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Galway County Council (Irish: Comhairle Chontae na Gaillimhe) is the local authority of County Galway, Ireland. As a county council , it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001 . The council is responsible for housing and community, roads and transportation , urban planning and development, amenity and culture , environment , and local ...
As part of the Northern and Western Region, Galway County Council has three representatives and Galway City Council has two representatives on the Northern and Western Regional Assembly. [26] The county is part of three Dáil constituencies: Galway East (3 seats), Galway West (5 seats) and Roscommon–Galway (5 seats). [27]
Funding was allocated to Galway County Council in December 2019. [48] Public consultation on five potential Athlone–Galway routes began in January 2021. [49] In December 2021, the route selection process was completed and the proposed Route 5 was selected as the preferred route to complete the Dublin–Galway Greenway. [50]
The functions of local government in the Republic of Ireland are mostly exercised by thirty-one local authorities, termed County, City, or City and County Councils. [1] [2] [3] The principal decision-making body in each of the thirty-one local authorities is composed of the members of the council, elected by universal franchise in local elections every five years from multi-seat local ...
An election to all 39 seats on Galway County Council was held on 7 June 2024, as part of the 2024 Irish local elections. [1] County Galway is divided into 7 local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
In 1937, the Urban District of Galway became the Borough of Galway, remaining part of County Galway. [5] The borough council had 12 members. [6] It increased to 15 members at the 1985 election, in anticipation of its conversion to a city council. [7] In 1986, the Borough of Galway became the County Borough of Galway and ceased to part of County ...
Following the implementation of the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898, which established county councils in every county, Galway County Council held its first meeting in Tuam. [1] It subsequently acquired the old Galway Infirmary, which dated from 1802 and had closed in 1892, [2] and converted it into a new county headquarters. [3]
The West is a strategic planning area within the Northern and Western Region in Ireland. It is a NUTS Level III statistical region of Ireland (coded IE042) [ 1 ] under the Eurostat classification. It consists of the counties of Galway , Mayo and Roscommon , and the city of Galway .