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Galway’s two local authorities required a multi-million bailout to cover the cost of Storm Éowyn which ravaged the west coast last January.

Ongoing and sporadic power outages affecting an estimated 7,000 homes and businesses across north Galway have sparked serious concern among elected representatives, who say the situation is placing vulnerable residents at real risk.

Galway City Council has announced that Galway Christmas Market, along with several city car parks and woodlands will be closed around the city today (Tuesday) as the country is hit by Storm Bram.

If Storm Éowyn had hit Galway at high tide last January, lives would have been lost. This is the brutal conclusion of a new report from the government’s National Directorate of Fire and Emergency Management (NDFEM), quietly published last week.

The initial warning is in place until 10pm, with a Yellow wind warning in place nationally until midnight.

ESB Networks plans to carry out a €5m upgrade of the electricity supply network across western Conamara from September to January.

FG Cllr Andrew Reddington has lashed some internet providers as some customers have remained without fixed broadband services since January 24, a situation which “is causing significant disruption for small businesses and people who work remotely.

It is hard to believe that Irish homes and families, businesses and farms, were without electricity for almost three weeks in 2025.

A new programme designed to support and promote enterprise development and jobs in tourism within the Midlands region has welcomed its first intake of tourism businesses.

Bord na Mona has stepped in after SSE Renewables pulled out of a consortium to build a €54 million state-of-the-art hydrogen gas hub in Galway’s docks.