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After several millennia of waiting—give or take a few centuries of myth-making, hair-washing, and river-drowning—the city of Galway has decided, at long last, to honour a woman in bronze. Yes, Galvia, the mythical princess presumed to be the namesake of the city, is getting a statue. And not just any statue: one that may, planning permission and divine intervention permitting, actually be installed in a public place before the next ice age.

Galway Fire and Rescue Service reported an unusually busy weekend for outdoor fires, during the especially warm weather last weekend, with temperatures reaching 25C across the county.

It's midday Monday. Outside, the sun kisses the green grass of the Quad at the University of Galway. There is a sense of calm before the storm here. A whiff of change in the air.

The commercial market throughout Galway city and the west of Ireland has proven to be resilient throughout 2023. In the first quarter of the year, the commercial market stabilised after an unprecedented 2022 which saw some major challenges as a result of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. What began as a steady start in 2023 turned out to be one of the most active within the commercial section of O’Donnellan & Joyce in recent years, regardless of rising interest rates and market uncertainty.

A consignment of massive wind turbine blades which arrived in the city’s port will this week be transported in the dark of night across Quincentenary Bridge and onwards to their eventual site in Connemara.

A consignment of massive wind turbine blades arrived in the city’s port this week and will be transported in the dark of night across Quincentenary Bridge and onwards to their eventual site in Connerama.

The N6 Galway City Ring Road will cut traffic time in Galway, boost tourism, and, contrary to what many fear, will “support a shift towards environmentally friendly transport modes”.

On a Sunday in March 2000, I witnessed with a joyous heart thousands of Galwegians of all ages enter a bare field beside the Quincentenary Bridge and leave behind a forest.

Senator Sean Kyne has told the resumed An Bord Pleanála Oral Hearing on the N6 Galway City Ring Road Project that is impossible to thread a new, high quality road between the city and Lough Corrib without creating a major impact on homes and businesses.

Funding for Coláiste an Chreagáin