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The blockading of accommodation intended for asylum seekers or Ukrainians should not be tolerated by An Garda Síochána who must intervene to ensure access, Green Party Senator Pauline O’Reilly has said.

Now, more than ever, is the time for elected representatives to lead, and to challenge the narrative of division and fear, according to Galway West deputy Catherine Connolly who was speaking after the suspected arson attack on the Ross Lake House Hotel near Oughterard late on Saturday evening.

Cllr. Mc Nelis said it is an outrage that in the midst of an acute housing crisis, thousands of homes across our country sit idle, either vacant or derelict.

Following a failure to meet with the Taoiseach at the Moycullen / Mhaigh Cuilinn bypass on Monday, members of the Galway branch of the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign travelled to the Dáil yesterday (Wednesday) in an effort to deliver its ceasefire petition signed by more than 10,000 people.

Local Sinn Féin Deputy, Sorca Clarke, has said that the Government’s decision to underfund the health service this year is putting patients’ lives at risk.

Independent Councillor Paul Hogan has called for the implementation of a rent control on council residential properties with tenants facing the prospect of rate increases in 2024.

Galway City councillors unanimously passed a record €121.3m budget this week, but tempers frayed during the annual money meeting on Monday.

City councillor Niall Mc Nelis said it is deeply concerning to see the level of neglect exhibited by Government in tackling the alarming recruitment and retention crisis plaguing the ranks of An Garda Síochána.

Local Sinn Féin spokesperson for Agriculture, Deputy Claire Kerrane, has called on the Government to allow her party’s legislation to establish one authority to manage the River Shannon to be progressed.

Sinn Féin TD Mairead Farrell has expressed alarm at how the severe escalation in the HSE’s recruitment embargo will impact patients in Galway, ansd that this is a direct consequence of the Government’s disastrous decision to deliberately underfund the health service in 2024.