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Children ‘gophering’ in Galway are earning up to €100 per day ferrying drugs by bicycle to house parties across the city, according to a local councillor.

Her work ethic and track record have convinced Independent Cllr Terry O'Flaherty that she should run in this summer's local elections.

Mounting fears that Salthill Garda station will soon face the axe got a reprieve this week, with a dramatic U-turn decision on closing the busy barracks at night.

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Chairperson of the Athlone Drug Awareness Group, Cllr Frankie Keena, has expressed his continuing concern pertaining to the issue of drug dealing and drinking in public areas of Athlone.

The issue of cars parking on footpaths and green areas across the city was raised at this week’s meeting of the Joint Policing Committee of Galway City Council when members said that the issue might lead to emergency vehicles being unable to gain access to areas.

This week’s meeting of the Joint Policing Committee of Galway City Council got off to a stormy start when councillors complained that they felt untrusted by Gardai because the crime stats reports normally furnished before a meeting would not be circulated until afterwards.

Events as local as community teen discos in the county are being targeted by internet fraudsters eager to rob punters looking for scarce last minute tickets.

The issue of cocaine addiction and usage in and around Galway city and county is escalating, this week’s meeting of the County Council’s Joint Policing Committee was told.

Galway City’s Joint Policing Committee was this week asked to get behind a programme that will enable people to feel safer on a night out by using a standard code phrase to alert bar staff to the fact that they are uncomfortable and need some support.