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The Community Transport Study being drawn up for Headford will be on public display by the end of the month, according to local councillor Andrew Reddington.

“I’m young enough” he maintains, as the 53-year-old steeples his hands thoughtfully, sitting in the boardroom in City Hall. This prayer-like posture comes naturally for an ordained deacon of the Catholic church, who ranks his family, faith and a community-development based approach to his work, as the three pillars of his worldview.

For many reasons, last weekend marked an extraordinarily emotional milestone for Pete Roche and his family. As the results came in, securing his first-ever seat in the Dáil as a representative for Galway East, it was a moment charged with pride, tears, and a profound sense of accomplishment.

Maigh Cuilinn is to get its long awaited bus shelter with work due to start on the project from next week, according to local councillor and Independent Ireland candidate for Galway West, Noel Thomas. He said that he had spoken directly to the contractor who had confirmed that they would be onsite.

Independent councillor Donal Lyons has welcomed the announcement by consultants MKO of a Non Statutory Public Consultation process which commenced on Monday in relation to the proposed Kingston & Millars Lane Master Plan.

Around 65 women were “left distraught at the side of the road” yesterday after letters from the International Protection Accommodation Service gave them a 48-hour eviction notice on Monday.

Flann O’Brien famously asked if a man spent half his life cycling, is he half-man, half-bicycle? But the absurdly post-modern question in Salthill last week was: is a diving tower blocked off for diving still a diving tower?

As the All Ireland Drama Festival reaches its conclusion, local councillor Aengus O’Rourke has paid due tribute to artist Ruth Ryan whose recent portrait of PJ Lenihan now adorns the wall of the Dean Crowe Theatre.

As temporary repairs to sea wall damage in Oranmore caused by November’s Storm Debi are completed this week, a local councillor has slammed delays and again called for permanent infrastructure.