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Framework plans set out guiding principles for development to secure high standards in quality and design and to generally create well connected living environments.

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Age Friendly Ireland is the organisation responsible for the national Age Friendly Programme, affiliated to the World Health Organization’s [WHO] Global Network of Age Friendly Cities and Communities.

Listing of Galway City Council Bye-Laws

In March 2020, life as we knew it changed literally overnight. The Covid-19 pandemic affected all our lives, specifically, the way in which we worked, socialised and interacted with each other. It had an enormous impact on our transport system, leading to radically reduced travel levels and altered patterns of movement. To facilitate these new patterns of travel and social distancing requirements, some reallocation of road, footpath and amenity space was introduced within the City.

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Galway City Council is the democratically elected unit of local government in Galway City and under the provisions of the Local Government Acts (as amended) and various statutory provisions is responsible for providing a range of services to meet the economic, social and cultural needs of the people of the City

The Galway City Development Plan 2023-2029 sets out the policies and objectives for the development of the City over the plan period. The plan has been prepared in accordance with the steps set out in the Planning and Development Acts.

Galway City Museum is located beside the Spanish Arch on the banks of the river Corrib in Galway City.

Galway City Museum was founded in the mid-1970s and was originally located in Comerford House beside the Spanish Arch.

In April 2007 a new purpose built museum building was opened, behind the site of the old museum at Comerford House. The new Galway City Museum project was the initiative of Galway City Council to advance the cultural and heritage life of Galway City.

Galway City Museum collects, preserves and displays materials relating to the history of Galway City; Archaeology, Art, Geology, Natural History, Social, Political and Industrial History and Folk-life.

Galway Sports Partnership is an initiative of the Irish Sports Council to create a national structure to co-ordinate and promote the development of sport at local level.