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In April 2021, the Gluas Group held a webinar in which Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan announced a feasibility study on Light Rail for 2022. [11]In October 2024, a feasibility study commissioned by the National Transport Authority found that there was a case for constructing a fifteen-kilometre light rail line from Roscam to Knocknacarra via Eyre Square and University Hospital Galway.
By 2014, an additional €600,000 was allocated for further work on the interchange area, [8] and a related planning application was submitted to Galway City Council. [9] In early 2020, it was reported that a planning application, overlapping somewhat with the earlier "Ceannt Station Quarter" proposal, was due to be lodged with the city council ...
Galway County Council (Irish: Comhairle Chontae na Gaillimhe) is the local authority of County Galway, Ireland. As a county 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, environment, and local fire ...
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 council also confirmed that it would let a fit-out contract, which could cost a further €12 million, with a view to relocating to the new premises in 2024. [14] It was revealed, in July 2024, that the total cost, including fit-out, could increase from €56 million to €75 million. [15] [16]
As part of the Northern and Western Region, Galway County Council has three representatives and Galway City Council has two representatives on the Northern and Western Regional Assembly. [26] The county is part of three Dáil constituencies: Galway East (3 seats), Galway West (5 seats) and Roscommon–Galway (5 seats). [27]
The functions of local government in the Republic of Ireland are mostly exercised by thirty-one local authorities, termed County, City, or City and County Councils. [1] [2] [3] The principal decision-making body in each of the thirty-one local authorities is composed of the members of the council, elected by universal franchise in local elections every five years from multi-seat local ...
An election to all 39 seats on Galway County Council was held on 7 June 2024, as part of the 2024 Irish local elections. [1] County Galway is divided into 7 local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).