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There’s a video doing the rounds on social media of someone driving through Galway in 1965. The car drives along Bridge Street and Mainguard Street, before turning onto Shop street.

This week saw the official opening of Galway City Partnership’s rooftop balcony garden on the Headford Road by Minister for Social Protection, Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht, Dara Calleary.

Galway City Council’s Climate Action and Sustainability Team has been awarded “Team of the Year” at the 2025 Ireland Climate Change Leadership Awards. The award ceremony took place at the Royal Marine Hotel in Dún Laoghaire, celebrating organisations across Ireland that demonstrate outstanding leadership and innovation in climate action.

Officials in City Hall have vowed to begin working on the Dublin Road bus corridor project immediately, despite its planning permission still being subject to potential judicial review.

In line with its Local Authority Climate Action Plan (2024 to 2029), the council is aiming to improve its energy efficiency by half, compared to 2009 levels, and achieve a 51 per cent reduction in carbon emissions compared to a 2016-2018 baseline.

The 207-year-old bridge was described as looking “very shabby” by City East councillor, Terry O’Flaherty (Ind), in a meeting of Galway City Councillors this week.

The figure emerged at a meeting of Galway city councillors this week after the city chief executive appeared to pour cold water on expectations that part of the existing City Hall site on College Road will be redeveloped for social and affordable housing after the move.

Cllr James Charity has warned motorists to exercise caution along areas of the N84 where the road has been raised, leaving a substantial slope which is particularly pronounced between Corrandulla Barracks and Clonboo.