Niall Murphy
I believe in a Galway that is big enough to welcome all and small enough to feel like home.
I want to reduce the car dependency of Galway. Electric cars are an expensive, short term solution to pollution. Galway needs to reduce cars, not replace them, in order to lower pollution and to reclaim the time lost to gridlock.
Galway needs to prioritise flood defenses for the short term, and all planning decisions need to take into account higher sea levels and river flooding.
Galway transport can be solved by a combination of better public transport, safer walking and cycling access to schools, and in the future, light rail.
Make sure that Galway welcomes all races, ages, cultures, sexual orientations and beliefs.
Experience
I live in Salthill with my wife and three children. In my day job I work as a software engineer. From 2020 to 2024 I served as a Galway City Councillor, as a board member of Leisureland and on the board of the University of Galway.
