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Residents of two notorious rat runs on the east side of the city say they have had enough, and will stage protests tomorrow, Friday, November 28, during morning rush hour.

All four Galway West TDs were in Dublin Castle on Tuesday night to celebrate their former constituency colleague’s elevation to the presidency, plus at least one county councillor who aspires to take her seat.

Artist Lilly Hughes, and her neighbour, Kitty Wheatley, both Renmore ladies, were mortified to be identified by the Galway Advertiser, in a pub, in town, of a Tuesday, before 11am.

Mayor Mike Cubbard claims someone with access to his wife’s family’s private housing files leaked them to a national newspaper in an unsuccessful attempt to smear him.

As it unfolded that Catherine Connolly would walk the presidential election, politicos began plotting for a Galway West by-election which must fill her vacant Dáil seat by May 11.

Galway City Council has land for housing, demand for housing, but there is no Government plan to build on scale, a former Mayor of Galway City has claimed.

Fianna Fáil veteran Éamon Ó Cuív has blasted Taoiseach Micheál Martin’s decision to back a presidential candidate from outside party ranks, while a city councillor revealed growing demand for internal party reform.

As the presidential race tentatively takes shape, there is a current of quiet excitement rolling out from the west — and not just for the political theatre ahead. For the first time, there is the distinct possibility that two of Galway’s most remarkable political daughters, Dr. Máire Geoghegan-Quinn and Deputy Catherine Connolly, could feature prominently in the contest for Ireland’s highest office. In a race that is often framed by personality and geography, there is something deeper stirring here: the opportunity for two extraordinary, sea-shaped lives to bring Ireland a story it sorely needs to hear.

In the latest Department of Housing scoring of local authorities, Galway City Council managed to score a big fat zero in relation to its 2022 target for building homes.

The local authority will reform almost 3km of the area’s main artery between the Cappagh Road and the Deane Roundabout on the Bishop O’Donnell Road.