Bradley Bytes – A sort of political column by Dara Bradley

So long, then, to the boom. The city’s ugly Aquadam – not its buoyant economy – is back in storage.

“The power of the press,” declared Deputy Mayor of Galway, Councillor Níall McNelis, suggesting the boom’s removal on Monday, three days after this column highlighted its orange ugliness at Spanish Parade was no coincidence.

If that were true, the boom would never bounce back. Alas, unless Councillors can convince City Hall management otherwise, the “temporary” flood defence system will return for six months around Halloween every year for another five years at least.

Temporary in this context is the same as the community land in Shantalla that in 2013 was, ahem, ‘borrowed’ by the HSE to use as a helipad for six months –........

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