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The Galway City Council has advertised for a new role of Senior Architect amid concerns that the development of the city lacks character.

The Land Development Agency (LDA) and Galway City Council (GCC) have published a new draft Site Development Framework for a mixed-use development, which includes affordable and social housing, commercial, civic and cultural amenities at Dyke Road, at the edge of Galway’s city centre. The residential development is the first phase of the overall Development Framework, and a planning application will be submitted later this year.

Barry Cowen TD, and Fianna Fáil European Election Candidate in the Midlands North West, is calling for funding support for the Galway Port extension.

Sharing expert opinions on how to the housing shortage can best be solved, and advice for first-time buyers, Galway's auctioneers and estate agents give insight and advice for the local housing market.

The Land Development Agency (LDA) and Galway City Council (GCC) are seeking the public's views on its plans for a 'mixed use development', which will deliver more than '200 homes' on the site of the Black Box Theatre and two car parks.

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 development of the Sandy Quarter project by the Land Development Agency could be transformative for the city, City Council Chief Executive Brendan McGrath said on Monday as a six-week consultation process got underway into the massive plan.

Local Minister of State with responsibility for Planning and Local Government, Deputy Peter Burke, together with the Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O’Brien and Minister of State, Deputy Malcolm Noonan, recently launched a new €50m Croí Cónaithe (Towns) Fund which will support bringing vacant and underused buildings in Westmeath’s towns and villages back into residential use.

“Would it be ambitious to try and deliver 20,000 public homes in a year? Yes, but we need that scale of ambition. We have to deliver affordable and social homes for purchase and rent, because this crisis will continue to get worse.”

Sinn Féin's housing spokesperson, Eoin Ó Broin TD, will visit Galway on Monday, February 7, for a series of engagements.