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Galway County Council and the Irish Workhouse Centre have announced a comprehensive programme of events in the lead up to the 2026 National Famine Commemoration, taking place at the Irish Workhouse Centre on Sunday, 17 May. The Community Programme is created with support from the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport.

Aontú’s Galway West by?election candidate, Orla Nugent, welcomed the fact that Minister for Communications Patrick O’Donovan is no longer seeking a Coimisiún na Meán review of media coverage of fuel protests.

Galway and the west is set to benefit from Cabinet’s approval of plans to set up an American Presidents Trail on the island of Ireland, which has been deemed a major opportunity for heritage, tourism and community pride, by a Fine Gael TD.

This year’s Galway St Patrick’s Festival will introduce a new Relaxed Parade Space in the city, designed to offer a calm and welcoming viewing area for individuals with sensory needs and anyone who may benefit from a quieter environment.

There will be plenty of festivities in Headford this St. Patrick’s Day, organised by the Headford & District Association, with a full morning of family-friendly entertainment planned around the town.

There will be plenty of festivities in Headford this St. Patrick’s Day, organised by the Headford & District Association, with a full morning of family-friendly entertainment planned around the town.

Galway City Council has appointed Dublin-based Flynn Management and Contractors for a €17 million fit-out of its new headquarters at Crown Square.

The Western Family History Association (Cumann Stair Teaghlaigh an Iarthair) is a genealogy group based in County Galway. They are a self-help group for members and organise regular talks, workshops and other events on genealogy and family history.

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.

TG4 has announced that former Commissioning and Acquisitions Editor Laura Ní Cheallaigh has been appointed as Director of Content for a seven-year period. Laura has over 25 years’ experience as a producer, director and Commissioning Editor of Irish and English language programmes for TG4 and RTÉ.