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Galway’s housing market is undergoing a dramatic transformation, with rising prices and the stock of available housing nationally reaching a new low. According to a national survey by Real Estate Alliance (REA), the average cost of a second-hand three-bed semi-detached home in Galway city is expected to rise by 10 per cent in 2025. This follows a significant 10 per cent increase in 2024, bringing the current average price to €370,000—up from €337,000 in December 2023.

Galway's housing market is undergoing a dramatic transformation, with rising prices and the stock of available housing nationally reaching a new low. According to a national survey by Real Estate Alliance (REA), the average cost of a second-hand three-bed semi-detached home in Galway city is expected to rise by 10 per cent in 2025. This follows a significant 10 per cent increase in 2024, bringing the current average price to €370,000—up from €337,000 in December 2023.

On the day the vote tallies began in Headford for the 2020 General Election, I vividly remember seeing a young and determined Louis O’Hara tirelessly working the phones. He was calling friends and colleagues, brimming with excitement and cautious optimism, surprised that he had a real shot at securing a seat in Dáil Éireann.

Grainne Seoige’s celebrity drew attention to the Galway West constituency last week, but it was Mairéad Farrell, Catherine Connolly and Hildegarde Naughton who stole the show.

Ciaran Cannon (FG) is retiring after 13 years, while independent TD, Corofin’s canny Seán Canney, first elected as a county councillor in Tuam 20 years ago, should retain his seat with some ease. So although now a four-seater, in reality Galway East is still a scrap for three.

Sinn Féin General Election candidate for Galway East, Cllr Louis O’Hara, has said that carers across Galway are struggling financially and receiving payments way below the established minimum essential standard of living. O’Hara argues that the means test for carers allowance must be abolished and that Sinn Féin in government are committed to doing so.

Sinn Féin General Election candidate for Galway East, Cllr Louis O’Hara, has said that Sinn Féin in Government would abolish the USC on the first €45,000 you earn, meaning that the majority of workers across Galway will not pay any USC on their income.

A new feasibility study carried out for the National Transport Authority shows that there is a very viable case for developing Gluas - light rail transit (LRT) for Galway City.

Sinn Féin TD Mairéad Farrell TD has demanded education minister Norma Foley provides a secondary school for Inishbofin to allow island students to stay on the island during their teenage years.

Sinn Féin’s Affordable Homes Plan will bring home ownership back into the reach of ordinary people in Galway, the party’s TD for Galway West has said.