they will look back at its evolution and the many personalities who emerged in that century to give them a national prominence.

Galway City Council officials told councillors on Tuesday that this swift funding will accelerate an €11.5 million first phase of the northern half of Kingston lands, sharpening ambition for completion in the third quarter of 2029.

Fianna Fáil TD for Galway East, Albert Dolan, is encouraging owners and custodians of historic buildings, protected structures and thatched properties across the constituency to apply for the Government’s built heritage funding schemes, which have now opened for 2027 applications.

The government’s draft planning guidelines could potentially give precedence to applicants from Gaeltachts in other counties over locals for one-off housing developments in Connemara.

Fianna Fáil members and supporters are being invited to help preserve and showcase the party’s rich local history as preparations begin for the Party’s centenary celebrations in Galway West later this year.

Significant changes have been made to the Carer’s Allowance means test, marking the largest ever increase in weekly income disregards as well as allowing more families to qualify for support.

It was supposed to be a battle for the soul of Galway West, but it became a clash in Connemara, then sub plots in the city, as Fine Gael strapped in for a rare government party win in a by-election where every vote counted.

Thomas says his opposition to a housing scheme in Moycullen, his attendance at meetings organised by an overtly seditious organisation, and his objection to new facilities for Galway city’s largest GAA club are being politicised by opponents.