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Weeds which had grown "out of control" along the Ballyloughane Road - including the noxious weed ragwort - are being removed by the Galway City Council.

Work started this week on a new bus shelter on Michael Collins Road in Mervue, at the bus stop across from the Medtronic - formerly Covidien - plant.

A former Mayor of Galway has warned that Galway’s housing crisis "will multiply in the years ahead", unless the new Government introduces an affordable housing scheme with a substantial discount to buyers.

Irish Water has resumed work on replacing old and damaged water pipes in the Mervue area. Work on the leaking pipes began in January but were suspended during the Lockdown.

Anti-social behaviour has gone "out of control" in some housing estates in Galway city, "particularly on the east side" of the city, and there is an urgent need for enforcement of rules and support for families.

The fire which broke out at the derelict Corrib Great Southern Hotel on Monday must put pressure on the owners of the "unsightly building" to demolish it, otherwise the owners are simply showing further "scant regard" for the wellbeing of residents living close-by.

The new elective hospital proposed for Galway may not be located at Merlin Park as expected, and may not even begin construction within the next three years, according to a long serving city councillor.

A long-promised affordable housing scheme, which is expected to help low-to middle-income earners secure a home, is to be brought before the next meeting of the Galway City Council on Monday May 13.

A former mayor has demanded that turning restrictions on traffic be lifted at one of the busiest junctions on the east side of the city, on the basis that the current system is creating a danger for both pedestrians and motorists.

Mounting objections to 17 planned houses for ‘infill’ sites in Castle Park, Ballinfoile, and Corrib Park are the result of "growing resentment" among local communities at what they believe "is years of their local areas being neglected and forgotten".