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For the majority of us, building, buying or renovating a home will be the biggest financial undertaking of our lives. But picking a mortgage provider can be almost as important as choosing the perfect home – with so many options on the market, it can be overwhelming.

BnM has announced that SPeco Sustainability – Speco Services Ltd (Galway) is one eight successful companies selected to participate in its 2026 Accelerate Green Programme, which supports Ireland’s rising leaders in energy and climate action. Launched in Boora, Co. Offaly, BnM have brought together an ambitious group of Irish and Northern Irish companies at the forefront of climate action, clean technology and energy innovation.

One of the most sophisticated energy-resilience projects ever deployed in Ireland is underway in Galway, marking a significant milestone for the Irish industrial sector.

MEP Nina Carberry is calling on those living in the coastal areas of Galway to have their say as part of the EU’s public consultation on a new strategy for coastal communities.

Galway City Council has become the first local authority in Ireland to receive funding under the European Urban Initiative (EUI) – Innovative Actions programme.

Galway City Council has been selected by the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment as an SDG Champion for the 2025-2027 programme.

Sinn Féin TD for Galway East, Louis O’Hara, has described the lack of solar energy planning guidelines as open season for developers. Raising this issue in the Dáil last week, he gave examples of local projects including the planned Belleville Solar Project in Monivea-Abbeyknockmoy and the Ballymoneen Solar Project in Grange-Cregmore which is under construction with plans for expansion. O’Hara called on the Government to deliver solar planning guidelines as a matter of urgency.

Ireland’s onshore wind sector is “trapped in an eternal Groundhog Day,” according to the Irish Wind Farmers’ Association (IWFA), which has warned that persistent delays in the planning system are jeopardising the State’s 2030 renewable energy targets.

Galway County Council has announced a €762,000 Community Climate Action Fund aimed at supporting grassroots efforts to implement climate action projects across the county.

Fianna Fáil TD for Galway East, Albert Dolan has expressed serious concern over the failure of the project proposers to properly engage with the local community in relation to the proposed Belleville Solar Farm development.