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For a long time, Galway has been a city that felt familiar in its bones. Not static, exactly, but slow to shift. Buildings came and went, shopfronts changed, cranes appeared and disappeared, yet the essential shape of the place remained stubbornly recognisable. If a group of lads from Mars had landed here sometime in the 1980s and popped back for a visit today, they’d still know where they were. The river still led them to the bay, the city still folded in on itself, and the skyline rarely surprised.

Galway City Council has delayed its move to new headquarters at Crown Square until March 2027 at the latest.

There was something deeply reflective about the ceremony held last week to honour two remarkable figures — my former colleague Ronnie O’Gorman and former County Council manager C.I. O’Flynn. It was a gathering that looked back with gratitude and forward with curiosity, a moment to pause in a city that rarely stands still.

An Coimisiún Pleanála has granted planning permission for a development of 219 cost rental and social homes on the Dyke Road, just outside Galway city centre.

In line with its Local Authority Climate Action Plan (2024 to 2029), the council is aiming to improve its energy efficiency by half, compared to 2009 levels, and achieve a 51 per cent reduction in carbon emissions compared to a 2016-2018 baseline.

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.

Galway City Council has not published or stated any estimate for the fit out of its new headquarters at Crown Square, according to a Council spokesperson.

Minister for local government, James Browne, is yet to receive a request from Galway City Council to approve its €60 million loan to fit out the empty commercial shell it owns in Crown Square.

Minister for local government, James Browne, is yet to receive a request from Galway City Council to approve its €60 million loan to fit out the empty commercial shell it owns in Crown Square.

Semiconductor-producer Arm has celebrated the official opening of its new state-of-the-art facility in Galway City. Since establishing operations in Galway in 2014, Arm has expanded to 90 staff members locally, and more than 4800 employees across Europe.