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Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage Darragh O’Brien TD visited Galway Harbour on Monday to formally announce the transfer of a three-acre site, with the potential for over 250 homes, to the Land Development Agency (LDA).

The Galway Harbour could close as a commercial port if planning permission is not granted for a proposed redevelopment.

It is perhaps surprising that a city such as Galway which was built on the water and is mostly surrounded by it, should have taken this long to realise that perhaps for centuries, we have been looking the wrong way. There are not many cities that have the proximity of its port so close to the city centre and yet have it so underutilised. Perhaps now, comes the vision that will change that.

An ambitious and wide-ranging vision for a major regional development of Galway Harbour, which aims to transform the economic, social and cultural fabric of Galway City and the West of Ireland was launched yesterday (Wednesday), kick starting an intensive six-week period of consultation with stakeholders and citizens.

So here it is, the news that Galway city and county are lodged “within a province that from a spatial planning point of view, is full of low density housing, is totally reliant on private transport (the car) and which is in need of transforming to using rail and public transport” to become a “high density city and to support cycling and walking?”

Minister of State in the Department of Transport with responsibility for International and Road Transport and Logistics

If planning approval is granted for an extension of Galway Port, it would "free up around 30 acres" of the inner harbour for development, paving the way for the city to be "reshaped and enhanced".

If the pre-Christmas fear that we would have a general election achieved nothing else, it did flush a few Dáil hopefuls out into the public domain, resulting in a bit of competitive electioneering, particularly from two of the city's more testosterone loaded FF hopefuls.

The availability of high end office space which is key to attracting modern high-tech industries to the heart of Galway was enhanced this week with the granting of planning permission for the Bonham Quay development at Galway Harbour.

Galway City Council have this evening granted planning permission for a new two acre development which will deliver in excess of 26,000 sq. m of Grade A Office Space to Galway City Centre.