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A NEW HOUSING scheme that will house 23 Galway families will be launched today.
Costing €3.8 million, the scheme at Maigh Rua in Doughiska was developed under a joint initiative between Co-operative Housing Ireland (CHI) and Galway City Council. Co-operative Housing Ireland (CHI) is the national organisation for co-operative housing.
It is the first development delivered by CHI in the west Ireland, following the appointment of a development manager for the region in 2016. CHI says a further 90 housing units are under development in Galway City and more than 200 additional homes are planned for the wider region over the coming 12 -18 months.
The Maigh Rua scheme comprises 23 apartments adjacent to the local quality bus corridor. It comprises one, two and three-bedroom apartments and townhouses. Many of the units are dual aspect with private balconies. Each apartment has its own individual self-contained external storage space accessed off the car park.
Development began on the site in 2008, but it remained unfinished until this latest scheme.
Funding for the scheme, on the site of what was a previously dormant development, is a result of collaborative support between Galway City Council, the Housing Finance Agency, and Department for Housing, Planning, Community, and Local Government.
Families moving into the scheme are drawn from the Galway City Council housing list and some of the households are coming from homelessness or overcrowded accommodation. Residents will become shareholding members of a local co-operative society.
Kieron Brennan CEO, Co-operative Housing Ireland said:
“The Maigh Rua scheme demonstrates how the co-operative model can provide fast and cost effective housing solutions working in partnership with local authorities and the private sector. We’ve developed a very supportive relationship with Galway City Council over the last year and are delighted that will have delivered more than 100 badly needed homes here by this time next.”
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Lovely piece to start a Sunday with. Wait for number two….it’s like going from owning a pet to running a Zoo!
I took my 4yr old boy for his immunisations a couple of days ago. He had to get one in each arm. The doctor suggested that it might be better to do both jabs at the same time. I agreed and I cuddled him to me with his chin on my chest and he just looked straight into my eyes with complete trust. To be honest it took my breath away. With the doctor on one arm and the nurse on the other he took both jabs and didn’t cry out or flinch. I can’t explain why that moment touched me so much.
I think you explained very well. Nice one and all best to both of you.
Lovely piece from a father’s point of view. Thank god I’m not the only one suffering from extraordinary tiredness. I feel a bit better after reading this.
Can never say life with kids is a boring life.
I cringe at the thought of it. Not for me, thanks!
Ha ha, I used to be in the same boat. My little man is 16 months now and its been fantastic, really hard work mind you but worth every second. I used to hear “ah sure, it’ll be different with your own” and its true, nothing can prepare you for it but when it happens you adapt so quickly and become a doting parent and a proud one at that
Jack, I’ve done it all and wouldn’t change fatherhood for any booze, drug or women. Love the time with them more than standing in a bar talking shit to people
Fair enough lads not for me that’s all.
What a great article lovely to read on a Sunday morning. I don’t think it gets harder the older they get just challenges change and you have to be one step ahead !!
We have a 13 year old and a 7 month old both show love in very different ways lol
I think Chris Martin summed up parenthood perfectly in “The Scientist”….Nobody said it was easy, no one ever said it would be this hard.
I dont want to steel your happiness but. a lot of good dads like you for lots of reasons (jelousy, anger, revenge) go from seeing there little people every day to only a few hours a week or not at all and courts aprove of this. people speak of equality all the time and yet this abuse of children continues. There not young for long
Red thumbs for a fact. The unfairness towards fathers in divorce cases is the real travesty in Irish gender equality.
People just don’t care about this Jaune :(
They should. Every experience we have from cradle to grave shapes the people we are. Equality is important to everyone.
I thought it was only mummy’s that gave their child’s age in months. I get it up until they are 18 months or so. But 26 months? Wait a few seconds while I figure that out…you mean he is 2! Just say he’s 2!!! And the old ‘who is the most tired today’ debate. You mean argument right? Right?
I’m 396 months in february. I’m a big boy
Reading all the comments here and yous aren’t selling the second baby thing. I’ve an 8 month old boy and the wife is due in 3 months so thanks for making me feel like it’s gonna be toture :)
At least you have advance warning!
People love to be negative. Even when people are having their first baby, they love “warning” them about how they’ll never get any more sleep, etc.
Stephen , don’t panic …. Yet trying to manage 2 is actually a small bit easier , you as couple are more into parenting now with practice on number 1 so number 2 will be easier plus once they are both up an running will amuse themselves as along as they get along . Watch the older one for a bit as he might try and torture the young one as he misses out from being number 1 .
Cheers
An 11 month gap, jaysis you didn’t waste time! Personally speaking, having the second child with a 2 year old was pure hell on earth and I wish you all the best!
Haha got caught straight away was definitely not planed but sure life goes on and cheers for the heads up lol
It’ll all fall into place. Baby number 2 is easier than number 1.
If you’re tired with one baby wait for second (especially if age gap is small) – I thought having one was like being on holidays compared with 2. And with 3 and more – ah stop :)
No thanks, dogs are enough of a responsibility let alone kids.
You sound like a proper bore Jack.
That’s lovely. :) Being a parent is amazing and it’s good to hear a dad feeling like he’s able to say it, and being so caring.
Lovely article. We have a 4.5 year old and a 3.5 year old (less than 14 months between our dreamed of and wanted children) and every age they have been is the nicest so far. Every day with children they do so many things that make you smile. My husband and I love it, even if we have not slept properly in 5.5 years (my pregnancies were very high risk).
Only advice I can give is plan nothing for yourself, just go with the flow of what they (kids) want. If you can accept that they get 100% attention the time that does come your way( which is very little) is your own. I think you will appreciate this time more because you are not expecting it…
He’s 2 !!Great article though !
Nice to see a loving dads PoV. As a momma to a little one born the same year as your son I can identify with everything you have to say.
“I used to think that male friends who openly expressed their love for their young children were going soft”
Hmm, I see.
What a beautiful, moving article … well done
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