Declan Mcdonnell News Today

Independent City Councillor Declan McDonnell has highlighted the frustration of bus users on some of the busiest routes in the city over no-shows or delayed arrivals.

It's a radical overhaul of the city bus network set to be introduced in 2025 and 2026, with new routes, increased stops and frequencies.

The Barrie Colts' offence will be young this coming season, but they have guys that will ‘really produce’, says head coach Marty Williamson.

Https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/rb9b5t/cso.mp3 Galway Bay FM Newsroom – Latest CSO figures have revealed Tuam is the town in Galway with the largest population. As of April 2022, almost 10,000 are living in the town. Meanwhile Galway’s total population grew by almost ten percent since 2016, now standing at over 277,000 Sarah Slevin has been taking an in-depth […]

Galway Bay fm newsroom – A new elective hospital planned at Merlin Park will not be fully up-and-running until at least 2028. Although Merlin Park was understood to the preferred site for the hospital for years, it was only officially confirmed by Cabinet late last year. The new elective hospital is envisioned as having eight […]

From the Galway City Tribune – Minister of State for Local Government and Planning, Kieran O’Donnell was labelled a “disgrace” for overturning councillors’ decisions to rezone land in the new City Development Plan. Minister O’Donnell (pictured) confirmed in a letter to Council Chief Executive Brendan McGrath last week that he was reversing 25 material alternations […]

Bradley Bytes – a sort of political column with Dara Bradley Galway Green Party Senator Pauline O’Reilly’s ears must have been burning last week. City councillors didn’t mention her by name, but it was clear who they referred to. And they didn’t spare her. Cllr Declan McDonnell (Ind) attacked her as a “one-term senator”; a […]

From this week’s Galway City Tribune – Galway vet did his bit for American Presidential security by treating a sniffer dog who was struck down with a nasty bug ahead of a visit to Knock. Colm McGovern was on call at Glenina Veterinary Clinic in Renmore when he was asked to treat a very important […]

From this week’s Galway City Tribune –  The City Council has been urged to have staff in place to prevent illegal camping in Eyre Square during the upcoming tourist season in an effort to curb late-night begging and petty crime rackets. Independent city councillor, Declan McDonnell, asked the Council to ensure that staff were in […]

Galway City is to crack down on what have been described as organised begging gangs that are using Eyre Square as a base.