Galway Bay fm newsroom - Almost 350 thousand euro has been allocated to Galway city and county council for clean-up efforts after ex-hurricane Ophelia battered the county last October.
The County Council will recoup 216 thousand euro from the government towards clean-up costs, while the city authority will recoup 115 thousand euro.
It's part of a national allocation of almost 9 million euro announced today by the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government.
Ex-hurricane Ophelia saw a status red alert put in place for the entire country.
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385 thousand homes and businesses were left without power, and a further 109 thousand had their water supply cut off.
