Three challenges to Galway City Ring Road permission settled
A fourth action against the permission remains live
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Calls for ban on rickshaws in Dublin following death of young mother
Galway city introduced bylaws in 2013 preventing use of rickshaws
Galway City Council ordered to pause tree felling by High Court
The local authority ordered the felling in response to damage caused by Storm Éowyn in January 2025
Galway’s Taaffes shop, empty for 30 years, has a new owner
Building on William Street has been vacant since 1996, when the family-run shop closed down
Who owns Galway’s Eyre Square? The billionaires, hoteliers and publicans running the central plaza
A property-by-property examination reveals the square’s diverse cast of investors, families and public bodies
Galway City Council’s efforts to rebrand backfire
Council has spent €28,000 refreshing image with a new logo but some want the old ‘G’ back
More than 300 stray horses seized in 18 months, mostly in Limerick and Dublin
Nearly 10% of horses seized were euthanised, while Shetland ponies accounted for a third of strays in Limerick
Supermac’s objects to planned Starbucks drive-through in Galway
Fast food company joins other objectors to proposed new Starbucks outlet
Chinese embassy tried to block Falun Gong members from taking part in St Patrick’s Day parade
Members of the meditative movement marched in the Galway city event despite the efforts of Beijing’s representative in Ireland
Louth has highest delivery of social housing in the State, new study shows
Galway city created fewest social houses in first six months of year, Hardware Association Ireland report shows
Ireland’s Greenest Places: Why we want to salute Net Zero Heroes
As the deadline to nominate people and places in the second Ireland’s Greenest Places competition approaches, we take a look at some of those already in the running
The nine projects awarded €24.7m in total funding six years ago that have still not started
FAI among sports organisations criticised over delays, with Minister saying projects cannot continue on the ‘never-never’
Galway Ring Road facing several High Court challenges to planners’ approval
A number of residents launched lawsuits against An Coimisiún Pleanála, citing impact to homes and environmental concerns
The Galway West byelection candidate offering a ‘Galway first’ platform
Cubbard has built his reputation on getting things done in the city’s Westside community and now wants to expand his appeal
‘People are geared towards voting left’: Helen Ogbu hopes for a Labour win in Galway West
Independent candidate Sheila Garrity believes recent poll not reflective of what she is hearing on ground on byelection canvass
N6 Galway ring road gets planning approval after years of delays and despite environmental concerns
High Court challenges to a previous grant of permission for the 18km ring road led to a fresh planning process
Flood risk: Why did regulator have to ask minister to block zoning for housing 30 times since 2019?
Cases show tensions between advisers and councillors over building on land that is at risk of flooding
Galway cyclists seek a ‘safe space’ four years on from collapse of Salthill project
‘You are caught between parked cars where you could be ‘doored’ at any moment, or fast-moving traffic’
‘No end in sight’: Will Galway’s ring road finally be built?
An Coimisiún Pleanála is expected to publish ruling on latest planning application for long proposed N6 route in January
Catherine Connolly did ‘all types of work’ as barrister and represented banks during crash
Presidential election candidate says she was ‘obliged as a lawyer to act on behalf of variety of clients’
Galway hotel secures permission for nine-storey extension
Plans, initially rejected by city council over environmental concerns, overturned on appeal
‘He wasn’t generous towards her:’ Catherine Connolly and Michael D Higgins’s fraught history
A presumptive Labour successor to Higgins in Galway city, Connolly showed signs of her political abilities as a teenager
More than 1,400 owners of XL Bully dogs applied for ownerships certs before ban deadline
Total does not include applications made to Mayo, Laois and Carlow county councils
Famous Galway music venue that hosted Sinéad O’Connor and Coldplay to become nursing home
Once host to Sinéad O’Connor and Coldplay, Warwick nightclub site to be developed by Bartra
Galway Clinic gets planning permission for expansion
Objector’s appeal had stalled plans for 10 months
‘It was an eyesore for a long time’: the landmark Galway venues and nightclubs left idle
From the Pogues to Coldplay, the Warwick and the Oasis were once pillars of the music scene. After years of dereliction, their sites still lie empty
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 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’
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