Tuam area councillor Donagh Killilea has claimed that libraries in Galway are significantly under-funded.
The Fianna Fáil councillor says the average spend per book in Galway is 55 cent, while nationally the average is €4 per book.
Councillor Killilea is pushing for at least a 100 percent increase in funding for Galway libraries for the next council term - regardless of who is re-elected after June 7th.
He says Galway is eight times below the national average, and that needs to change:
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