Galway 2020 events may be ‘cancelled or scaled down’ as funding dries up
Tempers flare as councillors vote against allocating further funds to ‘car crash’ project
Galway 2020 opening ceremony cancelled due to weather warnings
Year as European Capital of Culture had been due to start with fire spectacle
Galway’s Lonely Planet award: ‘I don’t see how we will cope’
Galway is struggling with capacity problems and homelessness. A new travel award will not help
Galway 2020 selects film producer Arthur Lappin to chair board
Producer played key role in bid that won Galway capital of culture designation
Galway 2020 appoints UK company to fill role of creative director
Organisational difficulty ‘isn’t unusual in big city of culture projects’, new administrator says
Galway 2020: Chairwoman Aideen McGinley signals intention to step aside
Three new appointments to the capital of culture board and new creative director promised in New Year
Josepha Madigan on culture and her racy self-published novel
The Minister for Culture discusses arts funding, Galway 2020 and her own writing ambitions
Galway 2020 project gets new logo as organisers rally support
Artists given briefing document with suggested answers to questions from public
Galway 2020: no sponsorship raised in six months and almost €130,000 spent on fees
Two Aosdána poets calling for artists to take over cultural capital project’s creative leadership
Maire Geoghegan-Quinn resigns from Galway 2020 board
Organisation said former EU Commissioner left due to unavailablity for board meetings
Galway 2020 loses key board member with resignation of arts festival chief
Confirmation of resignation of John Crumlish follows Druid’s withdrawal of flagship production
Druid Theatre withdraws major production from Galway 2020
Loss of planned project with writer Colm Tóibín for Inis Meáin a significant blow
Galway celebrates European Capital of Culture success
Delight at announcement of 2020 title tempered with sympathy for victims of Nice attack
And Ireland’s European Capital of Culture 2020 is . . . Galway
Limerick, Kilkenny, Waterford and Wexford were also in the running for title
Who will win the European Capital of Culture?
As the judges arrive in Ireland, before making a decision on Friday, we look at the best bits from our European Capital of Culture proposals from Limerick, Galway and the Three Sisters
What is the point of the European Capital of Culture?
Galway, Limerick and the trio of Wexford, Waterford and Kilkenny are working on their final bids for 2020. But is it worth the mammoth effort?
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