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The events of the past few weeks here in Galway have demonstrated undeniably that ours is a city that punches well above its weight, for a variety of reasons. And our punch is the kind of sneaky disarming uppercut that our opponents are least expecting. The success of the event just passed has given us all a great confidence that we have the capacity to make this city and county a truly sustainable one, by playing on our strengths, compromising, and listening to, but not being dictated by the naysayers whose stance on each issue is always the same, who believe that each progression has an agenda and that there are more reasons why things ought not to happen, than why they should. Perhaps this is too simplistic, but the can-do attitude of the last few weeks makes simpletons like me think that with the right attitude and people, a lot more could be achieved in this city.

Far from being idle or derelict, work is “proceeding satisfactorily” at the Solas Picture Palace site, and the group behind the project to bring an art house cinema to Galway is launching a major campaign to ensure its completion within the next year.