Baboró invites children to share their hopes and dreams on wishing trees in Galway city parks

Thu, Oct 15, 2020

Baboró International Arts Festival for Children is in full swing in Galway and you can still enjoy a wide range of online activities and an outdoor art trail right up until this Sunday.

Canney pleased Gaelscoil campus is progressing to design stage

Thu, Oct 15, 2020

Deputy Seán Canney is pleased that the Gaelscoil campusat Athenry is to be progressed to appointment of design team.

Are we really all doing the best we can?

Thu, Oct 15, 2020

For the past few days I have been remotely immersed in the Galway of the future...or a certain future anyway. Reporting from the oral hearing into the proposed new road to bypass Galway, it seemed surreal, to be contemplating concepts that seemed more logical last Spring but which have changed a thousand times since the hearing last sat.

Company behind Christmas Market Galway says Eyre Square decision was made too soon 

Thu, Oct 15, 2020

The company which organises and takes the financial risk for Galway’s annual Christmas market has issued a statement in response to last evening’s declaration by the City Council that the event will not proceed this year, saying that the decision to cancel events in Eyre Square should not have been made at this stage.

Milestone Inventive has told the Advertiser that they received the news with great disappointment in spite of encouraging conversations with the Council. They also stated that they have submitted proposals to that effect to both Galway City Council and Failte Ireland and look forward to working with both to continue to deliver Christmas magic and a positive economic impact to the City.  

Company behind Christmas Market Galway says Eyre Square decision was made too soon 

Thu, Oct 15, 2020

The company which organises and takes the financial risk for Galway’s annual Christmas market has issued a statement in response to last evening’s declaration by the City Council that the event will not proceed this year, saying that the decision to cancel events in Eyre Square should not have been made at this stage.

NUI Galway Students’ Union calls for rent refunds

Wed, Oct 14, 2020

NUI Galway Students’ Union (SU) has today called on Galway landlords and student accommodation providers to provide refunds to students who no longer need to be in Galway due to the switch to online learning.

The west needs 'a fair share of the pie' in Budget 2021

Tue, Oct 13, 2020

Delivering major infrastructure projects, such as the Port of Galway, and extending the waiver on commercial rates to 12 months for businesses impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic are essential if the west of Ireland is to thrive in the future.

Green light for Moycullen Bypass as council invites five companies to tender for major project

Mon, Oct 12, 2020

The Galway County Council has been sanctioned to go to tender for the construction of the Moycullen Bypass. The local authority has invited five shortlisted companies to tender for the project which has an approximate cost of €50 million.

Impossible to build city ring road without major impact on homes and businesses, Kyne tells hearing

Mon, Oct 12, 2020

Senator Sean Kyne has told the resumed An Bord Pleanála Oral Hearing on the N6 Galway City Ring Road Project that is impossible to thread a new, high quality road between the city and Lough Corrib without creating a major impact on homes and businesses.

Galway City Ring Road is not the silver bullet, O'Reilly tells oral hearing

Mon, Oct 12, 2020

Green Party senator Pauline O'Reilly has told the oral hearing into the Galway City Ring Road that it is not the answer to the traffic probelsm that Galway is experiencing.

Galway voters may directly elect mayor in 2024 Local Elections.

Thu, Oct 08, 2020

Citizens may have the opportunity to elect the mayor of the city in 2024 after city councillors backed a motion calling on the Minister for Local Government Darragh O'Brien to hold a plebiscite vote for a directly elected mayor with executive functions on Monday evening.

Galway rescue father and son team honoured by Mayor

Thu, Oct 08, 2020

The heroic achievements of Patrick and Morgan Oliver were celebrated at a socially-distanced Mayoral reception in Leisureland last week.

Kyne brands lack of funding for Westdoc as 'unfair, unsafe and unsound'

Thu, Oct 08, 2020

The Westdoc Service needs to be expanded to include Moycullen, Rosscahill and Oughterard so people in those areas are no longer being "forced to travel to attend a GP".

Give gardaí powers to close Air BnBs used for house parties, says councillor

Thu, Oct 08, 2020

Legislation needs to be brought in by the Minister of Justice, Helen McEntee, that will give gardaí the power to close down Air BnBs being used for house parties.

Connolly demands day care centres be classed as 'vital services'

Thu, Oct 08, 2020

Day care centres, and other essential disability services, must be classes as "vital services" with the State having moved into Level 3 lockdown, and with Level 5 a very real and serious possibility.

Councillors demand outlawing of mobile phones without identification

Thu, Oct 08, 2020

A motion calling on the Government to legislate for the outlawing of the purchase of mobile phones, SIM cards, and other electronic communication devices without a valid form of identification has been passed by the Galway City Council.

Council must take 'urgent action' to address lack of burial ground in Claregalway, says Cuddy

Thu, Oct 08, 2020

"Urgent action" must be taken by the Galway County Council to address the lack of burial ground in Claregalway, especially when this is "a rapidly growing parish" making this is "a very sensitive issue for local people".

More than 400 parents put their best foot forward to ‘Park and Stride’ to school

Thu, Oct 08, 2020

Some 420 parents and guardians have signed up for the Galway City Council ‘Park and Stride’ scheme, launched by the Mayor of Galway City, Cllr. Mike Cubbard, as part of European Mobility Week 2020.

Direct Provision: Time To Go

Thu, Oct 08, 2020

At this stage most of us are familiar with the national failure that is Direct Provision; the State's accommodation for asylum seekers set up in 1999 as a temporary measure which is now nearly as old as I am.

Eliminate the vape, say councillors

Thu, Oct 08, 2020

City councillors are supporting calls for a ban on vaping in all public buildings including schools, hospitals, and all workplaces throughout is the city.

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