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Calls for Galway City Council to have its status upgraded from the bottom rung of local authorities will not translate into improved financial support, according to the Minister of State with special responsibility for Local Government, John Cummins TD.

The Government have doubled down on their refusal to provide funding to facilitate the reopening of Dunguaire Castle in Kinvara, according to Sinn Féin TD for Galway East, Louis O’Hara, who raised the matter in the Dail with Minister for Local Government, John Cummins.

A list of top priorities for Galway city and its hinterland were presented to the minister with responsibility for planning and local government this week.

When the Galway-Salthill Tramway ceased trading in 1918, it caused a problem for locals who had been using the service as public transport so a group of local businessmen came together on April 5, 1919 to register The Galway General Omnibus Company Limited as a public company. The directors were Thomas McDonough, Joe Young, Robert Mackie, Michael Crowley, Philip O’Gorman, Martin Hynes and Martin Finan. John Leech was the secretary and Joseph Garvey the manager.

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The best and the brightest, apparently, were at the golf get together. ‘Astute’, ‘shrewd’, ‘clever’ are words recipients of college degrees might use to describe the persons in attendance. ‘Wide’ and ‘slick’ are words you might hear in more working-class areas to describe the same people.