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Rows over allowances for municipal district Cathaoirligh
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The Cathaoirligh of the Athenry-Oranmore, Ballinasloe and Connemara municipal districts will receive the maximum allowance of 6000 euro following some debate at meetings this week.
The members of each municipal district must agree on the amount to be paid to its chairperson.
Athenry Oranmore Councilor Jim Cuddy said the 6000 euro set aside for his district’s cathaoirleach would be better spent on roads, which he describes asuffering from an ‘acute shortfall.’
However, following a counter-proposal and vote, Cathaoirleach Peter Feeney will receive the maximum yearly allowance of €6000.
Meanwhile at the Connemara meeting, Councillor Tom Welby’s calls for the Cathaoirleach’s allowance to be spent on fire services was seconded by Cllr Seosamh O’Cuailain – but failed to receive sufficient support.
Cathaoirleach of the Connemara municipal district Seamus Walsh will also receive the maximum yearly allowance of €6000.
At today’s meeting of the Ballinasloe municipal district, councillors debated their cathaoirleach, Councillor Michael Connolly’s allowance before agreeing to pay him.
Galway Bay fm newsroom – There’s no easy fix to repeat flooding at playing pitches at South Park.
That was the takeaway from this month’s meeting of city councillors, which heard the fact the area is built on an old landfill is a major obstacle.
It means what would be a simple remedial project elsewhere, is an extremely difficult task at South Park due to a range of environmental issues.
One suggestion put forward by engineers is that the playing pitches may have to be realigned.
Councillor Eddie Hoare says the main thing is that work is ongoing to solve the issue.
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Works in Roscam have been paused amid concerns over a potential “traffic disaster”.
Active Travel Works were taking place at the junction with Doughiska Road at Spar, which would have reduced traffic to a single lane.
Councillor Alan Cheevers says this would have been absolutely crazy, given the chaotic impact it would have on local traffic coming in and out of Roscam.
He claims the area is already a major issue because of a history of bad planning, allowing almost 800 homes but only one access road.
Councillor Cheevers says this plan needs to really go back to the drawing board.
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Demand for housing in Galway is up by 9 percent when compared to this time last year.
That’s according to the latest figures from property website Daft.ie.
Nationally, demand is up by 17 percent when compared to May 2022.
The largest increase in demand is Dublin at 34 percent, followed by 26 percent in Limerick and 13 percent in Cork.
Daft.ie Chief Commercial Officer, Adam Ferguson describes why there’s so much interest in new homes.
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