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New Water Bottle Filling Stations in Galway City Centre to Cut Down on Plastic Waste

By Ryan Harmon 20 September 2023

Galway City Council, in collaboration with Galway Tidy Towns, have installed three new water bottle filling stations in the City Centre, to make it easier for the public to fill their water bottles. The new stations are on Churchyard Street, outside Sheridan’s Cheesemongers; Dominick Street, outside the old Canal House; and outside the Eyre Square […]

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Galway City Council Launches Community Clean Up Online Resource

By Ryan Harmon 13 July 2023

Galway City Council have launched a new online resource to make it easier for community groups to request bags, gloves and litter pickers for litter clean ups in their area. Throughout the year, community and business groups, residents’ associations, colleges, and schools help to keep our beautiful city tidy by engaging in community clean ups. […]

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Love Your Beach Week 2023 is Back for More Fun on the Sand in Galway

By Ryan Harmon 23 May 2023

The Galway City Council Love your Beach Week is back for the third year, with expert environmental talks, beach clean-ups, sounds of the sea percussion workshops, and a children’s sandcastle building competition! Events take place from the 7th to the 11th June, on Ballyloughane, Grattan, Salthill and Silverstrand beaches. All events are free of charge […]

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Galway City Gardens of the Year 2023 Open for Entries

By Ryan Harmon 5 May 2023

Galway City Council is inviting all keen gardeners to celebrate their wonderful green spaces in the annual Garden of the year awards 2023. Entries are welcome in a variety of categories including ‘Best Residential Estate’, ‘Best Front Garden’, ‘Best School’, ‘Best Public and Commercial Building’ and ‘Best Community Project’. Entries are invited online, by (date). […]

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RIAI and Galway City Council Launch Reimagining the Irish City and Town

By Ryan Harmon 27 April 2023

Reimagining the Irish City and Town, a joint initiative of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI), the Academy of Urbanism and Galway City Council, took place in Galway. The conference was aimed at exploring innovative solutions for the challenges facing Irish cities and towns envisioning a more sustainable future. This event brought […]

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Salthill Receives Purple Flag Accreditation For First Time As Galway City Retains Purple Flag for 2023

By Ryan Harmon 17 April 2023

Galway City Council and Salthill Village are delighted to announce that Salthill has officially been awarded the prestigious Purple Flag accreditation for its evening and night-time economy (ENTE). This is the first time that Salthill has received the award, and it joins Galway City which has retained its purple flag status, first awarded to the […]

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LDA Launches Plan to Transform Land at Galway’s Sandy Road

By Ryan Harmon 7 April 2023

The Land Development Agency (LDA) launched ambitious plans yesterday to transform land surrounding Galway’s Sandy Road into a new urban quarter involving up to 750 mixed tenure homes, including social and affordable homes. The agency, which specialises in unlocking the potential for development of underutilised public land and the delivery of affordable housing, has

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Galway City Initiatives to Support Health and Wellbeing of Ukrainian Refugees

By Ryan Harmon 22 February 2023

The Community Response Forum, established by Galway City Council to assist the people of Ukraine, is supporting a number of initiatives to support the health and wellbeing of Ukrainian refugees. This support will enable Galway City Council and partners to assist Ukrainian refugees to integrate into their communities and build healthy lives here in Ireland. […]

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Galway City Businesses Pilot Returnable Coffee Cup System

By Ryan Harmon 29 November 2022

Galway City Council is partnering with 9 innovative businesses to pilot a ‘returnable coffee cup’ system in Galway. Up to 200 million single use coffee cups are thrown away every year in Ireland. This pilot makes it easier for customers to ‘borrow’ a fresh reusable cup for €1, which can be returned and refunded at […]

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New ‘War of Friends’ Exhibition at Galway City Museum

By Ryan Harmon 25 October 2022

Galway City Museum is delighted to announce the opening of a new exhibition that explores the century-old, civil war tragedy, that saw the shooting of Pádraic Ó Máille and the reprisal execution of Liam Mellows. Entitled ‘War of Friends’, 1922-23: The Civil War story of Pádraic Ó Máille and Liam Mellows’, the exhibition displays rare photographs […]

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Free Recycling of Electrical Waste in Galway City

By Ryan Harmon 19 October 2022

Did you know that you can bring back all of your used electric and electronic waste to businesses free of charge in Galway City? Large electrical retailers in Galway City are required to accept household electrical equipment free of charge from members of the public as part of the ‘We’ll take it back’ campaign from WEEE (Waste […]

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Galway City Council Awarded Funding for Cross Border Projects to Support the Arts in Galway

By Ryan Harmon 5 October 2022

€300k has been awarded to Galway City Council for two very exciting cross border collaborations that will directly support the arts and artists. This will be awarded under the Shared Island Local Authority Development Funding scheme. Speaking at an event for the awards in the Townhall Theatre in Cavan, Taoiseach Micheál Martin TD said, “I […]

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Children and ‘Young at Heart’ Invited to Visit Repaired Babaró Sculpture in Galway

By Ryan Harmon 28 September 2022

Galway City Council is inviting children and the ‘Young at Heart’ to visit the recently repaired Babaró Public Sculpture in the Children’s Millennium Park, Galway. The sculpture was created in 2006 to celebrate the Babaró Children’s Arts Festival’s 10th anniversary – symbolising playfulness and colour, and inviting children to engage and stand in the silhouette […]

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Galway City Museum Launch New Accessible Website

By Ryan Harmon 22 September 2022

Galway City Museum have launched their brand new website which was supported by the Heritage Council under the Community Heritage Grant Scheme 2022 and Galway City Council. The site, designed by the Galway based company Rob & Paul Digital Design, is now live at www.galwaycitymuseum.ie. The new website facilitates far greater and easier access to the many services the

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An Older People’s Council for Galway City

By Ryan Harmon 19 September 2022

Over a hundred attendees came along to the Menlo Park Hotel on Monday the 5th of September to find out more about the new Older People’s Council for Galway city. Among the line up of informative and enlightening speakers were none other than the well-known playwright and author Michael Harding. There is no arguing that […]

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Love Your Beach Day in Galway!

By Ryan Harmon 9 September 2022

Galway City Council and Clean Coasts Ireland are teaming up again for Galways first Love your Beach Day on Saturday 17th September 2022. All the events will happen simultaneously at 4 iconic beaches in Galway City to celebrate International Coastal Clean Up Day. Speaking about the event, Tiarnan McCusker, Environmental Awareness Officer with Galway City Council […]

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Launch of Galway City Housing Delivery Action Plan 2022-2026

By Ryan Harmon 21 July 2022

Galway City Council have launched an ambitious Housing Delivery Action Plan, which will see 2,440 social and affordable homes delivered across the city over the next five years. The Action Plan sets out how Galway City Council and Approved Housing Bodies will provide new social and affordable housing through direct build as well as through […]

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Love Your Beach Week is Back in Galway

By Ryan Harmon 30 May 2022

The award winning Love your Beach week is back for its second year, this time with more fun and games for all of the community to enjoy! Having recently won a silver award in the Best Environmental/Ecological Project Initiative at the All Ireland Community and Council Awards 2021, Galway City Council are once again proudly […]

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First Sod Turned on New Salmon Weir Pedestrian and Cycle Bridge

By Ryan Harmon 28 April 2022

Galway City Council this week turned the first sod for the construction of the iconic new Salmon Weir Pedestrian and Cycle Bridge – the first bridge to span the Corrib in over 30 years. The new bridge will draw pedestrians and cyclists and facilitate a seamless and natural flow from either side of the river, while […]

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Galway City Council Urge Coffee Drinkers to “Use Your Mug!”

By Ryan Harmon 13 April 2022

Galway City Council are urging coffee drinkers across the city to ‘’Use your Mug!” A customer will pay €1 to ‘borrow’ the deposit scheme cup and get it refunded when they return it or alternatively swap it for another 2GoCup for free at any of the 10 participating Businesses. Speaking about the campaign, Tiarnan McCusker, […]