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Galway County Council has passed a motion to call on the Government to amend the Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory Bill to include the prohibition of trade in services.

In politics, democracy is held up as a noble ideal - one person, one vote, and majority rules. GAA politics is something else entirely.

Galway West representative Noel Thomas has called for an urgent review of ongoing DMURS-related roadworks across Galway city, warning that residents are being left to deal with designs that are not working on the ground — while key public transport improvements such as dedicated bus lanes are still missing.

Former maths teacher, Jessica Burke secured her maiden five-star show jumping success at an exalted level, bagging the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup class in Bordeaux on Saturday with her rising star, Good Star du Bary.

A private meeting of potential election candidates was held in Galway city last week to hammer out a potential voting alliance in May’s Galway West by-election.

Sheila Garrity, independent candidate in the forthcoming Galway West by-election, wants to hear from residents and plans to hold weekly community meetings to do just that. The first in the series will be held in Shantalla tonight Thursday (Feb. 12) from 7-8pm in St. Joseph’s Community Centre, Ashe Road.

While the country has many ongoing problems admittedly, there is little any of us can do right now, as ordinary citizens, to resolve them, other than exercising our vote at the next election to enact change. That is our democratic prerogative.

Many employers struggle with the dual issue of workplace stress and absenteeism amongst employees after Christmas. So-called ‘Blue Monday’ isn’t a passing trend; it’s representative of real-life struggles with work-life balance.

Concerns over the continued downgrading of services at Portiuncula University Hospital (PUH) resurfaced sharply at last week’s meeting of Ballinasloe Municipal District, with councillors expressing frustration at a lack of transparency, accountability, and clear evidence underpinning decisions that have already led to the scaling back of maternity services.

The construction of the new Dexcom Stadium is at the heart of Connacht Rugby’s new five-year plan.