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Weekend of damage to Merlin Woods
Vast areas of the public park are fenced off to facilitate controversial clearfelling the Galway City Council says is necessary after catastrophic damage wreaked by Storm Éowyn in January 2025.
FlexManager – Marking 15 years with the launch of an AI-powered solution explorer
Solution Explorer is an AI-powered tool that gives a user the modules and workflows that address their compliance challenges, replacing the work of reading a product catalogue. It is the newest addition to 80-plus modules spanning equipment inspection, risk assessment, incident reporting, contractor management, and audit preparation.
‘Butt rot’ stumps Merlin Woods chop
A forester employed to clearfell Merlin Park Woods has discovered fungal rot in standing evergreens, potentially slashing its commercial timber value.
Contractor remorseful after swapping digger starter kits
A CONTRACTOR who swapped a broken part in his digger for a working one from another digger made a “monumental mistake” and was very remorseful, Judge James Faughnan heard at Tuam District Court this week.
From Galway roots to global impact — the remarkable growth of JJ Rhatigan & Company
There are few Irish construction stories that capture the changing face of the country’s built environment quite like that of JJ Rhatigan & Company. What began in Galway in 1952 as a local contracting business has, over more than seven decades, developed into a major Tier 1 construction company working across Ireland and the UK.
City Hall to blow €60k on nuts
The Galway City Council’s biodiversity team is installing one hopper of nuts per hectare of forest its contractors began clear-felling this week, as part of a controversial plan to rejuvenate the city’s largest urban woodlands after sections were devastated by Storm Éowyn last winter.
€7.5m kicks off Knocknacarra pitches
Galway City Council officials told councillors on Tuesday that this swift funding will accelerate an €11.5 million first phase of the northern half of Kingston lands, sharpening ambition for completion in the third quarter of 2029.
Council goes nuts - officials commit to decade of sustenance for squirrels as damage forces closure of Merlin Woods
The Galway City Council is committing to feed a population of squirrels in Merlin Woods for 10 years.
Council goes nuts
The Galway City Council is committing to feed a population of squirrels in Merlin Woods for 10 years.
Construction of safer school route commences
The Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Scheme for Scoil na bhForbacha has now reached the construction stage, with a contractor appointed and construction works scheduled to commence in mid-September.
