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Galway City received a Gold Medal at the Supervalu TidyTowns National Competition 2025 on Friday 24 October at Croke Park in Dublin – demonstrating a marked improvement on previous year’s scores and recognising the tireless work of Galway City’s TidyTowns Committee, volunteers, city centre businesses, and Galway City Council Litter Management crews, Biodiversity Officer and Environment staff.

This past weekend, Open House Chicago, the annual architecture festival organised by the Chicago Architecture Center, welcomed visitors into over 200 of the city’s most iconic and hidden architectural treasures. For the first time, the event extended its reach internationally by spotlighting Galway City — a long-standing sister city of Chicago.

Charities, community centres, sports clubs, environmental groups and social enterprises, invited to apply for 100% funding. The deadline to apply is 5pm Friday 12 December 2025.