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Galway City Council took home the prestigious ‘Festival of the Year’ Award at the 2025 Chambers Ireland Excellence in Local Government Awards, announced at a national ceremony. The ‘Galway Climate Inspirations Festival – Communities in Action’ festival beat off stiff competition from the Dublin City Sensoria Festival, Howth Maritime and Seafood Festival, Brigid - Spirit of Kildare Festival, Willie Clancy Traditional Music Summer School and Kilkenny’s Toil and Trouble to bring the award home to Galway City.

Galway’s property market is set for a strong finish to 2025 as the team at O’Donnellan & Joyce auctioneers prepare to bring 18 lots to their final live-stream auction of the year on Friday, December 5 at 12 noon. While the catalogue spans the country, one Galway property in particular is commanding significant attention: The Mews, Rockbarton Park, Salthill, guided at €825,000.

Keelyn Mangan has been crowned the 2025 Irish Athletic Boxing Association (IABA) National Intermediate champion in the 60kg division at the National Stadium in Dublin on Saturday, November 29.

At the time of going to press last evening (Wednesday), traffic across Galway City had slowed to a crawl. The cause was not an accident nor a surge of seasonal congestion, but a coordinated protest by taxi drivers who say they are fighting for nothing less than their livelihoods. Their demonstration, while inconvenient for many, was a stark reminder of the fragile balance that keeps Galway moving—especially after dark.

Local man, Philip Ryan, has once again demonstrated his commitment to charity in memory of his lost loved ones and friends, raising more than €10,000 in support of Galway Hospice through his 2025 fundraising run.

Minister for Education and Youth, Hildegarde Naughton TD, has today encouraged parents and guardians in Galway with children in primary school, and those with younger children, to take part in the online survey of primary school communities.

This week, Galway audiences have a rare opportunity to encounter a film that has already touched hearts across the country. Born That Way, the profoundly moving new documentary by awardwinning Corrandulla-based filmmaker Éamon Little, will receive two special hometown screenings at Nun’s Island Theatre — 8pm on Sunday, December 7, and 8pm on Wednesday, December 10. For those who cherish intimate, human-centred storytelling, these screenings promise an experience as reflective as it is transformative.

University of Galway is to take a major international role in supporting the media ecosystem and democratic development in Ukraine with a new cooperation agreement with President Volodymyr Zelensky’s government.

A routine item seeking approval to extend Galway Flying Club’s lease of the Galway Airport site until December 2026 ignited a lengthy and impassioned debate at November’s plenary meeting of Galway County Council, as councillors demanded clarity on the long-delayed proposed sale of the 115-acre Carnmore site.

University Hospital Galway is inviting the public to participate in a consultation on development plans for the hospital which will future-proof healthcare infrastructure in the region over the coming decades.