Election results: Sinn Féin will make gains in comparison to 2019 result but TD David Cullinane says ‘obviously we expected to do better’

Local election candidates: Age no obstacle to cohort of elder candidates contesting the local elections, with first-time candidates ranging in vintage from 18 years to 89

The party has claimed policy wins since entering Coalition but retaining gains made in 2019′s local and European elections will be challenging

Two Galway residents allege they were subjected to ‘campaign of relentless pressure’ to withdraw planning appeals

Simon Rowan was badly injured in a collision. As he faces a long recovery, he deplores his city’s cycling infrastructure

Brendan McGrath, in his last meeting before retirement, snapped at Fianna Fáil councillor Alan Cheevers who had accused him of ‘waffle’

Planners must have power to stand up to interest groups, German planning expert says

Planning body, heavily criticised at local authority emergency meeting, branded ‘a basket case’ who have ‘stolen Galway’s progress’

Land Development Agency hopes development of new community on land largely owned by ESB can prompt redevelopment of adjoining brownfield sites

Angry scenes at Galway County Council meeting as one councillor compares proposed move to Russia’s annexation of Crimea

Structure linking university and Woodquay will be located 300m from under-development Salmon Weir bridge

Planning body overturned permission for 71 homes and refused social and Traveller accommodation plan

Two social housing developments, granted permission by council, overturned by An Bord Pleanála in recent months

The Tuam band’s manager is writing a play about an unlikely success and a colourful moment in Galway life

Illegal removal of vehicle clamps increased sixfold in Dublin from 2021 to 2022

Ambitious plans for site hit stumbling block last year when planners imposed five-year limit on application by Danú Media to transform airport hangar into film and tv studio

Councillors voted to rezone the Headford Road site for residential use during final deliberations over Galway city’s development plan

Additional €1m to be allocated this year to fund project which has already received almost €22m

Party says statutory authorities were notified as soon as it became aware of the claims against him

New crossing intended to reduce collisions on 200-year-old Salmon Weird Bridge