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Galway Bay FM
11 May 2021
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Galway Bay fm newsroom – There’s a rift among city councillors over the management of toilets, outdoor dining and public drinking.
The argument was sparked at this week’s meeting when Independent Colette Connolly called for a meeting of councillors and the Gardaí to discuss outdoor drinking and the sale of takeaway pints by publicans.
At this week’s Council meeting Councillor Colette Connolly expressed her concern at the rise in the amount of people drinking in public in recent weeks and the impact it’s having on the city centre.
She said off licence sales, takeaway pints and the lack of enforcement of public drinking bye-laws has created a situation where the city has become an extension of the pub.
Galway Bay FM
21 January 2021
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Galway City Council is to publish all Part 8 planning applications online.
Fianna Fail City Councillor John Connolly proposed uploading the documents to the Local Authority’s online planning system, where they could be publicly viewed – at this week’s meeting.
The City Chief Executive Brendan McGrath advised Councillor Connolly that it would be more appropriate to upload the documents to the City Council’s general website as the planning section was not designed to host Part 8 documents.
Meanwhile, Director of Services for Planning Ruth McNally advised the meeting that a new portal is being set up where the files can also be uploaded.