Controversial city councillor Daniel Callanan took his campaign against unauthorised clamping one step further this week by reporting Galway City Council to the Local Authority Ombudsman.

Chairman of the Oireachtas Transport Committee, Deputy Frank Fahey has called for the improved Galway to Dublin road to be officially designated as a motorway.

Rica Farragher (21/2) from Westport Road, Clifden and Bruce the dog at the Connemara Pony Show 2008.

Upon completion of the new road network between Galway and Dublin, the average driver will spend €7.40 on the journey to the capital.

Households in Gort are still without water this week, as local authorities struggle to find the source of the contamination to the water supply.

Progressive Democrats leader Ciarán Cannon has moved to dispel rumours surrounding the Progressive Democrats' role at the Fianna Fáil Parliamentary Party meeting, which takes place in Galway next month.

There was good news for Galway students this week, as a new report on rental accommodation showed that rent prices in the city are on the decrease.

Megan Ward, Aoife Davitt, Aoife Geraghty, Blythe Stewart, Aoife Manion, Fern Stewart, Ciara Davitt, Niall Mannion, Oscar Mannion, Orla Mannion, Kate Scott and Eoghan Scott at the Mykidstime.ie fi rst birthday celebration at Galway Arts Centre on Saturday.

The fate of the Galway Shopping Centre will be decided at October's meeting of the city council, according to sources in City Hall.