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On the canvass trail with representatives from four different parties, the lack of an executive was the overarching theme.

Galway’s deceased may ‘fly high’ in future if a proposal to build a cemetery at Galway Airport is progressed. City Councillor Terry O’Flaherty (Ind) has suggested that Galway City and County Council, who jointly own the airport, should investigate the possibility of using its land at Carnmore as a new burial ground. Cllr O’Flaherty said […]

From this week’s Galway City Tribune – Concerned parents are so frustrated at the lack of a school warden on the Clybaun Road they are considering staging a protest at the pedestrian crossing in a bid to force motorists to slow down to let children get to school safely. There has been no regular school warden […]

From the Galway City Tribune – Motorists driving through red lights are endangering the public, a policing meeting in Galway was told last week. Councillor Frank Fahy (FG), a taxi driver, said he regularly witnessed drivers going through red lights. “It’s a major issue. It’s not that they are going through on amber. They are […]

From the Galway City Tribune – Galway arts groups have been provided with €400,000 in funding in this year’s City Council Arts Grants programme – with councillors “kind of half-committing” to an increase next year. At a meeting of the local authority last week, councillors approved the payment of the grants – of which just […]

From this week’s Galway City Tribune – The Health Service Executive (HSE) and Defence Forces were ‘blindsided’ by ambitious proposals by the Land Development Agency (LDA) to develop housing sites at Merlin Park Hospital and Renmore Barracks. The LDA published a report earlier this month outlining potential to build more than 6,000 houses at eight […]

From this week’s Galway City Tribune – Eight houses were evacuated in Rahoon earlier this week after a suspected pipe bomb was discovered by Gardaí in a field off the Letteragh Road. An Army EOD (Explosives Ordnance Disposal) unit from Athlone was called to the scene to examine the nature of the device. Eight nearby […]

Bradley Bytes – a sort of political column with Dara Bradley In the week leading up to the single most important vote city councillors have taken in a generation – approving a multi-million euro loan to buy Crown Square and relocate City Hall to Mervue – the Chief Executive of Galway City Council Brendan McGrath […]

From this week’s Galway City Tribune – There is not a single dentist in Galway who will take patients with medical cards, it was claimed this week. The Health Service Executive (HSE) had a list of 40 dentists in Galway City and County who had a contract under the Dental Treatment Services Scheme (DTSS) where […]

From this week’s Galway City Tribune – Permission has been refused for a major social housing development in Knocknacarra, throwing the Council’s housing targets into disarray. In a blow to the city’s housing strategy, An Bord Pleanála has rejected outright plans for the development at Keeraun, Ballymoneen Road which was due to be built on […]