PDF Documents
The Galway City Council website includes a number of documents in Adobe Acrobat's Portable Document Format (PDF).
The PDF format allows you to access extra information and publications from the Council.
Each time we use a PDF, the size of the PDF file is displayed in brackets. This information will help you decide whether to download the file to your local machine.
Difficulty downloading PDF's
If you are having problems downloading a PDF file from our site try the following:
- Right-click on the link to the PDF
- Select 'Save Target As'
- Save the PDF to your computer
You can then open the publication from the location you have saved it in.
Reading PDF Files
To read content that you have downloaded you will need a copy of some free software called Adobe Acrobat reader.
You can download the software here - Download Adobe Acrobat reader.
This format is used where we want to make sure that you receive the document with a specific layout - for example forms, or reports where the layout is important - and sometimes for convenience when we convert existing printed documents.
For access to PDF documents for people with visual disability, see the Adobe Acrobat Access page.