Connacht Tribune / City Tribune - News and information in Galway

ONE explosive event dominated the tale of Irish weather in 2025 – the most violent recorded storm/hurricane ever to hit the island on the Thursday evening/Friday morning of January 23/24 last.
Both the Connacht GAA Dome at Bekan, Ballyhaunis and the Galway Lawn Tennis Dome in Salthill were flattened by Éowyn, while at one point in the aftermath of the storm, 768,000 ESB customers across the country were without power....

The Returning Officer for Galway West has apologised to a Portuguese man who was wrongly denied a vote in the 2024 Local Elections due to a “very unfortunate error” at a city polling station.
Carlos Manuel Garcia da Silva was denied a vote at Ballybane polling station on June 7, 2024, after he was erroneously told by staff that he was only eligible to vote in the European Election, and not the Local Election....

Plans to ‘revitalise’ the Battle of Aughrim visitor centre will be advanced in 2026.
Galway County Council is planning to appoint a consultancy team to deliver a feasibility study, concept development, and detailed design of the project.
Some €129,000 has been set aside for the completion of these stages of the project....

A County Galway teenager has hailed the ‘unreal support’ he has received since he was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour.
Joe Hurley, from Killimordaly, was just 17 when he received the devastating diagnosis last September and news that he required specialised treatment abroad....