Bradley Bytes – A sort of political column by Dara Bradley

Galway City Council’s relatively recent record of property transactions is not great.

And so, when the public learned last week that it – with joint owner Galway County Council – was planning to sell Galway Airport, there was understandable concern.

They’ve done damn all with the 118-acre site in Carnmore and have failed to produce a masterplan in the decade since they bought it off Galway Chamber.

But is selling this strategic land really the best option for the two Councils and for Galway’s future?

The City Council’s record on land for use by aircraft – or helicopters, to be more specific – is poor.

In 2013 the City Council lent community land in Shantalla to the HSE for a ‘temporary’ helipad for University Hospital Galway.

The land was borrowed for six........

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