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Senior representatives and Elected Members of Galway City Council welcomed Taoiseach Micheál Martin to Galway City recently (30.05.2025), as part of a visit to the site of the new Crown Square Campus and 345 new homes being developed by the LDA, at Crown Square in Mervue.

Galway’s Age Friendly Ambassador joins call to prioritise physical, mental and emotional wellbeing as part of Age Friendly Ireland’s Ambassadors’ Day. Former Galway Bay FM Host and Galway City and County Age Friendly Ambassador, Keith Finnegan, joined fellow Age Friendly Ambassadors from across the country to promote a clear message: emotional, mental and physical health must take centre stage in how Ireland supports and celebrates ageing.

Galway City Council, in collaboration with urban design consultants Allies and Morrison, has completed a two-day design charrette as part of the Salthill Village and Seafront Framework — a transformative vision for the future of Galway City’s most iconic seaside location.

Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran TD, Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works (OPW), and Noel Grealish TD, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, met with senior representatives from Galway City Council last week (Friday 27 June 2025) to discuss the Coirib go Cósta Galway City Flood Relief Scheme.

A groundbreaking pilot electric vehicle (EV) charging hub was launched in Westside today by the Mayor of the City of Galway, Cllr Mike Cubbard, and Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Seán Canney TD. The hub is the first solar-powered with battery and grid back-up public EV charging hub in Ireland.