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Galway City Community Network (GCCN) is calling for a halt to the clear-felling of all healthy standing conifers in Merlin Woods. Galway City Council states that the clear-felling is intended to address the damage caused by Storm Éowyn that took place in January 2025.

There is something about the end of summer that makes us stop and take stock.The evenings are getting shorter. The school bags are back at the door. The summer clothes are slowly making their way to the back of the wardrobe and, before we know it, the clocks will go back and the pace of life will change once again.

Galway City Council has won the Digital Services, Payments and Transactions Award at the 2026 Ireland eGovernment Awards for its innovative and inclusive approach to parking payments in Galway City.

Galway dog owners were not issued with a single fine for dog fouling last year, but more than 1,500 motorists were penalised for parking on footpaths in the city and county.

Cllr Clodagh Higgins is encouraging residents, businesses and community groups across Salthill to examine Galway City Council’s proposals for the former Tourist Office site at Seapoint Promenade and make their views known before the public consultation closes.

Galway City Council has launched its new Personal and Community Resilience Booklet, a practical resource designed to help individuals, families and communities prepare for and respond to emergency situations. The booklet offers guidance and support for dealing with a range of emergencies and is aimed at helping people make sensible preparations in advance so they can remain as self-sufficient as possible during an emergency or evacuation.

Four projects in Galway West will receive funding for positive community action, a Fine Gael TD has said. Deputy Seán Kyne said €57,000 will go directly to two projects in Galway City, while Simon Community Galway will receive a share of the €127,300 allocation and Tosú Social Inclusion Ireland in Galway will receive a sum from the €142,500 allocation to strengthen community safety, inclusion and integration.

Nora Barnacle House is launching a new winter reading series this October, inviting a small group of readers to explore James Joyce’s work in the intimate setting of Nora Barnacle’s childhood home.

For the first time since 2024, members of the public interested in volunteering are being invited to the Galway City Volunteer Recruitment Fair in the Salthill Hotel on Sunday October 11 between 2pm and 5pm. There will be up to 40 charities and community organisations from across the city at the Fair, which is being organised by Galway Volunteer Centre. At the last Fair in February 2024, approximately 1000 people attended the event to speak to organisations about the work that they do and the volunteer roles that they are trying to fill.

Galway will welcome senior European policymakers, business leaders, regional authorities, researchers and enterprise agencies this autumn as it hosts a flagship conference examining the future of regional competitiveness, innovation and sustainable economic growth across Europe.