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CITY COUNCILLOR QUESTIONS GALWAY PLANNING DESIGNATION
Date Published: 12-Jan-2012
There are "serious flaws" with the planning system in Galway when a person can’t build a house on their own land.
That’s according to City Councillor Frank Fahey, who proposed a material contravention of the Development Plan at a meeting of the Council yesterday. [9/1]
The contravention was to facilitate a woman demolishing a shed and building a house close to her family home at Coolough Road in Menlo.
The area is zoned G for open space and agriculture, however Director of Planning, Tom Connell recommended the development.
He said there should be no problem with it, however Councillor Colette Connolly said she was "astounded" by his recommendation.
She argued that it was not the job of the Council to materially contravene the Development Plan for an individual person.
The matter was put to a vote, with 9 councillors for and 5 against.
However it was not passed as 11 votes in favour are needed to pass a material contravention.
Councillor Fahey says he’s very disappointed with the planning process.
Date Published: 07-May-2013
Tuam has secured it’s second import of hay from the UK this afternoon in a bid to address the ongoing fodder crisis in the west.
A load of between 40 and 50 bales arrived at the Connacht Gold store in Airglooney for distribution throughout the county.
It follows a similar load last Thursday to the Tuam outlet.
The co-op also took a load of imported hay to the mart in Maam Cross over the weekend, however most of the bales had already been pre-assigned to farmers.
Further loads of hay are expected to arrive across the west and north west tonight and tomorrow morning.
Date Published: 09-May-2013
281 offers of social housing were made by the city and county councils last year.
Figures provided by the local authorities show that 46 of these were refused.
Galway city council made 193 such offers in 2012 with 41 of these refused.
The majority didn’t like the area they were offered or disliked the property itself.
Galway county council made 88 offers of social housing last year with 83 of these accepted.
Reasons given for refusing five properties focused on the location or that the property itself did not meet their needs.
Date Published: 13-May-2013
Galway Senator Trevor O’ Clochartaigh has called on the government to provide more support for victims of domestic violence.
Figures provided to the Sinn Fein Senator show that domestic violence support group COPE accompanied over 80 women to court in Galway last year, but a further 214 women were unable to avail of such assistance.
Senator O Clochartaigh told Galway Bay fm news that more needs to be done to support victims of domestic violence.
Over 33,000 families in Galway are to benefit from a €100 increase in Child Benefit payments this week.
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