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Iarnród Éireann has insisted that the cost of Ceannt Station’s ongoing redevelopment is still within the budget announced in 2023, despite subsequent delays, significant inflation, requested design changes, wildlife issues, and announcements of significant overruns and budgetary changes from other public officials.

In 2022, before the tender process to appoint a main contractor completed, the estimated cost of upgrading the Victorian rail terminus was €49.68 million, of which €30.98 million comprised construction costs including VAT.

Local representatives in Galway have expressed concern that funding for the redevelopment of Ceannt Station may in fact be exceeding the project’s original budget, despite previous claims the development costs were on track.

A seven foot, bronze statue celebrating the mythical princess who drowned in the Corrib and gave her name to Galway, is languishing in a plywood crate, in a back yard, in Wicklow.

A fabulous new entrance to Ceannt Station opened this week, but a lack of signage is causing confusion among passengers rushing for trains.

A commemorative plaque has been unveiled to honour a Galway soldier fatally wounded while serving on a peacekeeping mission in Lebanon over 45 years ago. Mayor of the City of Galway, Cllr Mike Cubbard has joined members of the family of the late Private Stephen Griffin to unveil the stone plaque which has been erected adjacent to Bóthar Stiofáin, Rahoon, which is named in his honour.

There were harsh words, recriminations, accusations and apologies in City Hall this week over the emotive topic of Knocknacarra’s Western Distributor Road, but relief and joy about the Ring Road planning decision.

Members of the Galway City Council executive and Elected Members from the city’s East Ward have held positive discussions on the Ballybane Road and Castlepark Road Cycle Network Scheme, as the project enters its final stages. As Councillors outlined feedback they have received from members of the public regarding the ongoing works, Council staff have confirmed that the project is now on track to be completed ahead of schedule within the coming months.

Galway City Council is intent on progressing a pedestrian and bicycle link across the stone abutments of the former Clifden Railway Bridge, despite national funding cancelled for this piece of the Connemara Greenway.

James Browne TD, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, officially broke ground on a €23.6 million mixed-tenure housing development in Baile Chláir (Claregalway).