Following the approval of the long-awaited Galway City Ring Road, questions arise regarding deadlines, the €1bn budget, and potential home demolitions as the project moves forward.

Galway city is still grappling with significant traffic congestion, primarily due to the high volume of vehicles, particularly cars, on its roads daily, despite numerous past and present plans to alleviate the issue.

Planning approval has been granted for the N6 Galway City Ring Road, an 18km project, following years of delays, High Court challenges, and two decades of debate and legal wrangling.

A number of organisations and community groups have marched in Galway city to stand together on International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

The Galway City Ring Road project has finally received approval from An Coimisiún Pleanála, concluding over 20 years of delays.