Galway’s arthouse Pálás cinema to close after ‘stark’ financial losses
Closure of seven-year-old venue blamed on rising costs, Covid and ‘oversaturation of commercial cinemas’
Galway City Council
Galway City Council: Galway City Central, Galway City East, Galway City West local electoral areas LEAs
Galway city councillors pass contentious budget raising commercial rates by 6% during fractious meeting
Controversial rates rise forced through by voting bloc featuring Fianna Fáil, Labour, Sinn Féin and independents
Storm Ashley: High winds forecast as Met Éireann expands orange warnings to seven counties
Warnings intensify for Kerry, Leitrim and Sligo with winds of up to 120km/h expected in places
Report estimates it would cost nearly €35bn to build social housing for all those in need
Parliamentary Budget Office calculates there were 115,425 households with an ‘ongoing need’ for permanent, State-supported housing at the end of 2023
From candidates with migrant backgrounds to the main parties, here are the winners and losers of the local elections
As counts neared completion on Monday, here’s a guide to who had a good – and bad – June 7th election
Local Elections: Galway City Council results
Labour adds two seats and Greens lose two as Sinn Féin manages to regain a presence on the local authority
Election weekend’s lighter moments: From a mouse in the ballot box to missing diamonds
Local election results count: The diamond, believed to have fallen from a voter’s ring while casting her ballot, was still missing at the time of going to print
Local election results: Hundreds of seats yet to be filled as FF and FG set to battle it out to be largest party
Election results: Sinn Féin will make gains in comparison to 2019 result but TD David Cullinane says ‘obviously we expected to do better’
‘As a woman and an elder, I have a lot of experience’: Meet Ireland’s older local election candidates
Local election candidates: Age no obstacle to cohort of elder candidates contesting the local elections, with first-time candidates ranging in vintage from 18 years to 89
Election trail: Green Party back on the endangered species list after four years in Government
The party has claimed policy wins since entering Coalition but retaining gains made in 2019′s local and European elections will be challenging
Businessman claims developer offered €50,000 if he dropped planning appeal
Two Galway residents allege they were subjected to ‘campaign of relentless pressure’ to withdraw planning appeals
Galway roads: ‘I would say this is the worst place I’ve ever cycled by a long shot’
Simon Rowan was badly injured in a collision. As he faces a long recovery, he deplores his city’s cycling infrastructure
Galway City Council chief executive dismisses councillor’s ‘bulls**t’ comment
Brendan McGrath, in his last meeting before retirement, snapped at Fianna Fáil councillor Alan Cheevers who had accused him of ‘waffle’
Galway looks ‘like a mouth full of broken teeth’, says one of world’s leading planners
Planners must have power to stand up to interest groups, German planning expert says
Galway council chief ‘surprised and disappointed’ by An Bord Pleanála refusals for social housing in city
Planning body, heavily criticised at local authority emergency meeting, branded ‘a basket case’ who have ‘stolen Galway’s progress’
Plan for 750 new homes for Galway’s Sandy Road area unveiled
Land Development Agency hopes development of new community on land largely owned by ESB can prompt redevelopment of adjoining brownfield sites
Angry scenes at Galway County Council meeting over ‘land grab’ by city council
Angry scenes at Galway County Council meeting as one councillor compares proposed move to Russia’s annexation of Crimea
New pedestrian and cycling bridge to form central element of Galway-Clifden Greenway
Structure linking university and Woodquay will be located 300m from under-development Salmon Weir bridge
‘Simply baffling’: Galway city mayor criticises An Bord Pleanála housing decisions
Planning body overturned permission for 71 homes and refused social and Traveller accommodation plan
Galway City Council will not meet social housing needs for ‘foreseeable future’, meeting hears
Two social housing developments, granted permission by council, overturned by An Bord Pleanála in recent months
Sham rock and shenanigans: The Saw Doctors fairy tale is making its way to the stage
The Tuam band’s manager is writing a play about an unlikely success and a colourful moment in Galway life
Limerick leads rest of country in collecting parking fine money
Illegal removal of vehicle clamps increased sixfold in Dublin from 2021 to 2022
County council to investigate buying out city’s stake in former Galway Airport site
Ambitious plans for site hit stumbling block last year when planners imposed five-year limit on application by Danú Media to transform airport hangar into film and tv studio
Council plan to build homes on Galway floodplain is blocked
Councillors voted to rezone the Headford Road site for residential use during final deliberations over Galway city’s development plan
Taxpayer still paying for Covid-hit Galway 2020, council documents show
Additional €1m to be allocated this year to fund project which has already received almost €22m
Galway SocDems councillor Owen Hanley resigns following allegations
Party says statutory authorities were notified as soon as it became aware of the claims against him
New River Corrib pedestrian and cycle bridge to open in Galway city next year
New crossing intended to reduce collisions on 200-year-old Salmon Weird Bridge
‘We’re all on edge’: Galway ring road uncertainty puts residents in limbo
Quashing of road plan means those living in housing estate don’t know if they will be forced to find a new home
Anti-social behaviour in Galway should get same attention as Dublin’s O’Connell Street, Seanad hears
Fianna Fail’s Ollie Crowe said that it has been an ongoing problem for the past two years and never ‘effectively addressed or stamped out’
City councils to warn of housing delivery challenges posed by inflation
Some 637 homes to be delivered by Cork while Galway aims to provide 1,435 social homes in 2022
Galway ring road plan quashed as board admits it was not aware of climate plan
An Bord Pleanála concedes case against €600m ring road saying it was not aware of climate plan before decision
Galway: Where the car is still king and ‘glaciers move faster than the council’
Keen cyclist Harry McGee found a two-hour cycle in and around Galway this week to be an eye-opening experience
Storm Jorge set to bring flooding, falling trees and power outages
Status red, the highest level warning, issued for Clare and Galway as winds batter country
Body of man in his 20s found close to Galway City Hall
Mayor express ‘deep shock’ at fatality in area and vows to make concerns known to Minister
Galway to devise a ‘public realm’ strategy for city centre
City’s hiring of urban planners mirrors similar Dublin strategy in 2008
Teacher ‘baled car out with coffee cup’ after Galway floods
Sinead Barrett says council could use sirens to warn public to get away from rising waters
Major clean-up operation after storm Eleanor continues
ESB repair crews reconnected the last customers cut off during the storm on Thursday night
Galway City Council approves €104m office complex overlooking docks
Bonham Quay scheme spearheaded by Gerry Barrett receives planning permission
Full list of local property tax rate increases and decreases for 2018
The tax automatically returns to the base rate each year of 0.18% of the house price
Plan for Galway includes distinctive ‘city quarter’ on Eyre Square’s east side
Council and developers in talks ahead of year as European Capital of Culture in 2020
Galway council takes legal advice over tree-felling
Five trees were cut down without permission in Salthill Park over the weekend
Traveller families move from Galway City Hall to nearby beach
Labour councillor calls on families moved from waste facility in January to ‘calm down’
Travellers convoy to city hall over accommodation dispute
Young families including 15 children take action as talks with Galway council continue
Travellers at unauthorised Galway site see eviction delayed
Families with 15 children have been living at entrance to waste facility for 6 months
Travellers with young children ordered to vacate Galway site
Families of 15 children, including an 11-week-old baby, living at entrance to waste facility
Clonmel residents leave homes as river levels continue to rise
Increased risk of flooding along Liffey, more than 200 homes uninhabitable nationwide
Storm Frank: More rain expected as flood warning continues
December confirmed as wettest on record, while Shannon level still rising in Athlone
Coast Guard warnings to ‘stay back, stay high and stay dry’
Members of the public have been asked to exercise extreme caution when walking along exposed seafronts and piers, given the expected high tides and inclement weather
Fine Gael TD Brian Walsh will not contest next election
Galway West deputy and former party whip withdraws candidacy due to medical advice
Investigation into ‘kerosene’ in water supply to Galway housing estate
Irish Water tells residents for second time this year not to use water until further notice
Statue of satirist Pádraic Ó Conaire to be cast in bronze
Replica of stone statue of ‘Galway’s Chekhov’ may be unveiled in Eyre Square
New to the Parish: ‘I didn’t know I was black until I came to Ireland’
All the Lonely People: After her mother died, Zeenie Summers moved to Ireland to stay with her father, but she fell into depression and homelessness before finding a new kind of family
‘Rent-a-room’ incentive is insufficient, Galway councillor says
Housing crisis affecting students, new employees and almost 4,500 on housing list
Analysis: Sharp response required to tackle homeless crisis
Family homelessness predicament is spiralling out of control
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