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Two Status Yellow weather warnings have been issued for Galway tomorrow (Wednesday), with both high winds and heavy rain forecast for the county throughout the day.

Galway Chamber has officially launched the Galway Chamber Business Awards 2026, proudly supported once again by main sponsor The Shannon Airport Group for the thirteenth consecutive year. The Awards celebrate the very best of Galway business, recognising innovation, ambition, sustainability, creativity and community impact across the city and county.

O'Donnellan & Joyce is offering for sale a two bed second floor apartment, situated in the heart of Salthill village, Galway.

For the first time since 2024, members of the public interested in volunteering are being invited to the Galway City Volunteer Recruitment Fair in the Salthill Hotel on Sunday October 11 between 2pm and 5pm. There will be up to 40 charities and community organisations from across the city at the Fair, which is being organised by Galway Volunteer Centre. At the last Fair in February 2024, approximately 1000 people attended the event to speak to organisations about the work that they do and the volunteer roles that they are trying to fill.

Young artists from Galway and The Netherlands are to perform at the Mall Theatre in Tuam for Culture Night on Friday, September 18.

Galway City Council hasconfirmed that works are now commencing on the €19 million redevelopment of Galway City Museum, marking a significant milestone in the delivery of one of the city’s most important cultural and tourism infrastructure projects.

The Galway Electric Light Company was set up by James Perry, an engineer and County Surveyor of the Western District of Galway, and his brother, Professor John Perry, to generate electricity. On November 1, 1888, they applied for permission from the Galway Town Commissioners to ‘erect poles in some parts of the town as an experiment for the electric lighting of the town’. The company had established a generating station at Newtownsmith in an old flour mill which had existed since the 1600s and straddled the Friar’s River. They installed a hydroelectric turbine in the watercourse which was linked to a generator producing alternating current.

Galway’s 0-16 to 1-12 loss to Armagh on Sunday afternoon knocked them off the top spot in the group stage, and the result is a preliminary quarter-final against Mayo in Pearse Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

Galway come up against Westmeath in Mullingar on Saturday looking to confirm at least a place in the preliminary quarter-final of this year’s All-Ireland championship.

Earning a qualification in business will allow you to learn skills that can be used in all careers. Galway Community College offers QQI accredited courses in business and accounting at both Level 5 and 6. There are many opportunities arising from this vocational area, one of which to study to become an accountant which can open many doors into employment and higher education in Ireland and abroad.