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Walk from Eyre Square out the Headford Road or along the Dublin Road and count the buildings between four and six storeys high. You will not need both hands. Galway is a city of two-storey estates on the edge and a scattering of apartment blocks in the middle, with almost nothing in between. That gap is exactly where the homes we need should be going.

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

The sacred site of Knockma Hill overlooks the plains of Tuam where St Mary's Mother and Baby Home operated from 1925 to 1961, and its survivors have sited their experiences on it through the ancient art of shaping clay.

Construction is due to begin later this month on a €15.1 million social housing development in Tuam which will provide 62 new homes.

Portumna Tidy Towns and Tuam Women’s Shed have been chosen to represent County Galway in the 2026 IPB Pride of Place Awards.

Representatives from Tuam are in Germany this week to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the town’s twinning partnership with the Bavarian city of Straubing.

The painstaking forensic excavation at the site of the former Tuam Mother and Baby Institution has reached another significant and deeply poignant milestone, with investigators confirming that the remains of a further 22 babies have been recovered in coffins during the latest phase of work. The discovery brings the total number of infant remains uncovered since excavations began just over a year ago to 99.

The editor of the Galway Advertiser, Declan Varley has won an international award for editorial writing.

This week saw the first of 29 tourist groups visit Galway to view Survivor Stories: Tuam and Ireland’s Institutional Past, an installation focusing on the stories of survivors of the Tuam Mother and Baby Home. The installation, the first of its kind in Ireland, opened to the public last week.

New bye-laws controlling the consumption and possession of alcohol in public places in Tuam Municipal District came into effect this week.