COUNTY COUNCIL PASSES 2008 BUDGET

Date Published: 17-Dec-2007

Galway County Councillors have this evening adopted the 2008 budgetCounty Council officials proposed that the commercial rate for businesses rise by 4.8 per cent next year and this was agreedManager Martina Maloney claims increasing the commercial rate to 65.61 will generate income of 21 million euro for the council, some 12 per cent of total revenueCllr Mary Hoade has been giving her reaction and says it's a well thought out spending plan which should work well for the county