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.

Until 8pm, the 13th Galway (Renmore) Scout Troop will host a special session – open to all – showcasing the energy, creativity, and achievements of its young people and youth work across the local community.

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.

The elevation to the post of Minister for Education and Youth came about as part of the reshuffle caused by the resignation of Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe who takes up a new post with the World Bank in Washington next week.

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.

Ó Cuív cute about Áras race

Thu, Aug 14, 2025

Asked how he would respond to a formal delegation from the Fianna Fáíl national executive regarding the presidential election, the former Galway West TD responded positively.

NDP for Galway? Nothing to see here, yet…

Thu, Jul 24, 2025

In years past, the NDP would be a ‘shopping list’ of projects which the cabinet awarded funding to, often after intense local lobbying, but it is now more a broad-brush statement of which policy areas or government departments will have funding prioritised.

Connolly not fearful of summer of scrutiny as she launches campaign

Thu, Jul 17, 2025

Independent Galway West TD, Catherine Connolly, has formally announced her intention to become Ireland’s next president.

Will the Ring Road free up space in the city?

Thu, Jul 17, 2025

This argument is dubious at best, and simply not supported by the data in the GCRR submission, which is currently before An Coimisiún Pleanála (formerly An Bord Pleanála).

Hildegarde represents Ireland at Srebrenica

Thu, Jul 17, 2025

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the 1995 massacre when more than 8,000 men and boys were killed. Mostly perpetrated by Bosnian Serbs and Serb paramilitaries, the attack on a UN enclave, including the forcible transfer of 25,000 women, children and elderly, constitutes the first legally recognised genocide in Europe since WWII.

Connemara National Park expansion still a rocky topic

Thu, Jul 10, 2025

The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) held a special heritage event last week where staff and community partners celebrated the unique biodiversity and cultural heritage of the park, which is expanding in the region. Most of the bog and mountain parkland was originally property attached to Kylemore Abbey and the Letterfrack Industrial School.

President Higgins’ archive finds a home at University of Galway

Thu, Jun 12, 2025

In a moment described as a significant “institutional homecoming,” President Michael D. Higgins has donated his extensive presidential archive and a portion of his personal book collection to the University of Galway—his alma mater and long-time academic home.

Kids learning to cook in school

Thu, Jun 05, 2025

So the British supermarket chain is sponsoring a Stronger Starts Cooks Programme designed to teach cookery to 3,000 school children in 42 primary schools across Ireland this year.

Councils join forces to put Galway Airport on the market

Thu, May 01, 2025

Agents for Galway City Council and Galway County Council will advertise for ‘expressions of interest’ in the 118 acre site in the coming days to ‘test the market’ before councillors are asked to vote on any potential sale.

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