Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Intent: More car park spaces for disabled drivers
Details: Increasing the number of disabled carparking places.
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Intent: More car park spaces for disabled drivers
Details: Increasing the number of disabled carparking places.
Intent: To gain support and prioritisation for older adult homelessness prevention and services.
Details: Simon Communities of Ireland report launch: Older Adult Homelessness
Intent: The report was an output from a conference we held in September 2025. The research paper identified the key issues leading to homelessness among older adults and outlined a number of actions to address the issue. The intended result was to draw attention to these actions and encourage policy makers to take these on board.
Details: We launched a report from a conference on Older People and Homelessness in Ireland at University of Galway. The key note speaker at the launch was President Catherine Connolly.
Intent: For my land at Cappagh RD, Barna, Galway to be zoned for residential use.
Details: New Galway City Development plan.
Intent: A) City planners require Rosshill-Old Dublin Road junction to be altered for safety of pedestrians and cyclists ::B) City Councilors immedately/collectively/actively plan & deliver by 2028 Nationally important #OranmoretoGalwayGREENWAY to enable safe,off road cycling on Wild Atlantic Way from Oranmore to City Railway Station. The broad GREENWAY delivers multiple Galway City, Co+ National Objectives on: Sustainable Transport, Climate Change, reduced pollution from vehicles, to improve physical and mental health AND preserve + increase NATURE + BIODIVERSITY on land/at sea for Galway City and County
Details: a) Councilors lobbied/recommend altering junctions associated with new Rosshill housing estate and Old Dublin Road + b) Councillors lobbied for/informed councilors on the #OranmoretoGalwayGREENWAY concept for Sustainable Walking and Cycling via the East Galway GREENBELT areas
Intent: Raise awareness about the increase in youth drinking of alcohol and other research in new report from AAI.
Details: Youth drinking
Intent: Update on Port progress to GCC
Details: Port briefing / progress update
Intent: Inner dock masterplan update
Details: Inner dock masterplan update
Intent: Explored ways to strengthen Galway’s connection to Europe and create opportunities for businesses, community groups, and innovation hubs.Proposed a dedicated EU Funding Officer in Galway to help organisations access EU funding.Stressed the importance of engaging directly with MEPs to amplify Galway’s voice in Brussels.Highlighted Ireland’s 2026 EU Presidency as a chance to attract European-focused events to Galway.
Details: Galway Chamber Hosts Strategic Roundtable with MEPs
Intent: Housing - resourcing of increased exit routes from homelessness; adapt a 'Housing First' approach to family homelessness; resource access to housing for women and children leaving domestic abuse refuge, increased funding on homeless prevention and tenancy support..Youth Homelessness - resource delivery of support services and the current Youth Homelessness Strategy and commit to developing a successor strategy; fund psychosocial programmes addressing the traumatic impact of homelessness::Domestic abuse - fully resourcing legal aid representation, Fund updating schools’ curricula/educational programmes to eradicate Domestic, Sexual andGender-based violence (DSGBSV), delivered by specialised, trained and expert staff.Resource delivery of systematic, mandatory training and educational programmes, by DSGBVspecialists, appropriately trained, expert staff, on DSGBV to all workers in public services,::Older people - Resource a comprehensive, all-of-government national ageing strategy; Resourc
Details: Budget 2026, calling for targeted, adequately resourced, and structurally transformative policies to address pressing social challenges including in the areas of housing, homelessness including youth homelessness, women and children subjected to domestic abuse, older people, poverty eradication, and, ...