Join us for a workshop for the Festival and Event sector in the West, exploring skills needs, industry trends and available supports.

With guest speakers Ali Curran and Donna Close.

📅 25 Feb 2026, 10–12.30 | Galway Chamber

Register via email: Events@GalwayCity.ie

🥕GCC is exploring new locations for allotments and community gardens and we’d love your input. Share feedback by 5pm on Monday 2 March:
🥕online at www.GalwayCity.ie
🥕or through printed surveys - available at city libraries (Westside, Galway City or Ballybane); City Hall, or call (091) 536 400.

🌛Galway City Café Lates 2026 Opens Call for Expressions of Interest
🟣60 events increased footfall and evening experiences in City in 2024/2025
☕Open to cafés in Galway City Centre and Salthill
➡️Deadline for Expressions of Interest: 2 March 2026
See www.GalwayCity.ie

Nominations for the 2026 Mayor’s Awards are now open!
Help us celebrate the volunteers who make Galway a better place.
👉 Nominate someone today: https://forms.office.com/e/ZKz2J4E539

🌟 Social Inclusion Grant 2026 now open!
Grants of €300–€2,000 available for projects that promote equality, reduce disadvantage, and support inclusion across Galway City.
Apply: galwaycity.ie/social-inclusion-grant
Deadline: 12pm, 9 March 2026

🚦Roadworks will commence on Rosshill Road on Monday 16 February for approximately eight weeks. A shuttle traffic management system will be in place.
Minor delays expected. Please allow additional time. Use alternative routes where possible.
Thank you to all road users for your cooperation.

🎉 Community Festival Grants 2026 now open!
Support for locally run events that bring neighbours together across Galway City. Grants €300–€2,000 available.
Apply: https://submit.link/4Cf
Deadline: 12pm, 9 March
Info: www.GalwayCity.ie

Looking for a positive way to make an impact this summer? 🌟
Special Olympics Ireland is recruiting volunteers for the Ireland Summer Games, 18–21 June!
Join the team behind Ireland’s biggest inclusive sports event.
Sign up: www.irelandgames.ie/volunteer

It's Ireland Reads month! Throughout February, we're encouraging people to get lost in a good book to celebrate the joy and the benefits of reading, ahead of Ireland Reads Day Saturday, 28 February.

#IrelandReads

Join us for a workshop for the Festival and Event sector in the West, exploring skills needs, industry trends and available supports.

With guest speakers Ali Curran and Donna Close.

📅 25 Feb 2026, 10–12.30 | Galway Chamber

Register via email: Events@GalwayCity.ie

🐾 Dogs of Galway City – Week 1🐾
Meet Toby in their hi‑vis vest.
Fun fact: The hi‑vis helps his owners catch him trying to eat the furniture.
Help keep Galway City clean: See it. Bag it. Bin it. And if you can’t bin it, bring it home!
Get a free vest at City Hall + tag us with your photo!

Closure Notice: Father Burke Playground will be closed for 6 weeks to facilitate refurbishment works.

Starts 16 February.

We would like thank the public for their co-operation while works are ongoing.

🏡Affordable Housing Online Survey: GCC is conducting a survey to gain deeper insights into Affordable Housing demand in Galway City.
See https://apps.galwaycity.ie/iforms/index.php/933678?newtest=Y&lang=en
Note completion does not imply eligibility/ future offer of affordable housing.

🏡Suirbhé ar líne maidir le Tithíocht Inacmhainne - chun léargas níos doimhne a fháil ar an éileamh atá ar Thithíocht Inacmhainne.

Féach https://apps.galwaycity.ie/iforms/index.php/839154?newtest=Y&lang=en

🚗 Mayor Cubbard, was joined by Galway Chamber and business representatives in the city last week to launch a new ‘Parking Made Easy for our Visitors’ information pack.
The pack is available at www.GalwayCity.ie
Printed copies available by contacting 091 536 400 or CustomerService@GalwayCity.ie

💚“Tá Gaeilge agam” - Cead Míle Fáilte to Gaeilge in City Hall
GCC has launched a new initiative to encourage engagement ‘trí Gaeilge’. Staff and Elected Members wearing a lanyard featuring icons of Galway City and the phrase “Tá Gaeilge agam”, are showing that they are open to engaging in Irish.

The National Community Safety Survey is now live, and we are encouraging everyone in Galway City to take part. Your views will help shape future community safety priorities.

🔗 https://tinyurl.com/GCLPSurvey

🏡 Staff Vacancy: Resettlement Support Worker
➡️ Deadline: 19 February 2026
➕ Read more - www.GalwayCity.ie

Our Active Travel team has published a newsletter with updates on:
Ballybane Road and Castlepark Road Cycle Network Scheme
Bóthair Stiofáin Cycle Network Scheme
Salmon Weir Bridge Pedestrian Crossing
See https://tinyurl.com/yyr883d5