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Galway City Council (Irish: Comhairle Cathrach na Gaillimhe) is the local authority of the city of Galway, Ireland. As a city council , it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001 . The council is responsible for housing and community, roads and transportation, urban planning and development, amenity and culture, and environment .
The original municipal building in the city was the Tholsel which was built about 1639. [1] This was replaced by Galway Town Hall in Courthouse Square which was completed in 1825. [2] After it was reformed in 1937, Galway Corporation was mostly based at offices in Dominick Street and Fishmarket. [3]
[4] [5] The building, which is a protected structure, [6] was repurposed as a cultural venue in the early 1980s and became the home of the Galway Arts Centre. [1] The building was purchased by Galway City Council in 1986 and renovated in 2004. [1] The "church house", at the rear of Nun's Island Theatre, was acquired in 2015. [7]
[11] [12] Plans were submitted to Galway City Council the following December with full planning permission secured in May 2019. In January 2020, the Government announced funding totalling €20m towards the project, with €10m coming from the Large Scale Sports Infrastructure Fund, and a further €10m from the Project 2040 fund in line with ...
Galway City Council elections (8 P) Pages in category "Galway City Council" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect ...
John Connolly (born 1978/1979) [1] is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway West constituency since the 2024 general election. [2] [3] He had been an unsuccessful candidate at the 2016 general election in Galway West and the 2016 Seanad election for the Cultural and Educational Panel.
The park is within the city centre, adjoining the nearby shopping area of William Street and Shop Street. Galway railway station is adjacent to Eyre Square. The park is rectangular, surrounded on three sides by streets that form the major traffic arteries into Galway city centre; the west side of the square was pedestrianised in 2006.
The main reason for this is the presence of Bóthar na dTreabh, the dual carriageway leading into the city from the east. [citation needed] The area was the subject to significant development and demographic change in the early 21st century. [5] Galway City council planners designated the area for development from the 1990s.