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Fianna Fáil leader makes it clear he doesn’t agree with comments on refugee intake made by his Cllrs Noel Thomas and Seamus Walsh

Thousands of euro worth of jewellery stolen from a shop in Clarinbridge

HSE rolls out free mobile X-ray service in Galway for older people

Galway has highest proportion of Irish speakers at 50 percent

Famous Galway city nightclub Electric to reopen in the new year

11,000 patients left on trolleys at Galway public hospitals this year

University of Galway professor subjected to online abuse after condemning Rosscahill fire

Housing starts in Galway city up almost 147% on last year

A new report has found housing starts in Galway city for the first eleven months of this year are up almost 147%
Commencement notices have been issued for 237 homes in the city this year - that's compared to just 96 this time last year.
Across the country, over 32 thousand units set to be constructed next year, but there's a warning prices could increase further as construction costs are up by almost a quarter.
BPFI Chief Brian Hayes says we are starting to finally get the units ready for a market that desperately needs them:

Councillors vote in favour of leasing land for modular homes for Ukrainian refugees in Ballinasloe

Staff moving in to €5.5 million OPW offices in Headford