Those with any concerns about the shape of Gort in the future, now is the time to state their case. Galway County Council is proposing to make alterations to the draft Gort Local Area Plan 2013-2019 and details of the proposed alterations are now available for public viewing until July 5 in Gort and Galway City. The proposed alterations would, if made, be a material alteration to the Draft Gort Local Area Plan 2013-2019, which was previously displayed.A strategic environmental assessment of one of the proposed material alterations is required and an appropriate assessment of one of the proposed material alterations is required.Copies of the proposed material alteration, strategic environmental assessment and appropriate assessment reports on the proposed alterations and the stage two strategic flood risk assessment report (as amended) are available for public inspection. They can be viewed during normal opening hours from at Gort County Council Office, Crowe Street, Gort, Monday to Friday from 9am to 12.55pm and …
Read More »Local bid for Thoor Ballylee
VALUED Yeats’ artefacts can go on display locally in South Galway, provided the necessary legal indemnities are put in place, according to Senator Lorraine Higgins. Senator Higgins said she was informed by Junior Minister Michael Ring that Fáilte Ireland has given the go-ahead to loan artefacts associated with Thoor Ballylee and poet WB Yeats to local organisations, provided the necessary legal indemnities are put in place. She raised the issue of the artefacts previously held in the East Galway Tower with Minister Ring in the Seanad recently, where she said their placement locally was “critical to any tourism revival in South Galway”. “Thoor Ballylee is steeped in connections with Yeats. South Galway has suffered badly in recent years and it needs a tourism boost. The allocation of some of the artefacts from the tower in alternative accommodation is critical to the revival of the tourism sector in the area,” she said on that occasion.Senator Higgins pointed out that the artefacts …
Read More »Autism unit planning decision expected
A PLANNING decision is expected on July 11 in relation to the development of an Autistic Spectrum Disorder Unit (ASD) unit catering for children with autism and special needs at St Joseph’s National School in Kinvara.The board of management at the school applied to Galway County Council in April for planning permission to fit out the ground floor of a former convent building for use as an ASD unit.The former convent is a protected structure, built in 1878. The application also proposed to carry out refurbishment works to the building, including the replacement of the windows and doors, along with the upgrading of the roof structure. Permission for a rear extension to the building to accommodate a kitchenette and bathrooms was also sought by the board.Following a request for further information last month, the school board lodged its response with the council this past week and a planning decision is now eminent.The applicants were asked for further information in respect …
Read More »Access concerns for proposed play area
GALWAY County Council has sought further information in relation to proposals to develop a children’s play area and demolish an existing two-storey building at the Lidl Licensed Discount Foodstore in Gort.
Read More »Humanitarian aid yet to be paid to flood victims
“RED tape” is causing “huge hardship and frustration” for families whose homes were destroyed by flooding more than three years ago.
Read More »No start date for Kinvara Sewerage Scheme
A START date has yet to be confirmed for work to begin on the Kinvara Sewerage Scheme. Councillor Gerry Finnerty tabled a motion at a recent meeting of Galway County Council seeking information on the timeframe for the project’s completion. The answer he received from the council, he said is “unsatisfactory”.
Read More »Changes to have ‘no real effect’ on councillors
CHANGES, outlined last week, to the electoral boundaries in Galway will “have no real effect” on representation in the Loughrea Electoral Area, local councillors have claimed.
Read More »Environmental study delays drainage works
FEARS of future flooding in areas of South Galway were expressed at a recent meeting of Galway County Council.
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