Galway Bay fm newsroom - Eircom has received the greenlight to replace seven telephone kiosks across the city.
The plans will see the rollout of new kiosks with an integral communication unit and digital advertising display.
The new pedestal style units incorporate touch screens that will feature local upcoming events and allow tourists to perform Google map searches of the area.
These would be installed at Newcastle Road junction, a point opposite University Road, on Eyre Square opposite the entrance to the shopping centre and at Wellpark Road Upper opposite the retail park.
Others would be based at the Bridge Street junction to Lombard Street, on Eyre Square at the junction of Prospect Hill and at Eyre Square at the junction with Rosemary Avenue.
The plans have been approved with 7 to 8 conditions attached to each location.
One states that the maximum brightness of the new touch screens must not exceed set levels between dusk and dawn.
While a condition for the Eyre Square installation opposite the shopping centre requires an archaeological assessment of the work.
