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In a week when the next president of the USA appointed an official to oversee an expulsion of undocumented migrants, Galway City councillors were celebrating the life of a man who dedicated his to regularising illegal immigrants in America.

Brewing discontent and disagreement within the ruling pact which dominates Galway City Council spilled into the public domain this week, with the mayor forced to use his casting vote to pass an increase in Local Property Tax.

Fianna Fáil Councillor Josie Forde has urged Galway City Council to finish the fencing around the newly constructed soccer pitch in Corrib Park. While the pitch is nearing completion, only half of the area has been properly fenced, leaving it exposed to potential damage.

Galway County Councillors voted by 32 to 6 to increase Local Property Tax by 15 per cent in late September, a hike calculated to net an extra €2.4 million income per year for the local authority from 2025.

Galway City Councillor Josie Forde has welcomed progress on the Southpark Masterplan, with Galway City Council confirming that consultants have been appointed to assess the feasibility of plans previously adopted by the Council.

Fianna Fáil’s Josie Forde, a first-time candidate and the party’s only female runner in Galway, is one of six new councillors who survived the field of 52 runners on a day when her party lost its position as the largest on the local authority, going down from five to four seats. Her 665 first preferences got her in on the 14th count.

All signs point to a Fianna Fáil-Labour-Sinn Féin coalition with support from Independent councillors to run the Galway City Council for the next five years.

All signs point to a Fianna Fáil-Labour-Sinn Féin coalition with support from Independent councillors to run the Galway City Council for the next five years.

Corpus Christi Procession in Galway

Polling Day: 18 seats to be filled