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Galway West TD John Connolly (FF) last week submitted a number of queries to ascertain what – if any - governance roles O’Donovan’s department has concerning the limited liability company set up to manage the legacy of Galway’s 2020 European City of Culture win, and especially fundraising for the local creative sector.

On July 1, Ireland takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the next six months, and for the first time, housing will sit near the top of that agenda. That is not a coincidence, and it is not just an Irish story. Across Europe, the conversation about housing shortages has shifted. It is no longer framed primarily as a social issue. It is now being framed as an economic competitiveness issue, and that change in framing is hugely significant.

We are standing at the crossroads. That is the only honest way to describe where Ireland’s property market stands in mid-2026, caught between the immovable forces of scarcity, grinding construction inflation, and an affordability ceiling that is closing in on an entire generation of would-be buyers. Something has to give. The question is what and when.

University of Galway has announced new international opportunities for research students as part of the ENLIGHT University Alliance.

Galway won three medals at Bord Bia Bloom at the weekend. Oranmore Tidy Towns was awarded Highly Commended for The Bat Corridor Postcard Garden. Celtic Eye Art Group and Karst Farming Network from East Galway and South Roscommon was awarded a Certificate of Distinction for the Yellow Meadow Kingdom Postcard Garden.

The #Plant Health4Life campaign, led by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Commission (EC), and supported in Ireland by the Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine, has launched, warning the public that everyday actions — from bringing plants home from holidays to buying online — could put plant health, food supply and biodiversity at risk.

The EU must introduce a European-wide ban on dangerous conversion therapy practices that are still taking place today, a Fine Gael MEP has said.

National Broadband Ireland (NBI), the company delivering the new future-proofed, high-speed Fibre-to-the-Home network under the National Broadband Plan on behalf of the Government, has announced that Inis Mór has now been connected to high-speed fibre broadband as the rollout across Galway has now passed over 33,000 homes, farms and businesses.

BnM has announced that SPeco Sustainability – Speco Services Ltd (Galway) is one eight successful companies selected to participate in its 2026 Accelerate Green Programme, which supports Ireland’s rising leaders in energy and climate action. Launched in Boora, Co. Offaly, BnM have brought together an ambitious group of Irish and Northern Irish companies at the forefront of climate action, clean technology and energy innovation.

A new HealthTech hub, the result of a multimillion-euro Government investment to drive regional development by accelerating the commercialisation of cutting-edge, patient-focused research, has been officially launched at University of Galway this week.