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A County Galway food and drink business has been acknowledged as a winner at the Good Food Ireland® Awards 2025 in association with FBD Insurance - the only cross-sector awards that champion those who uphold Ireland’s culinary excellence, celebrate local provenance and honour sustainable practices.

The Galway West Independent TD has held meetings with several senior government ministers to advocate for the Galway City Ring Road and the Claregalway Bypass to be included in detailed commitments when the new NDP is published.

The Galway Chamber of Commerce is calling on the Government, and in particular the Minister of State for Local Government & Planning, to urgently review and upgrade the tier-level status of Galway City Council (currently Tier 5) to Tier 4 or higher. National funding allocations do not reflect the scale, growth and cost pressures facing Galway City and its business community.

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.

In a landmark moment for education and cross-border cooperation, the first-ever all-island apprenticeship programme has been launched, marking a new chapter in how Ireland and Northern Ireland develop talent for the future.

In a landmark moment for education and cross-border cooperation, the first-ever all-island apprenticeship programme has been launched, marking a new chapter in how Ireland and Northern Ireland develop talent for the future.

In good news for home buyers and switchers, Claddagh Credit Union is launching a new standard mortgage product. With a competitive variable rate of 3.85%, and an interest rate capped at 4.4% for the first three years, the innovative new product provides borrowers with a certainty of repayment, while also delivering the benefits of a variable offering.

Members of the public with an interest in water quality are being invited to an information meeting on Thursday, October 9, in Loughrea, where plans for a new Catchment Community Forum (CCF) for Galway Bay South East will be discussed.

Minister of State with Responsibility for International and Road Transport, Logistics, Rail and Ports, Seán Canney TD was at Coole Park Nature Reserve last Friday for a special heritage event when he opened a new, purpose built bat roost, and on behalf of the State he accepted a rare signed limited edition book by WB Yeats which will be retained as part of a collection at Coole Park.

Seán Canney TD, Minister of State for International and Road Transport, Logistics, Rail and Ports and Leader in Cabinet of the Independent Ministers, has welcomed the approval of over €3.4 million in funding for Galway Group Water Schemes under the Multi-Annual Rural Water Programme (MARWP) 2024–2026.