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Fine Gael Galway City West Councillor Clodagh Higgins has strongly criticised proposals to extend paid parking across Galway City, warning that any move to include Salthill could create far more problems than it solves.

Uncollected litter and cheerful schoolchildren enjoying a surprise day-off swirled through Galway’s windblown city centre on Wednesday, as the country braced for its first major, public sector strike in two decades.

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.

Fine Gael Councillor Eddie Hoare has urged Galway City Council to apply for grant funding for the provision of lighting at the Tennis and Basketball Courts in Westside Park.

The Arts Capital Investment Fund was opened for submissions last week, with a deadline of December 18.

Four projects in Galway West will receive funding for positive community action, a Fine Gael TD has said. Deputy Seán Kyne said €57,000 will go directly to two projects in Galway City, while Simon Community Galway will receive a share of the €127,300 allocation and Tosú Social Inclusion Ireland in Galway will receive a sum from the €142,500 allocation to strengthen community safety, inclusion and integration.

Galway County Council has slammed the decision to make the railway alignment from Bellaghy to Collooney, which is part of the Western rail Corridor, available for a greenway describing it as ‘deplorable’.

Rural areas are falling through the cracks between two Government schemes, with neither covering basic footpath provision, a Fine Gael TD has said.

Infrastructure, housing and investment were just some of the issues discussed by the Cathaoirleach of Galway County Council Andrew Reddington and An Tánaiste Simon Harris, in a high level meeting in Government Buildings recently.