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City budget meetings are either boring or fractious, but this one was a political masterclass.

The All-Ireland championship will be held on Friday night, from 8pm, in The Kings Head on High Street.

The Land Development Agency (LDA) has lodged a planning application for 356 new cost rental and social homes in the inner harbour at Galway Port.

Weighing in at 99,902 gross tons and spanning 300 metres in length, the cruise ship Nieuw Statendam’s arrival at the Port of Galway last week was the cause of fanfare.

“I’m young enough” he maintains, as the 53-year-old steeples his hands thoughtfully, sitting in the boardroom in City Hall. This prayer-like posture comes naturally for an ordained deacon of the Catholic church, who ranks his family, faith and a community-development based approach to his work, as the three pillars of his worldview.

Galway Harbour Company (GHC) and The Land Development Agency (LDA) last evening (Wednesday) announced the launch of a joint consultation and stakeholder engagement process for the planned redevelopment of Galway Inner Harbour, which includes the proposed delivery of 350 affordable and social homes at Amharc Atalia, a planned new LDA housing development.

At a critical moment for Galway’s future, a transformative opportunity sits tantalisingly close—yet continues to stall. The relocation and expansion of the Port of Galway is not merely a maritime infrastructure project; it is the single most important investment in the city’s ability to thrive economically, socially, and environmentally over the coming decades. It must be supported—urgently and unequivocally.

They say a canny Conamaraman could sell sand to the Arabs, but unfortunately he can’t ship granite to the Gambians.

Last week, the state-owned Land Development Agency was given the green light to apply for planning permission for 356 apartments in four tower blocks on over six acres of lands stretching from the entrance to Lough Atalia, to the Commercial Docks.

As it was on January 24, Storm Éowyn generated the highest coastal surges ever recorded along Ireland’s western seaboard. The Port of Galway recorded a 2.6m storm surge peak - the highest it has ever recorded in modern times, despite the full force of Éowyn hitting when the tide was ebbing. Limerick docks recorded surges of just under 3m - the height of a single story house above mean sea level.