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The Banshees of Inisherin may have failed to pick up an Oscar last year, but Inis Mór, which provided part of the movie’s stunning backdrop, has now won an international film industry award.

Local TD and Government Chief Whip, Hildegarde Naughton, yesterday announced that €150 million is to be made available to tackle long-term vacancy and dereliction in towns and cities throughout the country.

PorterShed, a leading co-working space and innovation hub in Galway, has won the prestigious Enterprise and Start-up Hub Award at the 2023 All Ireland Community and Council Awards.

Galway City and County Council had below-average rates of planning approvals in 2021, according to the Annual Overview of the Planning System for 2021, published by the Office of the Planning Regulator.

“Would it be ambitious to try and deliver 20,000 public homes in a year? Yes, but we need that scale of ambition. We have to deliver affordable and social homes for purchase and rent, because this crisis will continue to get worse.”

Backers of the state of the art 40,000 sq ft film and TV studio to be built at the former Galway Airport at Carnmore have been given the green light to move to planning stage with the objective of being open for production next summer.

With NPHET declaring that 2021 will be an “outdoor summer” and many restrictions likely to remain in place, a senator is calling on the City Council to arrange a schedule of outdoor events for June, July, and August.

A total of €816,000 has been allocated to the Galway city and county council's to bring 46, currently vacant, local authority houses back into use for households on waiting lists or at risk of homelessness.".

It’s been some year for one year — but what about 2017? This week I take a look into my crystal ball and see what’s lying in wait for us.

The Meet In Galway marketing group is calling for support from local tourism stakeholders to form a much-needed Convention Bureau that will match the professional standing of Dublin, Cork, Belfast, Kerry and the Shannon region.