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I’ve published Charlie’s latest article over on Double Vision. Check it out for a slice of Galway life!
I’ve published Charlie’s latest article over on Double Vision. Check it out for a slice of Galway life!

Via Galway Water Crisis:
PETITION
The petition, which now has over 2,000 signatures, is now available at several places in Galway to sign. They are as follows:-
Kenny’s Gallery,High St
Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop,Middle St
Dillon’s Jewellers,Cross St
Pat O’Connor’s Gallery, The Bridge Mills
I-Supply, Sea Road
Ernie’s Fruit and Veg shop, Sea Rd
Back to Music, Abbeygate St Lr
If any other business is interested in having a petition please let us know. We will pop in and see you.
Thanks to all the businesses above for helping us. We really appreciate it.

From Galway Water Crisis:
FREE RECYCLING OF WATER BOTTLES WILL BE AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY. Just put them in clear plastic bags and put them out at your normal day/time. This was announced at the 23 April meeting of the City Council in a letter to the councillors from the manager.
Here is an excerpt of the city manager’s letter:
This issue of disposing of the bottles is primarily bulk and not weight. The best advice is to squash the bottles after removing the caps. This allows a reduction in bulk in the green bin and also allows the refuse freighter to compact the bottles more efficiently.
The following measures are being put into place:
(i) Bottles which are put in clear bags will be collected with green bins as per normal collection dates. It is important that water bottles are not mixed up with other waste to facilitate recycling. Free clear bags will be made available from the Environment Department, City Hall, on request.
(ii) A container will be available in Sandy Road Depot from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. on Saturday to facilitate this collection of plastic bottles.
Also let me give a plug to the Galway Wants Water forum, which has been set up to give Galwegians a voice in the current crisis.
…or is about to! Mayor of Galway Niall O’Brolchain gets a caricature makeover at the Mayor’s Youth Conference today.
Photo courtesy of Aengus McMahon.