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The availability of attractive, competitively priced commercial property remains crucial for attracting and retaining foreign direct investment (FDI) in Galway, according to IDA Ireland’s new manager in the West.
Regional Manager West Region, Noeleen Hussey – who joined the IDA from Enterprise Ireland and replaced Ricky Conneely who relocated to North America with the organisation – said a thriving commercial property market was essential to the West’s success...

Galway drivers lost an average of 62 hours – or more than two and a half days – sitting in traffic last year. That’s according to new INRIX Global Traffic Scorecard, which looks at data from over 900 cities in 36 countries across seven continents,
Ironically, that figure represented a fall of seven percent on 2024 and 15 per cent on 2023 – but it still made the city the 71st worst of those urban centres surveyed for the report. Dublin, on the other hand, was one of the world’s worst....

January is a natural time to reset routines, and people across Galway are being encouraged to focus on small, practical changes that are easier to maintain. Rather than dramatic overhauls that can add pressure to daily life, the emphasis this winter...

NO commitment has been given that full maternity services will ever be restored at Portiuncula Hospital, giving rise to huge concern among women locally.
Speaking after attending a HSE presentation on maternity services at the Ballinasloe hospital at the Oireachtas Health Committee, local Councillor Evelyn Parsons said there were “still more questions than answers” about the decision in July 2025 to transfer...