€3.5m to cover councils’ Storm Éowyn costs
Thu, Jan 29, 2026
Galway’s two local authorities required a multi-million bailout to cover the cost of Storm Éowyn which ravaged the west coast last January.
The Department of Local Government forked out more than €3.5 million in “severe weather exceptional payments” to defray council clean-ups across Galway in 2025, after Storm Éowyn’s catastrophic damage to roads, trees and local authority-owned assets this time last year.
The Galway County Council received €2,103,454, while Galway City Council received €1,410,819.
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