The President is elected every seven years. A President may not serve for more than two terms, a maximum of 14 years. Candidates for election as President must be Irish citizens and over 35 years old. They must be nominated for the election by at least 20 Members of the Oireachtas or four local authorities.
Pride of Place is an all-island competition which is directed towards recognising improvements by local communities to create civic pride in their area.
The term public procurement refers to all activities involved in the process of buying and supplying, goods, services or works. Galway City Council purchases a vast amount across these categories.
Galway City Council is seeking to carry out works in Bun a Chnoic and Cnoc an Óir in order to facilitate the expansion of the Galway City Bus Network to this area.
Local authorities may provide and maintain public parks which offer facilities such as pathways, cycleways, playground, skateboarding areas, playing pitches, outdoor gyms, tea rooms, and performance and exhibition areas.
There are 30 (thirty) playgrounds in Galway City. The Recreation & Amenity Department take great pride in being a child friendly city and with 30 playgrounds/skate parks/multi use game areas, we aim to have the highest quality of maintenance in place.
The Strategy provides a vision of place and design guidance. It outlines a series of project proposals of different scales that will improve Galway’s streets and public spaces over a period of time that will coincide with the ambition of the National Planning Framework to realise Galway’s role as Regional City.
