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Galway people recycled 9.98kg of electronic and electrical waste per person last year, beating the 9kg average in the counties covered by Ireland’s largest e-waste recycling scheme.

On July 1, Ireland takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the next six months, and for the first time, housing will sit near the top of that agenda. That is not a coincidence, and it is not just an Irish story. Across Europe, the conversation about housing shortages has shifted. It is no longer framed primarily as a social issue. It is now being framed as an economic competitiveness issue, and that change in framing is hugely significant.

When people think about European policymaking, they often picture Brussels. But some of the most important conversations influencing Europe’s policies on women’s health, finance, business and equality should be happening much closer to home - here in Galway.

We are standing at the crossroads. That is the only honest way to describe where Ireland’s property market stands in mid-2026, caught between the immovable forces of scarcity, grinding construction inflation, and an affordability ceiling that is closing in on an entire generation of would-be buyers. Something has to give. The question is what and when.

Ireland was transformed as a society by the introduction of free second-level education almost 60 years ago. It enabled children to build careers based on the pen rather than the shovel but left in its wake an unhealthy focus on the third-level academic pathway through the CAO application system as the preferred option of most parents for their children.

OpenText™a Waterloo, Ontario, Canada headquartered global leader in data management for enterprise AI, this week announced a €105 million investment that will create 400 new jobs across the company’s sites in Ireland in Cork and Galway over the next three years.

The Atlantic Summit Galway 2026, a landmark international conference focused on advancing Europe’s ocean research, skills and innovation agenda, will take place in Galway during Ireland's upcoming EU Presidency.

Seán Canney TD, Minister of State for International and Road Transport, Logistics, Rail and Ports and Leader in Cabinet of the Independent Ministers, has welcomed the allocation of €69,300 in funding for Galway organisations and local authorities under the 2026 Communicating Europe Initiative (CEI), which supports projects that enhance public understanding of the European Union and Ireland’s role within it.

Former president Michael D Higgins has said he is “deeply distressed” over the University of Galway’s participation in a research project with ties to defence contractors involved in the attacks in Palestine.

Former president Michael D Higgins has strongly criticised the University of Galway for its collaboration with an Israeli university that allegedly maintains close ties to defence contractors contributing to the ongoing genocide in Palestine.