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President vows to ‘speak truth to power’ while accepting Freedom of Galway
President Catherine Connolly said she has a responsibility to “always speak truth to power” as she accepted the Freedom of Galway City last Friday, while using her address to defend Irish neutrality and warn against the normalisation of war.
Families in Galway paying the price for energy crisis, says McDonagh
Labour Councillor John McDonagh in Galway City has called for urgent action to tackle rising energy costs and support struggling households following new figures from the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) showing that almost 500,000 customers are now in electricity and gas bill arrears.
Hoare feels tougher action on dereliction will change behaviour
Local Fine Gael councillor Eddie Hoare has said that the tackling of derelction in Ireland is needed, not for financial benefit to local authorities, but to change behaviour of those who own the sites.
Connemara councillor backs Tánaiste’s call for tougher action on dereliction
Local Fine Gael Councillor Eileen Mannion has backed Tánaiste Simon Harris’s call for stronger action on derelict properties, saying tackling dereliction is essential if Ireland is to address its housing shortage.
Galway 2020 suits’ no-show at City Hall
Galway Culture Company has failed to fulfil five invitations over 18 months to present its activities to the city’s elected representatives.
Concerns over Ceannt Station funding getting derailed
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.
Outrage over ‘man boobs’ on Athenry statue
A leading academic has expressed concern over the depiction of “man boobs” on a commemorative statue in Athenry and has questioned the commisioning process behind the monument’s erection.
Cheevers calls for greater urgency on residential building by local authority
Cllr Alan Cheevers has callled for greater urgency to be shown by tGalway City Council regarding housebuilding in the city.
The ring road is back in court, and Galway cannot afford another decade of delay
Six weeks ago in this column, I described the approval of the N6 Galway City Ring Road as potentially the most consequential planning decision for Galway’s housing market in a generation. I meant every word of it. The relief felt across the region when An Coimisiún Pleanála finally issued that decision in April was real and it was earned, the product of more than 30 years of planning, campaigning, legal battles, and hard money spent.
