County Cathaoirleach Albert Dolan is calling for immediate extra capacity on the Athenry to Galway Train. 

Councillor Dolan says commuters are facing problems on a daily basis, with carriages bursting at the seams. 

Speaking to Galway Talks, he said the situation will turn people off public transport and put them back in cars. 

Fianna Fail Councillor Dolan told John Morley extra carriages are planned, but not until 2026 - and that's not good enough. 

A local Senator has raised concerns over an apparent lack of funding for PE courses for young children in primary school. 

Fianna Fail Senator Ollie Crowe says some schools, which have offered "fundamental movement" programmes for years, are now finding it difficult to access funding for instructors. 

Speaking in the Seanad, he said they've been very popular with the schools, the pupils and their parents - and it's vitally important they continue. 

Some of €13 billion owed by Apple to the Irish government should be used to lay the groundwork for the long-awaited Ardaun development on the east side of Galway City.

That’s according to Fianna Fáil councillor Alan Cheevers, following the controversial European Court ruling earlier this month on unpaid taxes.

Ardaun is an area of 164 hectares of greenfield land, roughly stretching from Briarhill towards the former Galway Airport.

It's long been planned that thousands of future homes will be developed there.

Councillor Cheevers believes some of the Apple money should be used to develop the necessary water infrastructure.

Galway County Council is looking to install shelters in Headford, Moycullen, Mountbellew, Craughwell, Moylough and Ballymoe. 

Drawings of the plans are available at Consult.Galway.ie, or at County Hall in Galway City - and submissions can be made until Sunday, October 13th. 

David Nevin has been speaking to Headford area Fine Gael Councillor Andrew Reddington about why these plans are so important. 

The Seanad has heard of a "sort of impasse" on a long-planned new school building for Scoil Mhuire in Moycullen. 

Planning was approved last year for a new two story, 16 classroom build behind the existing school, with a new entrance. 

But Senator Sean Kyne has voiced concerns in the Seanad over an apparent lack of progress. 

Minister Neale Richmond said it is on a capital list to be delivered under the Government's ADAPT programme - but acknowledged progress is slow. 

And Fine Gael Senator Kyne wasn't convinced by the reply. 

The multi-million euro new Community Nursing Unit in Tuam is still only "half open" one year later - due to an ongoing issue between the HSE and HIQA. 

That's according to Deputy Sean Canney, who told the Dáil we need a "wake-up call" about how we're managing our health services. 

He also claimed that day centre services still haven't commenced at the unit either - because of an issue with a door. 

Independent Deputy Canney told Minister Mary Butler it isn't acceptable.

The average price of a home in County Galway has now exceeded €300,000.

It's a rise of €15,000 since the last Daft.ie report in June, and a rise of seven percent in a year - but still below the national average.

In Galway City, prices in the third quarter of 2024 were 4% higher than a year previously, compared to a rise of 6% seen a year ago.

The average price of a home in the city is now €389,000 - well above the national average of just under 350 thousand euro. 

Economist at Trinity College Dublin and author of the report Ronan Lyons says it all comes back to the lack of houses available on the market:

MEP for Midlands North West Maria Walsh has stressed that Budget 2025 must not forget about European projects and priorities, including Nature Restoration Law, critical infrastructure projects and increased spending on mental health services. 

As the Government prepares to announce Budget 2025, the Midlands-North West MEP has called for an approach that ensures Ireland’s commitments to both Europe and domestic priorities are considered and appropriately balanced.

Speaking to Galway Bay FM News, MEP Walsh said European legislation and programmes have had a monumental impact on Irish people since Ireland joined the European Community.