Galway County Council Tourism Officer John Neary pictured with Slowdown project delegates at the Ahascragh Distillery, Ireland’s first Eco-Distillery. SLOW TOURISM in Galway was the focus of a week-long programme led by Galway County Council and the BIA Innovator Campus who hosted European partners from the Interreg Europe Slowdown project.
Clarinbridge Tidy Towns members pictured with Pride of Place judges Tom Dowling and Alison Dowling;Cathaoirleach of Galway County Council Cllr. David Collins; Liam Hanrahan, Chief Executive, Galway County Council; Michael Owens, Director of Services; Community Staff of Galway County Council; Cllr. Martina Cunnane, and SCCUL staff. CLARINBRIDGE’s community and the Marconi Men’s Shed in Clifden …
Twenty-seven people from across Galway City and County have been named Local Heroes as part of Positive Ageing Week 2025, in recognition of their ongoing contributions to their communities including Kinvara’s Catherine Kilkelly.
Pictured at the launch of a free tax support initiative for vulnerable groups in Galway are, from left: Eileen Ruane, Director of Services, Galway County Council; Elizabeth Keane, County Librarian; Prof Jonathan Levie, Head of School, J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics; Prof Emer Mulligan, Director, University of Galway Tax Clinic; Meliosa McIntyre, Skills …
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*Pictured with the 2025 Ireland eGovernment ‘Open Data’ Award, left to right, are Brídín Feeney, GIS Officer, Galway County Council, and Giles Newsome, CEO of iConnect101 and a member of this year’s judging panel. Photograph: Noel Hillis. AN INNOVATIVE StoryMaps project, which has digitised the heritage of communities across Co Galway into interactive online experiences, …
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GALWAY’S nominations for the 2025 IPB Pride of Place Awards have been selected with Clarinbridge and Clifden flying the flag.
Pictured at a meeting between the Washington County Board and a Galway County Council delegation marking the 22-year twinning of the two counties are (from left) Liam Conneally, Chief Executive of Galway County Council; Jeffrey D. Schleif, Chairperson of the Washington County Board; and Leas-Chathaoirleach Cllr Mary Hoade. A Galway County Council delegation has met …
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Declan Thornton, Driver; Liam Conneally, Chief Executive; Noel Divilly, Machinery Yard Supervisor; and Uinsinn Finn, Director of Services, Galway County Council, pictured with the five new trucks. GALWAY County Council has expanded its vehicle fleet to support road maintenance across its five Municipal Districts and to boost its capacity to treat the county’s national secondary …
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*Brendán Ó Loinsigh, Ballinderreen GAA Club; Paul Bellew, Chairperson of Galway GAA; Denise Feeney and Tina Ryan of Galway County Council’s Climate Action Team; and Padraic Fallon, Chairperson of the GAA Green Club Programme attending the Galway County Council Green Clubs Programme information evening in Ballinderreen GAA Club. Credit Mike Shaughnessy. COMMUNITY GROUPS across Galway …
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Councillor Martina Kinane, the Cathaoirleach of the County of Galway, Dorothy Niland and Ellen Troake, Ballindereen NS, overall winners in the National Schools anti-Litter competition. Back L-R Brendan de Courcy MacDonnell, Ballindereen NS and Mark Molloy, Assistant Environmental Awareness Officer, Galway County Council. Credit Ray Ryan. COUNTY HALL was transformed into a hub of creativity …
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