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The Galway City Council has advertised for a new role of Senior Architect amid concerns that the development of the city lacks character.

Officials in Galway City Council are powerless to remove the hulks of rotting boats in the Claddagh as the ownership of some quays in the Corrib estuary is unknown.

Architecture at the Edge Festival is known for its inspired cultural experiences — and this year is no different as the festival once again presents a compelling programme, featuring installations, exhibitions, film screenings, workshops, talks, tours and much more to explore this autumn.

New research from Chadwicks1, Ireland’s leading builders’ merchants, reveals that 70% of people aged 16-24 years have considered a role in the industry. Most parents of young adults2(85%) see the benefits of a career in construction for their children, and in fact, over two thirds (67%) would be happy if their child pursued a career in the sector.

This property originally consisted of College House, fronting on Market Street, and the Monastery School to the rear of Bowling Green with the residence of the Patrician Brothers to the east of the enclosed quadrangle and the out offices to the west thereof.

We know there was a hospital in High Middle Street in 1509, though it was probably a poorhouse in reality. In 1542, the Corporation built St Bridget’s Hospital on Bohermore. It subsequently served as a Leper Hospital. The 1651 map of Galway shows four hospitals. In 1820, a fever hospital opened on Earl’s Island, and in 1824, a small lying-in hospital was established on Mill Street at Madeira Island. The County Infirmary opened on Prospect Hill in June 1802.

Galway County Council and Galway City Council have jointly developed the framework to enable the delivery of social and affordable housing developments through the accelerated delivery programme of Design-Build.

A leading urban planner who gained notoriety last year when he described Galway city as looking “like mouth full of broken teeth” has returned, and his dental diagnosis is not good.

Ronnie O’Gorman was the most influential Galwegian of the past fifty years. In The Galway Advertiser he created and nurtured a unique forum for Galway creativity, enterprise and community. Under Ronnie’s benign yet focused stewardship an entirely new version of Galway developed as the universal image of the city – an innovative, cultured, tolerant and sparkling city, successful, slightly raffish, and fun.

It was about this time of year, May 26, 1910 that the foundation stone of St. Mary’s College was laid. It was not, however the first St Mary’s College. Father John Paul O’Toole, born in Galway in 1804, was one of the last priests ordained during the wardenship. He was based in Paris and Rome but was always conscious of his own difficulty in obtaining a food secondary education in Galway, so he decided to return to Galway in 1843 and open a school here. His main difficulty was finding a premises but happily, he managed to secure “West House”, a detached residence with extensive grounds situated on Helen Street. He bought it from John Lushington Reilly, a great benefactor of the town and neighbourhood, especially during the famine of 1822.