A call has been made to provide more youth cafés in Galway.

The new national policy for young people 'Teenspace' identified youth cafés as the single biggest need among young people in Ireland.

City Councillor Mary Leahy has written to the City Manager and the HSE to provide more youth cafés in the city after the findings were uncovered for 'Teenspace'.

The new policy has come about as a result of extensive consultation with young people and research into their needs. Much of this consultation took place through Dáil na nÓg, which is a forum for young people to highlight and debate their issues in Dáil Eireann.

"The single biggest need identified by young people is the establishment of Youth Cafés, which offer great potential for producing a wide range of developmental, educational, recreational and information programmes," said Cllr Leahy.

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