Galway County Council

Additional €1m to be allocated this year to fund project which has already received almost €22m

Our relationship to animals is one of possession, a human privilege. It would be both kinder and safer to reframe that relationship as one of guardianship

Quashing of road plan means those living in housing estate don’t know if they will be forced to find a new home

Mr Justice Brian Murray said the Aarhus Convention requires states to measures to ensure that environmental law proceedings are “not prohibitively expensive”

An Bord Pleanála concedes case against €600m ring road saying it was not aware of climate plan before decision

While Fianna Fáil's national representatives are racked with doubt and uncertainty over the party's future, the same angst is not evident in constituencies like Galway East.

Council ‘fully committed’ to providing survivors with access to archives and records

‘There will be a lost generation if we don’t engage with this as quickly as possible’

High court hears claim thoroughbred horse was destroyed by Galway Co Council when fees not paid

Six month stay put on court order handed down for material breach of planning code and in public interest

First stages in planning application for ring road made to An Bord Pleanála

Council discussing if site where infant remains found should be forensically examined

Refurbished and under-rented three-storey Hynes Building has available office space

Historian calls on members of the public to make submissions to Galway County Council

The tax automatically returns to the base rate each year of 0.18% of the house price

Wers Waste does not have a permit for the waste facility it operates near Tuam

Report finds 73% of main bathing waters in coastal areas and inland of ‘excellent’ quality

Galway County Council reviews files related to construction on grounds of former home

How the human remains were discovered in Co Galway and what will happen next

High Court action against Galway County Council settled on undisclosed terms

Island Ferries Teo had suspended services in row over unpaid passenger levy monies

Island Ferries Teo says it will withdraw the service unless there is an amicable solution

Body sides with council in dispute over van-owner’s use of Connemara business park

A total of €106 million to be distributed this year with further council funding in May

Families with 15 children have been living at entrance to waste facility for 6 months

Tribute extended to Galway West TD obliged to withdraw candidacy from general election

Over 800 properties affected by floods since early December - many more still at risk

Homeowners frustrated as Minister Simon Coveney visits Springfield, Co Clare

More houses succumb to rising water levels in south Galway

Several properties succumb to flooding in spite of efforts with pumps and sandbags

OPW junior minister commits to €1bn national flood plan in place in a year’s time

Island Ferries Ltd to cease service between Ros-a-Mhíl and Inis Mór on January 17th

Sole winter service due to cease on January 17th following Supreme Court ruling

Island Ferries Teo will stop ferry run from mainland to Cill Rónáin from January 17th

Internal review commissioned in 2010 to investigate complaints made by An Taisce

Tributes paid in Portumna, Co Galway, to ‘fantastic’ State agency response

‘I was going up to shower when the river met me in the hall’

Catholic Bishop of Galway had objected to funding for ‘morally wrong behaviour’

As views differ over its future, farmer lays claim to Maam Valley’s most famous ruin

Report estimates increase in data centres will lead to 18% rise in demand for electricity