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A motion to support the drafting of potential routes for a light rail system in Galway will be considered by county councillors next Monday.

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

Iarnród Éireann has insisted that the cost of Ceannt Station’s ongoing redevelopment is still within the budget announced in 2023, despite subsequent delays, significant inflation, requested design changes, wildlife issues, and announcements of significant overruns and budgetary changes from other public officials.

Among the six candidates in the ‘Vote Left, Transfer Left’ alliance, Councillor Helen Ogbu emerged as the strongest performer from last week’s by-election.

In May last year, a task force was set-up to coordinate gardaí, Galway city council staff, environmental health officials, vermin control, medical authorities and a local charity.

Sinn Féin members in Connemara have no confidence in Mary Lou McDonald, a former election candidate for the party has said.

Galway city and county council have been unable to confirm that they are confident of meeting their social housing targets this year, despite both local authorities missing them last year.

The Galway Advertiser holds the commanding position in the local media landscape, with a strong print readership of 115,000 readers per issue —according to a detailed readership survey of local newspapers conducted by RED C Research in February 2026, which examines media consumption habits among adults in County Galway.

For more than half a century, the small ads of the Galway Advertiser have quietly chronicled the rhythm of life in the west of Ireland. Week after week, line after line, they have connected strangers, solved problems, opened doors, and, in many cases, changed lives. Now, 56 years on from those first modest listings, that tradition takes a significant step forward with the launch this week of the Galway Advertiser’s new online classified platform — classifieds.advertiser.ie a natural evolution of a service that has long been woven into the fabric of Galway life.

Minister of State Noel Grealish has called on the Department of Transport to fund Galway City Council’s efforts to tackle the thousands of vehicles using Renmore as a rat run.