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Footpaths: we love them, we leave them, we walk all over them. And yet we forever need them.

Businesses and residents in Salthill are urging Galway City Council to retain the existing Recreation and Amenity zoning of the former Tourist Office site, amid proposals to rezone the land for commercial and industrial use.

Galway City West and Knocknacarra councillor Donal Lyons has welcomed the reply he received from the Roads and Transportation Directorate, Galway City Council in relation to a Notice of Motion I had forwarded in relation to road safety on the Lower Cappagh Road.

Despite facing notable ‘staffing shortages and complex social and economic challenges, COPE Galway’s work supported 3,427 people in the Galway community last year, it has been revealed in its annual report.

I would like to build an extension to my house but I am unsure if I need to apply for planning permission. I understand some extensions may not require planning permission provided they are under a particular size, is this correct? Are there any other restrictions?

City Councillor Declan McDonnell has urged Galway City Council to draw up a further five-year plan to tackle dangerous ageing roads and footpaths in the older residential areas of Galway.

“One day I walked through the garden gate, and I never left” says Catherine in Ballinfoile Mór Community Garden. This is a what members throughout Galway city say about their community gardens in all sorts of ways. At this time of the year, you can feel growth in the air along with the sense of belonging and purpose which being a member of a garden brings.

Jack’s Stop, a new café, located on the Old Rail Trail Greenway at Streamstown, the perfect halfway stop between Athlone and Mullingar, will open its doors tomorrow, Friday, March 31.

Galway City West and Knocknacarra councillor Donal Lyons this week welcomed Galway City Council improvement works to footpaths now underway on the Shangort Road.