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Unpaid invoices totalling almost €2.3 million remain unpaid by owners of 48 derelict properties across Galway city so far this year.

Labour Councillor John McDonagh in Galway City has called for urgent action to tackle rising energy costs and support struggling households following new figures from the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) showing that almost 500,000 customers are now in electricity and gas bill arrears.

Local Fine Gael councillor Eddie Hoare has said that the tackling of dereliction in Ireland is needed, not for financial benefit to local authorities, but to change behaviour of those who own the sites.

Local Fine Gael Councillor Eileen Mannion has backed Tánaiste Simon Harris’s call for stronger action on derelict properties, saying tackling dereliction is essential if Ireland is to address its housing shortage.

A leading academic has expressed concern over the depiction of “man boobs” on a commemorative statue in Athenry and has questioned the commissioning process behind the monument’s erection.

Consideration should be given to extending eligibility for the Vacant Above the Shop Grant to small and micro enterprises, according to Fine Gael councillor Andrew Reddington.

Among the six candidates in the ‘Vote Left, Transfer Left’ alliance, Councillor Helen Ogbu emerged as the strongest performer from last week’s by-election.

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.

In politics, it is often the little things that make the biggest difference.

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