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The body set up to implement Galway’s winning 2020 European City of Culture bid, and its legacy, was unsuccessfully invited to attend Galway City Council three times last year, to explain its recent activities.

Residents’ anger over the long-running street widening and regeneration issues in Dunmore dominated discussion at Galway County Council’s January Plenary Meeting this week, with councillors warning that frustration in the north Galway town is reaching a critical point.

Helen Ogbu was formally endorsed by the Labour Party at a heavily attended selection convention this week, to chants of “Gaillimh Abú, Gallimh Ogbu” by almost 100 supporters.

Galway City Council’s Bóithrín na Saoirse, the City’s new Traveller Specific Group Housing Scheme on Circular Road, has been shortlisted for two categories at the Irish Building and Design Awards 2026:

Party leader Ivana Bacik will attend next week’s convention to select city councillor Helen Ogbu as Labour’s candidate for the 2026 Galway West by-election.

Young people riding e-scooters are tearing up the €800,000 playing pitches behind Westside library, and a local councillor wants the area fenced off.

Concerns over the continued downgrading of services at Portiuncula University Hospital (PUH) resurfaced sharply at last week’s meeting of Ballinasloe Municipal District, with councillors expressing frustration at a lack of transparency, accountability, and clear evidence underpinning decisions that have already led to the scaling back of maternity services.

Independent Councillor Geraldine Donohue will host a free Information Session for family carers across Galway on Friday, January 30 at 11.00am in Sullivan’s Royal Hotel, Gort. The event aims to provide vital, up-to-date information and practical guidance for those caring for family members in their homes and communities.

Sheila Garrity, convener of the Galway branch of the 2025 Connolly Presidential Campaign, intends to retain the seat vacated by the former Claddagh-based TD’s election to the Áras in November.

Growing concerns over access to GP services in Headford and its wider hinterland have prompted a local councillor to call on the HSE to allocate additional doctors to the area urgently.