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Cllr Cillian Keane has intensified calls for urgent national roads funding to deliver critical drainage and paving works on the N83 through Claregalway, following a meeting with Minister for Transport Darragh O’Brien TD.

Six Galway tourism businesses were honoured at the CIÉ Tours Annual Awards of Excellence. CIÉ Tours, the largest carrier of US visitors to Ireland every year, held its annual awards of excellence, celebrating Irish hoteliers and tourist experience operators who have been singled out by the 30,000 visitors who came to Ireland with CIÉ Tours in 2025.

Six Galway tourism businesses have been recognised at the CIÉ Tours Annual Awards of Excellence.

Construction is set to begin on a major upgrade of the R332, a key regional road linking Galway and Mayo.

A long-anticipated report into congestion across Irish cities has been circulated several months after its publication, and its findings for Galway city are damning.

Fianna Fáil Galway West TD, John Connolly, has welcomed the “solid recognition” from the National Transport Authority that the Galway-Dublin railway line capacity needs to be increased.

2025 has proven to be the busiest year on record at Ireland West Airport, with passenger numbers reaching 946,381 for the first time in the airport’s history, surpassing the previous record of 834,000 passengers set in 2024, a 13.5% increase, making it Ireland’s fastest-growing airport last year. The airport now serves 21 international destinations and is served by three of Europe’s major international airlines: Aer Lingus, Lauda Europe, and Ryanair.

The volunteer riders, drivers and dispatchers of Blood Bike West are expanding their hours to a run 24-hour service this Christmas.

Seán Canney TD, Minister of State for International & Road Transport, Logistics, Rail and Ports and Leader in Cabinet of the Independent Ministers, has welcomed the beginning of clearance works on the Western Rail Corridor at Tuam Station, marking visible on-site activity ahead of the project’s progression.

Minister for Education and Youth, Hildegarde Naughton, has welcomed the commencement of construction for the Safe Routes to School scheme for Scoil Íosa, Oranmore. Minister Naughton introduced this scheme, while the Minister of State in the Department of Transport provided funding for the project.