Comhairle Cathrach na Gaillimhe / Galway City Council

Best wishes to the Galway team from all of Galway City!

Best of luck to Galway in the All Ireland Championship Final tomorrow from Galway City Council.

Live Screening of the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Final 2024 - Get Tickets! ⚽ A Galway Fanzone will be created at Pearse Stadium, Salthill on Sunday 28 July for the All-Ireland Senior Football Final. Over 10,000 fans are expected to cheer the team on at this family-friendly event, which is organised by Galway City Council, Galway GAA and our Partners in the Emergency Services. This is a free event - tickets essential. Get tickets at https://lnkd.in/eRDpzd5V GAA Galway GAA

Take your office to your holiday destination with our coworking hub. Work and relax without taking leave. Galway City Connected Hubs: PorterShed CREW Platform 94 SCCUL Enterprise Centre Westside Resource Centre #HolidayWorkBalance #CoworkingLife #outofofficeoffice

📸✨ GALLERY TALK: Women of the Thar Desert In Galway City Museum Ireland - Tripadvisor Travelers' Choice Award Winner 2024! This new exhibition - "Women of the Thar Desert" - by award-winning photographer Karen Cox is now open at Galway City Museum, as part of the Galway International Arts Festival. The exhibition spans both indoor and outdoor gallery space and looks at the lives of women and girls in the Thar Desert, northwest India. Join Karen at the Museum on Saturday 20 July, 2:00pm-3:00pm, to hear more through story and imagery, about her time in India. Hear about the lives of women from the lowest castes in the Hindu social hierarchy, including Dalits. Karen Cox Photography has featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, Rolling Stone, and more, and we are honoured to showcase her latest project. Please note Galway City Museum is open during the #GIAF festival, 16-28 July, Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-5pm and Sunday 12pm-5pm. Galleries close at 4:45pm. The Museum is closed on Mondays. 📅 20 July 2024 🕒 2:00pm - 3:00pm 📍 Galway City Museum 🎟️ Free 📞 Book on (091) 532460 / museum@galwaycity.ie 👥 Suitable for Adults #GalwayCityMuseum #GIAF24 #TharDesert #WomenofThar #photographyexhibition #documentaryphotography #india #gcm #galwaycitymuseum #galwaymuseum

Galway City Council is launching a new climate festival from 12-15 September 2024. ‘Climate Inspirations - Communities in Action’ is an innovative, creative and collaborative festival which aims to change the narrative around climate action to one of positivity. It will harness Galway’s creative energy and embrace our theatrical, musical, art, active travel, sport, Gaeilge and food cultures. The festival delivers on objectives as set out in the recently adopted Galway City Climate Action Plan. The full programme is available at https://lnkd.in/efkyQm99 Highlights include: Talks and panel discussions at An Taibhdhearc Theatre, Middle Street with speakers including President Mary Robinson, Philip Boucher Hayes, Ella McSweeney and Joe Brolly amongst others A bilingual concert at An Taibhdhearc Theatre with singer songwriter John Spillane Middle Street being pedestrianised and becoming a playful space with lots of fun, art, live music and games ‘Féasta’ - A long table pop up feast with Michelin star Chef Enda McEvoy’s new social enterprise Hinterland West, Galway City Partnership and Galway community gardens New Climate Street Theatre with Fregoli Theatre A new commission by Galway City Council – “The Sounds of Climate Change” A second-hand market on Middle Street A family cycle ride through the streets of Galway City Speaking about the festival, Chief Executive of Galway City Council, Leonard Cleary said: “Galway City Council wants to be at the forefront of Climate Action in the country and I am delighted that our Climate Team is organising such an innovative and positive festival. It will bring people along with us on the journey to collectively reduce our Greenhouse gas emissions and create a fun, healthier and more liveable city whilst we are doing it.’’ Mayor of the City of Galway, Cllr. Peter Keane said: “The Elected Members adopted the Galway City Climate Action Plan in February 2024, and this is exactly the type of positive action required. I welcome this new festival and hope that it will be used a springboard for further community engagement in the years ahead.’’ For further information visit https://lnkd.in/efkyQm99 or email Climate@GalwayCity.ie The festival is supported by Milestone Inventive.   Pictured celebrating the launch of ‘Climate Inspirations – Communities in Action’ Climate Festival from 12-15 September in Galway City, are Faozia Moqbel, Galway City Partnership; Justin Kenrick, GCC Climate Action Team; Damien Redington, Climate Action Coordinator, GCC; Child front left - Max Shackleton Silke; Child front right - James McFeely; Deputy Mayor of the City of Galway, Cllr Níall McNelis; Derek Pender, Director of Services, GCC; Maria Tivnan, Fregoli Theatre Company; Molly McFeely; Hicham Altit, Galway Chamber; Tiarnan McCusker, Community Climate Action Officer, GCC; Katie Shackleton Silke, Milestone Inventive.

New Arts Creativity Fund for People living in Emergency Accommodation A new fund to support access to arts, culture, and creativity for people in emergency accommodation has been launched in Galway City. The Emergency Homeless Accommodation Creativity Fund will enable people in emergency accommodation in Galway City to participate in its vibrant creative and cultural life. The fund will support people experiencing homelessness in Galway City to access creative activities by providing small individual grants for music or art lessons, workshops, or to purchase art materials or musical equipment. The grant will be administered by COPE and Simon, in conjunction with their key workers. Homelessness remains a pressing and persistent issue in Galway City. The lack of affordable, accessible accommodation in recent years has resulted in longer stays in emergency accommodation before successful resettlement. Galway City Council, with the support of Creative Ireland, is working to foster positive, community-focused interventions which improve well-being, build resilience, and combat social exclusion for those experiencing homelessness. Access to the arts brings significant benefits for health and wellbeing, serving as a catalyst for personal development, self-expression, and social inclusion. This fund builds on the successes of recent arts projects supported by Galway City Council through their Creative Ireland fund. These projects engaged with residents at COPE Galway and Galway Simon, and included a new mural project at Fairgreen Hostel with the artist Tracy Moca, which demonstrated the appetite among residents for engaging in art activities Supported by Galway City Council, through the Creative Ireland Programme, Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, in collaboration with COPE Galway and Galway Simon Community. Read more at www.GalwayCity.ie If you are at risk of or currently experiencing homelessness there are a number of services that may be able to provide assistance to you. For more information visit https://lnkd.in/efnDT3HW

Droichead an Dóchais, Galway’s iconic pedestrian and cycle bridge, has been shortlisted for a prestigious international engineering award. The bridge, which opened in May 2023, is among just eight projects in the running for the International Bridge Project of the Year award at the upcoming New Civil Engineer Bridges Awards in London. This represents further recognition for Droichead an Dóchais, which offers a safe, comfortable crossing of the River Corrib for thousands of people each day and has already become a widely recognised landmark in Galway. The shortlisting of Droichead an Dóchais recognises the extensive work on the project of Galway City Council, consultant engineering firm AtkinsRéalis and principal contractor Jons Civil Engineering Company Ltd. The other bridges shortlisted for this award are in the United Arab Emirates, USA, Canada, India, France and China (two projects). The overall winner will be announced at a ceremony in London on 18 July. The need for a new pedestrian and cycle crossing of the River Corrib was identified in the Galway Transport Strategy. Consultants Arup led the options appraisal and planning application process of this project, and Seán Harrington was appointed as the lead architect. AtkinsRéalis led the detailed design and construction stages, and Jons Civil Engineering were appointed as the main contractor. Thompson of Carlow fabricated the steel structure of the bridge, which was transported to Galway and lifted into place in December 2022. The bridge, then known as the Salmon Weir Pedestrian and Cycle Bridge, was opened to the public ahead of schedule in May 2023. This development was funded by the Department of Transport through the National Transport Authority’s (NTA) Active Travel Programme and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), co-funded Border, Midland and Western Regional Operational Programme, administered by the Northern and Western Regional Assembly.

Solutions to air pollution in Galway City are being explored as part of an innovative project combing art, community education and citizen action. As part of ‘The Air We Share’ project, seven monitors will record air pollution in Westside with the data made available to the local community to ‘make the invisible visible’. Three Galway City Council artists in residence will produce ambitious, sensory visual representations of the data, in collaboration with the local community, over the next 12 months. The project will be launched at Westside Arts Festival on Saturday 13 July. The Air We Share will explore sources of air pollution in Westside, as well as proposing creative solutions to address them. The project is a measure of the Galway City Council Climate Action Plan, adopted last Februay. Westside has been designated a Decarbonising Zone, with the aim of a 51% reduction in Greenhouse Gases by 2030. The Air We Share project complements the Galway City Net Zero Cities Programme, which supports cities to identify and overcome root causes which hinder climate action. The project’s €250,000 budget is funded by Creative Ireland’s Climate Action Fund, ‘Agents of Change’, to build awareness around climate change and empower meaningful behavioural changes inspired by art. More information including a call out to artists: www.TheAirWeShare.ie This project is led by Galway City Council in partnership with Galway Arts Centre, University of Galway, Westside Resource Centre, and Galway Culture Company.

In honour of all those Irishmen and Irishwomen who died in past wars or on service with the United Nations, the Galway Ceremony to commemorate the National Day of Commemoration, will be held on: Sunday 14 July 2024 at the Quadrangle, University of Galway at 11:00am The Ceremony is open to everyone who wishes to attend. ***************************** In ómós do na Gaeil ar fad, idir Fhir agus Mhná a fuair bás i gcogaí nó ar fiannas leis na Náisiúin Aontaithe, beidh Searmanas na Gaillimhe den Lá Cuimhneacháin Náisiúnta á chomóradh: ar an Domhnach an 14 Iúil 2024 sa gCearnóg, Ollscoil na Gaillimhe, ag 11:00rn Tá fáilte roimh gach duine ar mian leo freastal ar an Searmanas.