Due to planned strike action, Galway City Council offices, community centres, Galway City Museum, Town Hall Theatre and Liosbán Recycling Centre will be closed to the public on Wednesday, 14 October 2026.
A new exhibition at Galway City Museum, The Tribes in Hungary: Walter Lynch and Ferenc Martyn, explores two descendants of the Galway Tribes who left lasting legacies in Hungary.
Met Eireann has issued the following Status Yellow - High Temperature warning for Ireland:
Maximum temperatures in excess of 27°C combined with night-time minima in excess of 15°C expected.
Galway City Council is pleased to announce that the tender for the construction of the new Newcastle Community Centre has been awarded to Burns Construction & Civil Engineering, and that works have commenced onsite. Dara Calleary T.D, Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht officially turned the sod on the new development.
Councillor Helen Ogbu was elected as Mayor of the City of Galway at the Galway City Council AGM in City Hall on Friday 19 June 2026, becoming the 72nd person to hold the honour of the First Citizen of Galway City.
Extended opening hours will be complemented by a free programme of immersive performances, talks, workshops and events after 5pm at Galway City Museum from June to December 2026.
Galway City Council is inviting residents to a new series of Energy Efficiency Evenings taking place across the city throughout 2026. These free, community-focused events will give residents the opportunity to learn more about improving home energy performance, reducing energy bills, and discovering practical retrofit options.
Local authorities must identify official bathing areas in their area every year so that they can be monitored for safety, water quality and their level of use. To help with this process, Galway City Council are asking people who swim at beaches, lakes and rivers to tell them if they think they should maintain existing designated bathing waters designations or give a new official bathing area designation to areas that are commonly used for swimming, but not identified at the moment.
