The Irish Times

Galway 2020: Chairwoman Aideen McGinley signals intention to step aside

Three new appointments to the capital of culture board and new creative director promised in New Year

Fri Dec 21 2018 - 17:00

Galway 2020: no sponsorship raised in six months and almost €130,000 spent on fees

Two Aosdána poets calling for artists to take over cultural capital project’s creative leadership

Fri Oct 19 2018 - 21:49

Galway rough sleeper who died a ‘nice young lad who had gone astray’

Preliminary postmortem results rule out any suspicious circumstances in death of Martin Carroll (29)

Tue Oct 16 2018 - 20:30

Maire Geoghegan-Quinn resigns from Galway 2020 board

Organisation said former EU Commissioner left due to unavailablity for board meetings

Thu Oct 04 2018 - 16:42

Galway 2020 loses key board member with resignation of arts festival chief

Confirmation of resignation of John Crumlish follows Druid’s withdrawal of flagship production

Wed Oct 03 2018 - 20:10

Druid Theatre withdraws major production from Galway 2020

Loss of planned project with writer Colm Tóibín for Inis Meáin a significant blow

Wed Oct 03 2018 - 00:46

Galway 2020 project in turmoil as chief executive departs

Departure of Hannah Kiely comes just months after project lost creative director

Mon Sept 10 2018 - 21:03

Galway Capital of Culture: first the euphoria, now the questions

First Galway 2020’s creative director quit; now funding questions are being asked

Sat Jun 30 2018 - 06:30

Galway 2020 to appoint replacement creative director

British theatre director Chris Baldwin left post last month by ‘mutual agreement’

Wed Jun 20 2018 - 07:14

Galway 2020 loses its creative director amid ‘confidence crisis’

Chris Baldwin leaves European Capital of Culture organising body ‘by mutual agreement’

Wed May 30 2018 - 16:20

‘Confidence crisis’ for Galway 2020 City of Culture, ex-mayor says

Questions raised about creative director position amid reports of resignation

Wed May 30 2018 - 06:00

Galway 2020 may face significant shortfall in funding

Project is under strain amid signs Galway County Council is no longer committed to it

Mon Apr 02 2018 - 03:45

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

Fri Jan 05 2018 - 16:01

Galway home and business owners count cost of flooding

Local council accused of failing to act on warnings by Office of Public Works

Wed Jan 03 2018 - 18:58

Big wheel alert: attraction ‘fully certified as safe’, says Galway City Council

Electrical fault stalled Eyre Square wheel; up to 20 people stranded in cabs

Sun Nov 19 2017 - 21:21

West coast escapes worst of Storm Ophelia

ESB Networks say it could be 10 days before power is fully restored in more isolated areas

Mon Oct 16 2017 - 21:09

Ex-Sisters of Mercy orphanage to become ‘creative hub’

Mixed reaction from politicians as Galway City Council to take ownership of building

Wed Sept 13 2017 - 10:36

Hotel rooms listed at over €500 a night during Galway Races

‘Sky-high’ prices give city bad name, says former mayor but hoteliers claim they are inaccurate

Sun Jul 30 2017 - 18:39

Victim named after stabbing fatality at Galway house

Gardaí question man in his mid-60s arrested at scene in Mervue

Mon Mar 13 2017 - 01:00

Galway councillors criticised over approach to Traveller housing

Former mayor Pádraig Conneely says negative comments are ‘informed by reality’

Tue Feb 21 2017 - 18:24

Hounded? Galway may ban dogs without leashes

Proposed bylaws also include restrictions on soccer kick-abouts and picking flowers

Fri Sept 09 2016 - 08:36

Galway council threatens to withdraw from cinema project

Local authority delivers ultimatum on the long-delayed €8m arthouse development

Sun May 08 2016 - 18:23

Future of unauthorised 1916 monument in Galway to be reviewed

City manager says some Mervue residents want memorial stone to be retained

Wed Apr 20 2016 - 01:00

No action against obstetrician who led Savita Halappanavar care

Medical Council decides no further steps should be taken against Dr Katherine Astbury

Tue Mar 31 2015 - 17:27

HSE recoups €3m for care of deceased medical card-holders

Executive due further €2m in ghost payments from GPs in receipt of capitation fees

Sun Mar 29 2015 - 16:54

‘Threat emails’ to Galway Mayor in Leisureland pool price row

Five of swimming pool’s seven directors resigned in opposition to increased charges

Mon Dec 15 2014 - 19:23

Culture Shock: Galway’s struggling arts groups face toughest cuts yet

A Labour Party councillor says he abstained from voting when the figures came before full council because he wasn’t happy with ‘the flippant way the arts grants were being treated’

Sat Jun 07 2014 - 01:00

Concern raised for sucidal asylum seekers in direct provision hostels

Irish Refugee Council calls on Fitzgerald to urgently meet parents of three children

Fri May 09 2014 - 15:02

Galway city profile: There could be a dogfight in each of three wards

Constituency profile: Boundary revisions have seen the east ward lose a chunkto the central ward

Fri May 09 2014 - 06:53

Independent inspection of lift in which toddler died to take place in Galway

Father of boy thanks people of Galway for support

Thu Jan 23 2014 - 01:00

Funeral of boy (3) killed in lift shaft takes place in Galway

Mother to travel to family in Nigeria to mourn son

Mon Jan 20 2014 - 01:00

Mother of child who died in Galway office lift calls for investigation to be made public

Three-year-old boy to be buried today

Sat Jan 18 2014 - 01:00

Nigerian embassy to liaise with family after death of toddler

Boy (3) died after he became trapped in lift; Intervention follows Galway mayor’s appeal

Fri Jan 17 2014 - 10:26

Inquiries continue into death of boy aged three in lift shaft

Safety authority seeks to establish if lift stalled or had a malfunction

Wed Jan 15 2014 - 01:00