Galway Beach Cleaners Fight Marine Litter One Piece at a Time
By Emilie Borch Lanther Once a month, be it rain or sunshine, volunteers from Galway…
Environment
Ambitious Plan Set to be Unveiled for New City Coastal Neighbourhood
By Katie Ní Bhaoill and Fionn Ó Cualáin Plans for a new coastal neighbourhood to…
Growing a Greener Galway at Ballybane Community Organic Garden
By Emilie Borch Lanther Sustainability and community are coming together in Ballybane at a unique…
Boo to fast fashion: Go green this Halloween
By Jera Aideen Schiffrer Is Halloween as wasteful as its notorious reputation? Growing pressure…
Connemara carves unique partnership with Guatemala
By Fiona Lawlor Bespoke street furniture pieces in Clifden have carved one of the first…
County Council Launches Prep Guide Ahead of Storm Austen
The West is getting ready for the first named storm of the season. Storm Austen…
The ‘Uniquely East Galway’ Networking Event Aims to Put Region on the Map
By Pedro Zavarello The Raheen Woods Hotel, Athenry is set to become the headquarters of…
Greens accuse government of ‘fiddling while Europe burns’
By Emilie Borch Lanther and Jera Aideen Schiffrer With the introduction of the Budget 2027,…
First narwhal in Irish history washes up on Donegal beach
By Fionn Murray The body of a female narwhal, a species never before seen in…
Ireland on Course to Miss EU Water Quality Targets as Pollution Levels Rise
By Eoin Maher Ireland will fail to meet EU water quality targets, as national water…
Storm Amy hits Galway with heavy rain and strong winds
By Dorottya Fejes and Caitlín Martin Storm Amy has caused major disruptions across the country….
€446,000 funding for local climate action projects in Galway
Non-profit organisations in Galway can now apply to the first ever Community Climate Action Fund,…
Galway City Council adopts new climate action plan
Galway City Council approved a new climate action plan to reduce carbon emissions and enhance…
Climate: Paris Agreement target missed with hottest January on record
January 2024 broke the record for the hottest January on record, capping off a sustained twelve-month period where the average global temperature exceeded the 1.5°C threshold set by the Paris Agreement.
Ballyloughane’s Dexter cows: Galway’s new biodiversity champions
Galway City Council is piloting a biodiversity project bringing eight Dexter cows to graze the…
Cold weather on the horizon, Galway set to escape the worst
Snow is set to hit parts of the country tomorrow as the milder air blows…
Grattan Beach weathers the storms due to new sand fencing
The sand fencing project in Grattan beach, Salthill has succeeded in preventing coastal erosion in…
Veganuary: UK non-profit encourages consumers to try vegan diet
The first few weeks of every year see scores of new gym memberships, more participants…
Impact of Storm Debi demands for better flood defences along the Galway coastline
By Ananda Patrasco The effects of Storm Debi, that hit in the early hours of…
