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If elected in the Galway West by-election this May, Míde Nic Fhionnlaoich could become the youngest deputy in Dáil Éireann, but only by a whisker.

This is the demand of Galway city councillor Níall McNelis (Lab) who has welcomed the Government’s decision in Budget 2026 to make the State’s pilot Basic Income for Artists (BIA) scheme permanent this month, but warned that serious questions remain unanswered about how it will operate.

Nurses are planning strike action at University Hospital Galway because of unsafe working conditions at its Emergency Department.

Half of tourist businesses along the west coast have had a worse 2025 so far compared to last year.

Ambulances in the Galway area that need to be repaired have to be taken to Limerick as there is no authorised dealer to fix them locally, the HSE’s Regional Health Forum was told this week.

A Galway City Councillor is calling on the Minister for Local Government to release emergency funding to repair street lighting infrastructure damaged by Storm Éowyn.

The average price of a home in Galway city has soared 12.2 per cent to €403,000 according to the latest figures from Daft.ie, while a County Galway home will set you back €285,000, up almost two per cent.

Children ‘gophering’ in Galway are earning up to €100 per day ferrying drugs by bicycle to house parties across the city, according to a local councillor.

“A gift to land hoarders” is how the Government's new vacant zoned land tax, announced as part of Budget 2022, has been described by a Galway city councillor.