Galway’s designation as European Capital of Culture in 2020, “will end in tears”, a former city mayor has predicted. City Councillor Pádraig Conneely (FG), chairman of...
It has been dubbed ‘the Venice of Ireland’, boasting the most intricate waterway system in the country. Before human intervention, Galway was a city of seven...
Galway’s two local authority chiefs discussed ‘pulling out’ of running the city’s European Capital of Culture 2020 programme because they can’t afford it. Brendan McGrath, Chief...
As a test run for how they would handle the national extravaganza, Galway City is to host the Connacht Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in July for...
Hoteliers are planning to extend their premises, and to build new hotels, to try to satisfy an expected surge in tourist demand in 2020, when Galway...
It rains quite a bit in Galway. It rains so much in Galway, in fact, that the wet weather has provided the inspiration behind one of...
A social clause ensuring unemployed Galway builders are hired to work on big publicly-funded construction projects in the city is being advanced. Social clauses in Galway...
Galway’s year-long designation as Capital of Culture in 2020 could turn into another ‘arthouse cinema debacle’ without proper checks and balances being put in place, a...
