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Galway City Council took home the prestigious ‘Festival of the Year’ Award at the 2025 Chambers Ireland Excellence in Local Government Awards, announced at a national ceremony. The ‘Galway Climate Inspirations Festival – Communities in Action’ festival beat off stiff competition from the Dublin City Sensoria Festival, Howth Maritime and Seafood Festival, Brigid - Spirit of Kildare Festival, Willie Clancy Traditional Music Summer School and Kilkenny’s Toil and Trouble to bring the award home to Galway City.

The recent visit of British Ambassador to Ireland, Kara Owen, to Galway prompted strong reactions at the November Plenary Meeting of Galway County Council, with Independent Connemara South councillor Tomás Ó Curraóin voicing firm objections.

A routine item seeking approval to extend Galway Flying Club’s lease of the Galway Airport site until December 2026 ignited a lengthy and impassioned debate at November’s plenary meeting of Galway County Council, as councillors demanded clarity on the long-delayed proposed sale of the 115-acre Carnmore site.

Galway County Council has welcomed the announcement by the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht Dara Calleary TD that €634,922 in funding has been approved for community and sports facilities across CLÁR areas in the county.

Galway County Arts Office was represented at a national event held in Limerick City Gallery of Art to mark 40 years of partnership between the Arts Council and Ireland’s 31 local authorities.

The inaugural meeting of the Galway City Local Community Safety Partnership (LCSP) took place at the Radisson Red last week. Representatives from Galway City Council, An Garda Síochána, Tusla, community organisations, and local residents gathered to begin shaping a collaborative approach to community safety under the Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024.

Senior IT professionals from local authorities across the country gathered in Galway City last week for a high-level conference to explore opportunities for transformational change in local government using AI. Ireland’s national policy for digital services aims to make 90% of key public services available online by 2030 – with innovation at the core of more efficient service delivery and enhanced citizen engagement.

Galway County Council has announced that site works on one of the largest social and affordable housing schemes delivered in east Galway will commence before Christmas.

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

British Ambassador to Ireland Kara Owen chose Galway for her first official visit outside Dublin since her appointment in October.