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- 1 2 Whelan, Caroline (6 August 2015). "Light rail group outline their unhappiness with bypass proposals". Galway Advertiser . Archived from the original on 9 August 2015.
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- ↑ "Ambitious plan to give Galway its own 'Gluas' trams". Irish Independent . 5 June 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ↑ Bradley, Dara (7 August 2015). "Backers of GLUAS proposal ask Council to reconsider plan". Connacht Tribune . Archived from the original on 8 August 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
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