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It is a dark and stormy night that finds us crossing the overflowing Corrib to Pálás - and the premier of the highly anticipated original RTÉ drama The Galway Bay Murders.

Waterford is gearing up for a spectacular Christmas with Winterval 2026. Now in its 14th year, Ireland’s Christmas festival will bring weekends of festive entertainment to the city from November 13 to December 23, with headline gigs, Christmas markets, magical family experiences and seasonal celebrations designed to attract visitors from near and far.

The first businesses have been onboarded to the forthcoming Love Galway/Grá do Ghaillimh Gift Card ahead of its official launch this autumn. A collaboration between Galway Chamber, Galway City Council and Galway County Council, the gift card is being introduced to increase footfall and spend in the city and county.

SIPTU’s Public Administration and Community Division Biennial Delegate Conference will take place at the Galway Bay Hotel from 1pm today Thursday, October 22 bringing together over 150 accredited delegates representing workers across local authorities, education, community and State-related sectors.

City Hall on College Road will be demolished after Galway City Council completes its move to Crown Square next year.

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 Mayor of Galway City, Councillor Helen Ogbu, has voiced her support for the Cork Call to Action on Climate and Health, joining more than 100 mayors, deputy mayors and elected representatives from 60 cities across 22 European countries in committing to local action on the growing climate and health crisis.

The O'Flaherty Family have been in business in Galway for centuries, with records dating back to the late 1800's when the family operated a delivery mail service for Galway east and west with horse and trap.

The housing crisis persists, and homelessness is up in Galway and nationally. Tens of thousands of uncounted, hidden homeless - couch surfers and over-occupied households - remain precipitously close to sleeping rough. As autumn winds strip leaves from trees, the tented shanty towns at the edges of the city’s parks and wastelands hove into view. To gain an insight, the Galway Advertiser slept rough last week, tagging along with the Simon Community’s industrious fundraisers, service users, SimonSoc university group and a chilly mayor of Galway sleeping outside for her very first time.

Galway City Council is calling on national Government to reexamine the outdated funding model for local authorities, to reduce significant gaps in service delivery and public infrastructure across the Galway Metropolitan Area.