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The Galway Convention Bureau will honour a number of outstanding ambassadors who have helped bring international conferences, meetings, business, cultural and sporting events to Galway at the inaugural Galway Ambassador Recognition Awards, taking place at The Hardiman on Thursday, 12 November.

The housing crisis persists, and homelessness is up in Galway and nationally. Tens of thousands of uncounted, hidden homeless - couch surfers and over-occupied households - remain precipitously close to sleeping rough. As autumn winds strip leaves from trees, the tented shanty towns at the edges of the city’s parks and wastelands hove into view. To gain an insight, the Galway Advertiser slept rough last week, tagging along with the Simon Community’s industrious fundraisers, service users, SimonSoc university group and a chilly mayor of Galway sleeping outside for her very first time.

A new push to increase tourism and attract investment to East Galway will see businesses, tourism operators and community groups come together for a networking event in Athenry later this month.

Family run cafe Food for Thought has been part of the Galway scene for the past four decades, providing a traditional, cosy haven for locals and visitors alike.

Galway United have rarely dined at the top table of Irish football, but they have been in this situation before. Big expectant crowds gathered in Terryland. Even the RTÉ cameras turned up. Ultimately, United came up short against Finn Harps, Derry City and Bohemians in home semi-finals. And so, they still sing about Lansdowne in the sun in 1991.

As autumn settles over Galway and the evenings become darker and cooler, our gardens begin to welcome a different cast of visitors. While summer may belong to bees and butterflies, October and November bring birds, mammals and other small creatures searching for food, water and a safe place to shelter.

Galway Chamber has officially launched the Galway Chamber Business Awards 2026, proudly supported once again by main sponsor The Shannon Airport Group for the thirteenth consecutive year. The Awards celebrate the very best of Galway business, recognising innovation, ambition, sustainability, creativity and community impact across the city and county.

In the early days, the only form of public transport in Galway was provided by the Bianconi company, and it connected the city to outlying towns and villages. Some local entrepreneurs probably ran a hackney service, but the main mobile traffic on the road would have been privately owned horse-drawn carts of various types.

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.

Local TD and Minister for Education and Youth, Hildegarde Naughton, has announced that the Government will support Galway’s pilot district heating project to be located beside Galway Crystal in Merlin Park.