Tempers flare as councillors vote against allocating further funds to ‘car crash’ project
Year as European Capital of Culture had been due to start with fire spectacle
Galway is struggling with capacity problems and homelessness. A new travel award will not help
Producer played key role in bid that won Galway capital of culture designation
Organisational difficulty ‘isn’t unusual in big city of culture projects’, new administrator says
Three new appointments to the capital of culture board and new creative director promised in New Year
The Minister for Culture discusses arts funding, Galway 2020 and her own writing ambitions
Artists given briefing document with suggested answers to questions from public
Two Aosdána poets calling for artists to take over cultural capital project’s creative leadership
Organisation said former EU Commissioner left due to unavailablity for board meetings
Confirmation of resignation of John Crumlish follows Druid’s withdrawal of flagship production
Loss of planned project with writer Colm Tóibín for Inis Meáin a significant blow
Delight at announcement of 2020 title tempered with sympathy for victims of Nice attack
Limerick, Kilkenny, Waterford and Wexford were also in the running for title
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