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Councillor Eddie Hoare has welcomed confirmation that the Children’s Millennium Playground on University Road is set to be fully upgraded in the coming months. A contractor will be appointed in July.

Hosted by painter and sculptor, Joe McCaul, who is the current chairperson of Kava as well as being Mary's husband, the show will be officially opened by newly elected Councillor Paul Killilea.

Controversial council mergers, regrets about slow moving housing policies and the 'burning issues' facing Galway County Council were all featured in the outgoing Cathaoirleach of the County of Galway, Liam Carroll's last address on Friday, June 21.

Previously holding the title of youngest person to be elected to council, Athenry-Oranmore councillor, Albert Dolan, has broken records yet again, being named the youngest Cathaoirleach of Galway County Council on Friday, June 21.

Green Party senator Pauline O’Reilly from Galway has offered public support for Galway-born Senator Pippa Hackett to become their party’s new leader after the surprise resignation of Eamon Ryan this week.

The youth association's ninth annual charity walk, held Sunday, June 2, has successfully raised over €11,000 in support of the Irish Red Cross and their appeal for the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. The 5K walk was held along Palmer’s Beach, providing a scenic view of the Atlantic Ocean for the participants.

Cllr Helen Ogbu proudly attended her first official engagement as a newly elected representative for Galway City East on Saturday, June 15, at the BounceBack Enterprises open day celebrating Traveller Pride 2024 in Ballybrit.

Count centres are like catnip for political reporters: we just can’t resist visiting them. And politicians – usually button-lipped around pol corrs – tend to want to chat about everything under the sun when ballots are being sorted, as the uniquely democratic adrenalin of fear and anticipation courses through their party-political veins.

Fianna Fáil’s Josie Forde, a first-time candidate and the party’s only female runner in Galway, is one of six new councillors who survived the field of 52 runners on a day when her party lost its position as the largest on the local authority, going down from five to four seats. Her 665 first preferences got her in on the 14th count.

All signs point to a Fianna Fáil-Labour-Sinn Féin coalition with support from Independent councillors to run the Galway City Council for the next five years.