From the Galway City Tribune – Management at City Hall ‘fobbed off’ elected members who feel they have been stonewalled when they ask for updates on Kingston and South Park master plans. Councillors approved master plans for both green spaces pre-Covid, in 2018 and 2019 but they have yet to be progressed to planning application […]
Local group, the Opacas will perform a live show at Monroe’s on Friday, May 26, to mark the release their 10th single, Shine On. This double A-side release from the group (Steve Talbot, Peter Tobin, Pat Boyle, Mark Raynor, Mike McLoughlin, and Joe Treacy) features a full studio production, as well as a live version […]
From the Galway City Tribune – An historic building to the rear of Nuns’ Island Theatre will be renovated, restored, extended and modernised under new plans rubberstamped by the local authority. City councillors approved a ‘Part 8’ planning application (one which must be voted on by elected representatives) for the revamp of the Church House […]
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 the Galway City Tribune – Contractors that have failed to deliver on publicly-funded projects in the past are free to tender for future projects – and the City Council has no power to preclude them from winning another contract. A meeting of the local authority was told last week that national legislation did not […]