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An exciting new cultural venue next to the Pálás Cinema on Lower Merchants Road will be managed by Galway Arts Centre.

Over 260 previously vacant and derelict properties have been restored to residential use across Galway through the Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant, marking a major milestone in efforts to tackle vacancy and dereliction in the county, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, James Browne, TD has said today as he responded to the publication of his Department’s Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant statistics for Q3 2026.

Years of simmering discontent about how central government funds the city council reached boiling point this week, when councillors roasted Galway’s TDs and senators for failing to champion the regional capital’s local authority.

The Connemara Dementia Café Initiative has been named winner of the Age Friendly Community Innovation category at the National Age Friendly Recognition and Achievement Awards 2026.

When Fianna Fail gathers in Galway West this month to celebrate the centenary of the party, they will look back at its evolution and the many personalities who emerged in that century to give them a national prominence.

Galway City Council officials told councillors on Tuesday that this swift funding will accelerate an €11.5 million first phase of the northern half of Kingston lands, sharpening ambition for completion in the third quarter of 2029.

Uisce Éireann will begin major groundworks in the east of the city over coming weeks to unlock land for new housing.

Eight projects led or supported by Galway County Council have been shortlisted for this year’s Chambers Ireland Excellence in Local Government Awards, the highest number of nominations secured by the council since the awards began.

Galway City Council is celebrating national recognition having been shortlisted in two categories in the prestigious Excellence in Local Government Awards 2026. The projects, shortlisted in the Diversity, Equality and Inclusion and Supporting Sustainable Communities categories, highlight the local authority’s ongoing commitment to delivering inclusive, people-focused services and strengthening communities across Galway.

Minister of State Seán Canney has accused his own government of lacking transparency in how it allocates money to local authorities.