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The debate around the future of Galway Airport is not really about planes, runways, or even balance sheets. It is about memory, foresight, and the kind of place we want Galway to become. If that sounds lofty, it shouldn’t. We have been here before—and we have learned, painfully, what happens when we confuse short-term pragmatism with long-term wisdom.

I have always been fascinated by maps, especially old maps. One of the most famous is the Tube map - better known as the London Underground map - a schematic transport map of the lines, stations and services of the London Underground, known colloquially as "the Tube", hence the map's name.

In 1973, economist E.F. Schumacher’s essay collection ‘Small Is Beautiful’ disputed economic beliefs, arguing “today, we suffer from an almost universal idolatry of gigantism. It is therefore necessary to insist on the virtues of smallness—where this applies.”

Galway city councillors this week supported a motion by the Mayor of Galway, Cllr Colette Connolly, not to increase Local Property Tax.

Fine Gael TD for Longford-Westmeath, Peter Burke, has confirmed that the Oireachtas Finance Committee will hold a number of meetings in September in relation to the ongoing issues in the motor insurance industry.