Half a million attendances as Arts Festival focus turns to 50th

Thu, Jul 30, 2026

Festival organisers confirmed that this year’s programme attracted a record 472,000 attendances across its 14-day run, surpassing the 450,000 mark for the second consecutive year and reinforcing the festival’s place at the heart of Ireland’s summer cultural calendar.

Airbnb rules can ease housing crisis - McNelis

Thu, Jul 30, 2026

Galway City Councillor Niall McNelis has welcomed the Government’s new national framework for regulating short-term holiday lets.

First tour of ‘zombie’ Galway

Thu, Jul 30, 2026

When there is nowhere to live because all the houses are let to visiting tourists, a group of activists decided to turn this situation into a tourist attraction itself.

Joy and resistance as Arts Festival begins

Thu, Jul 16, 2026

Taking a walk out to Mutton Island last week, the Claddagh resident said she was reminded of the summer’s imminent festival season when a fellow on an an eight-foot-high penny farthing cycled past “and nobody noticed.”

‘Ah stop’ – retiring reporter rejects ‘unnecessary journey’ to Áras

Thu, Jun 25, 2026

After 40 years working for RTÉ, most famously as regional news reporter for the west of Ireland since 2007, Mannion is set to retire in six weeks.

Derelict site hoarders owe city €2m in fines

Thu, Jun 18, 2026

Unpaid invoices totalling almost €2.3 million remain unpaid by owners of 48 derelict properties across Galway city so far this year.

No white smoke yet for Ring Road

Thu, Apr 02, 2026

The planning file was updated last Friday, March 27, and a number of senior government politicians have let it be known that they expect news soon, although there has been no indication as to whether a grant or refusal is the outcome.

Galwegian artists deserve pay certainty

Thu, Feb 12, 2026

This is the demand of Galway city councillor Níall McNelis (Lab) who has welcomed the Government’s decision in Budget 2026 to make the State’s pilot Basic Income for Artists (BIA) scheme permanent this month, but warned that serious questions remain unanswered about how it will operate.

Battle lines emerge for by-election

Thu, Feb 05, 2026

A by-election must be held in Galway by May 11, with taoiseach Micheál Martin the ultimate decision maker on a date. One Galway West seat is empty after Catherine Connolly was elected president.

TD demands ringroad timeframe

Thu, Nov 27, 2025

Galway West TD John Connolly pressed the minister during Dáil Questions this week, complaining that the project has endured “prolonged delays in the planning and assessment system."

Scout den open for Youth Night

Wed, Nov 19, 2025

Renmore Scout Den will throw open its doors tomorrow, Friday, November 21, from 5.30pm, to celebrate Oíche na hÓige.

Naughton becomes Galway West’s first ever FG senior Minister

Wed, Nov 19, 2025

Galway’s Hildegarde Naughton made local political history this week by becoming the first Galway West Fine Gael deputy to be appointed to a senior cabinet position.

Galway endurance swimmer Daragh Morgan becomes first person to swim around Ireland

Wed, Nov 19, 2025

Galway endurance swimmer Daragh Morgan this week became the first person to swim around Ireland in an unprecedented 1,468-kilometre swim which took him five months to complete and raised vital funds for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) and Simon Community.

Connolly to make Gaza address

Thu, Oct 02, 2025

The non-party candidate, with support of five political parties, is on a whistle-stop tour of the country after the first televised presidential debate on Monday. She will return to the city to fulfil a long-standing engagement at the sold-out ‘Gala for Gaza’ at the Ardilaun Hotel this Saturday, October 4.

Connolly merch in high demand

Thu, Sep 25, 2025

The Galway West TD’s staff say they are pleasantly surprised that sales of t-shirts and sweatshirts with the Connolly campaign’s eye-catching design are completely sold out in all sizes, but they are hurriedly restocking.

Connolly campaign focuses on fundraising

Thu, Sep 18, 2025

The Galway branch of Catherine Connolly’s grassroots presidential campaign has commenced a whirlwind schedule of fundraising events, with rumours of celebrities circulating.

Higgins demands clarity on Israeli bonds

Thu, Sep 11, 2025

Senator Alice Mary Higgins (Ind) has called on the bank’s top officials to appear before a high-powered finance committee to explain their actions, after she claims this transfer has not been adequately completed.

Oyster festival all shuck up for 2025

Thu, Sep 04, 2025

In a break with tradition however, there will be a new format for this year’s Galway Oyster Festival, with the familiar sight of the festival marquee absent from the Claddagh later this month.

Lebanon and Galway forever linked

Thu, Sep 04, 2025

Last week’s decision by the United Nations’ Security Council to wind down the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon by late 2026 signals the end of a long association between the Irish Defence Forces and the United Nations’ Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) mission.

More than 2,300 children on crèche waiting lists in Galway

Thu, Aug 28, 2025

Figures from Pobal, the agency that oversees Early Years programmes have revealed Galway’s stark shortage of childcare places.

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