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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.

€30 million will be invested in new research over five years to drive innovation, competitiveness and sustainability in the agri-food, forest and bioeconomy sector.

Michael Grealish served his apprenticeship (it cost him 100 guineas) in Garret’s Saddlery in Eyre Square, roughly where the Imperial Hotel is today. When he finished, he decided to set up his own saddlery business at the beginning of the last century at Number 2, Eyre Square. At the time, the horse reigned supreme. There were regular horse fairs in Eyre Square at the time and this obviously helped his start-up.

Thousands of people in Galway are being treated like second class citizens – just because they do not have children, Galway West TD Noel Grealish has claimed.

An Oughterard family business could have been saved from closure by a reduction in the rate of VAT charged to food and hospitality businesses, Galway West TD Noel Grealish told the Dáil last week.

Galway West Independent TD Noel Grealish has called for a cap on the number of TDs elected to Dáil Éireann.

VAT was reduced from 13.5 per cent to 9 per cent from 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic. It was restored in 2023. The independent deputy has warned that not returning VAT back to 9 per cent will threaten hundreds of jobs across Galway.

Tomás Grealish, the brother of Galway West Independent TD Noel Grealish, is to contest the forthcoming local elections as an Independent candidate in the Athenry-Oranmore Municipal District, following the announcement by outgoing Councillor Jim Cuddy that he is to retire.

Galway West Independent TD Noel Grealish has called in the Dáil for the simplification of the work permit system that allows workers from countries outside the EU to fill job roles in Galway and the rest of Ireland, in areas where there is a crippling shortage.