Patricia Philbin
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Galway 2020 events may be ‘cancelled or scaled down’ as funding dries up
- Culture
- February 10, 2020, 21:28
A number of events planned as part of Galway 2020 will be “cancelled or scaled down” following a decision by Galway City Council not to allocate a fur(...)

Galway 2020 opening ceremony cancelled due to weather warnings
- Culture
- February 8, 2020, 00:00
The opening ceremony of Galway 2020, which was due to take place on Saturday evening, has been cancelled due to bad weather. The organisers said on S(...)

Galway’s Lonely Planet award: ‘I don’t see how we will cope’
- Ireland
- October 27, 2019, 06:00
This week, it was announced that Galway had been named the fourth-best city in the world to visit in 2020 by Lonely Planet: an influential listing due(...)

Galway 2020 selects film producer Arthur Lappin to chair board
- Culture
- January 23, 2019, 19:00
Galway’s European Capital of Culture project (Galway 2020) has appointed film and theatre producer Arthur Lappin to chair its board with immediate eff(...)

Galway 2020 appoints UK company to fill role of creative director
- Culture
- January 17, 2019, 12:35
Galway 2020 has appointed a UK arts management company Artichoke to act as the troubled event’s creative director, filling a role that has been left v(...)

Galway 2020: Chairwoman Aideen McGinley signals intention to step aside
- Irish News
- December 21, 2018, 17:00
The controversial Galway 2020 European capital of culture project is due to be hit with another resignation as its chairwoman Aideen McGinley has sign(...)

Josepha Madigan on culture and her racy self-published novel
- Culture
- November 29, 2018, 05:00
“Oh God, how did you find it, dare I ask?” asks Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Josepha Madigan as I produce a book from my bag durin(...)

Galway 2020 project gets new logo as organisers rally support
- Culture
- November 15, 2018, 21:10
Galway’s European Capital of Culture project has initiated a “rebranding” exercise to restore confidence in the controversial project. A new logo rep(...)

Galway 2020: no sponsorship raised in six months and almost €130,000 spent on fees
- Culture
- October 19, 2018, 21:15
Galway’s European Capital of Culture project secured no sponsorship in the first half of this year and spent almost €130,000 on “professional”, legal (...)

Maire Geoghegan-Quinn resigns from Galway 2020 board
- Culture
- October 4, 2018, 16:42
Galway’s European Capital of Culture 2020 project has lost another board member with the resignation of former EU Commissioner Maire Geoghegan-Quinn. (...)