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The Government’s decision to designate the N6 Galway City Ring Road as a critical infrastructure project under the Critical Infrastructure Act 2026 has been widely welcomed across Galway as a major step towards accelerating the delivery of one of the State’s largest road projects.

The Grand Old Dame of Eyre Square will finally undergo a €1.2 million facelift on her most unappealing side.

Galway County Council launched the Ballinasloe Town Centre First Plan in the Ballinasloe Enterprise Hub, Society Street, Ballinasloe. The event marked an important milestone in the ongoing regeneration of Ballinasloe town centre and brought together local representatives, community stakeholders and project partners involved in shaping the plan.

RTÉ News is pleased to announce the appointment of Oranmore man Joe Mag Raollaigh as the new Managing Editor of Nuacht, the Irish Language News and Current Affairs service across RTÉ and for TG4.

President Catherine Connolly will make a keynote address on the importance of the arts as a medium to speak truth to power at the opening of the 2026 Galway International Arts Festival next week.

Druid Theatre Company is reviving Dion Boucicault’s classic play, The Shaughraun, for this year’s Arts Festival. Its first Galway performance, in December 1876, followed sold-out runs on Broadway and in London’s West End. Though set in rural Sligo, The Shaughraun became associated with Galway, and specifically with Claddagh.

Galway-based environmental charity Green Sod Ireland announces its 3rd annual 2-day Biodiversity Summer School.

The world’s media and its innovators will descend on Galway city later this month, but not for the local newspapers’ catchy headlines.

The world’s media and its innovators will descend on Galway city later this month, but not for the local newspapers’ catchy headlines.

The National Tertiary Degree Office has recently announced additional tertiary degree programmes across Ireland. These programmes offer an alternative pathway into further education, particularly for those who are underrepresented in higher education. They are aimed at specific groups, including lone parents, carers, care-experienced students, mature students, and those from low-income backgrounds, as well as anyone who has experienced educational disadvantage.