Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I very much appreciate that and, indeed, theoretically, that it was declared the cultural capital of Europe was the best news story for Galway. There is no point going back on the history of it, but certainly serious mistakes were made.

At this point, I find it difficult that in a bilingual city on the edge of the biggest Gaeltacht in the country we have let go of the Irish language officer. I would have though that would have been pivotal. We had to fight a battle for the appointment of that officer. Perhaps 1 April was a bad day to make that appointment last year, but that is the date it was made.

We also had to fight a battle to get a legacy committee to get Galway 2020 to look at what legacy would be left. In that regard, what has happened with An Post in Galway and the wonderful building that is lying empty in the middle of the city with wonderful possibilities for the arts? Sin uimhir a haon, agus uimhir a dó: what is the total private sponsorship raised by Galway 2020?

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