I’ve written something on John Collison’s Op-Ed and environmental democracy Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...

September/October Newsletter. If you'd like any further information on anything that I've summarised below, please email me at [email protected]. All these newsletters and other council updates are also available on my website: www.cllralancurran.com

Out knocking on doors this evening in Knocknacarra to help get @catherinegalway.bsky.social elected this November. Incredibly positive conversations on the doors. #GalwayForCatherine

We're back! After some time away we are relaunching our organisation to help bring about a Galway that is safer, healthier and easier to get around. If you'd like to be involved please send us an email or drop us a DM!

Young people feel disconnected from the decision-making processes that impact them at both local and national level, Cllr Alan Curran writes www.advertiser.ie/galway/artic...

August Newsletter. If you'd like any further information on anything that I've summarised below, please email me at [email protected]. All these newsletters and other council updates are also available on my website: www.cllralancurran.com

Delighted to see work has started to link the two existing paths in McGraths Field, Knocknacarra. Simple interventions like this can make a big difference at improving accessibility in our communities. Funded through LIS allocations from myself and my colleague Cllr.Lyons.

Watch it till the end. I love her so much.

This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen. By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza

“In Obama’s world, apparently, some lives matter more than others — and it’s not the ones buried under the debris in Khan Younis.” ~Colin Sheridan @colinivan Irish Examiner ☕️🥐

June/July Newsletter. If you'd like any further information on anything that I've summarised below, please email me at [email protected]. All these newsletters and other council updates are also available on my website: www.cllralancurran.com

June/July Newsletter. If you'd like any further information on anything that I've summarised below, please email me at [email protected]. All these newsletters and other council updates are also available on my website: www.cllralancurran.com

Consultation for the Salthill Village & Seafront Strategy continues today in the Galway Bay from 12.00 - 14.30. I met the team yesterday to discuss the report & was extremely impressed. They will have some exciting visuals&designs to show based on feedback so far. www.galwaycity.ie/news/2025/co...

Was great to get out exploring the woodland with Treasa and Ananda! Its such a special place! Join @irishwoodlandtrust.bsky.social today to help protect more places like this!

Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

Reminder about the two public consultation events today. Coirib go Cósta (flood defences) is on in the Galway Bay Hotel today at 15.00 - 20.00. WDR Active Travel Scheme on in the Clybaun Hotel now from 12.30 - 19.00. CgC is on in the Harbour Hotel tomorrow also. www.floodinfo.ie/frs/en/galwa...

The rangers continue to march east into the rhodo thicket, progress from todays monthly outing - coill gleann dá loch innu @ciaranpiano.bsky.social @artemistery.bsky.social @rewildingire.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social @hetzgonnabeme.bsky.social

Yesterday, @david-smyth-eco.bsky.social showed me around the @irishwoodlandtrust.bsky.social's new 80-acre reserve, including about 30 of Atlantic rainforest, Coill Sheanadh Gharráin near Spiddal, Galway. No words could do justice to the magic of the place. I was awestruck.

May Newsletter. If you'd like any further information on anything that I've summarised below, please email me at [email protected]. All these newsletters and other council updates are also available on my website: www.cllralancurran.com

May Newsletter. If you'd like any further information on anything that I've summarised below, please email me at [email protected]. All these newsletters and other council updates are also available on my website: www.cllralancurran.com

Plans for Galway City’s Western Distributor Road Active Travel project welcomed by local councillor Galway City Council is planning to make the Western Distributor Road safer with protected cycle tracks, new pedestrian crossings and upgraded bus stops with shelters. Details and drawings of the…

All drawings for the wdr active travel scheme, plus photo montages of how it'll look, are now available on the city council website. Send any feedback in, and to me at [email protected]. www.galwaycity.ie/services/act...

Greta Thunberg. Clear as ever. www.democracynow.org/2025/6/4/gre...

A planning application for the Active Travel project for the Western Distributor Road has just been lodged. A portal for online submissions will open next Monday & drop in public information event will take place on June 17th in the Clybaun Hotel. Fantastic news. www.galwaycity.ie/services/act...

The LDA & Galway Harbour Co. have announced the public consultation for the redevelopment of the inner port. Click into the website below & drop into the consultation on the 3rd/4th June in the Portershed. Make sure your voice is heard, this is a massive development for Galway www.galway-harbour.com

Asked to share this event in GALWAY CITY www.eventbrite.com/e/galway-gre...

We've reached the point in time now where anything and everything that we view online needs to be considered fake. Truth? Reality? Fact checking? Where do we go from here? Everything in the below video is AI generated using VEO3. Seeing is no longer believing. youtu.be/OiuJfZ7LX1c?...

A great carnival atmosphere down in Salthill Park at Africa Day despite the weather. Summer rain has returned to Galway! Pop down if you abe a chance, the stalls and musicians will be here until 6.

If your cycle infrastructure isn't safe enough for everyone, of any age, to feel they can use it, then your cycle infrastructure isn't safe enough.

Been putting this together for a while…https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-palestine-music-is-more-than-artits-a-lifeline

The pedestrianisation of streets in Galway’s West End went ahead this week, after last-minute negotiations between local traders, a city councillor and a transport activist means outdoor dancing and dining can go ahead www.advertiser.ie/galway/artic...

‘People aged 16 and 17 are as civically informed as their peers aged over 18, but are unjustly restricted,’ said Social Democrats TD Aidan Farrelly. http://jrnl.ie/6709523

April Newsletter. If you'd like any further information on anything that I've summarised below, please email me at [email protected]. All these newsletters and other council updates are also available on my website: www.cllralancurran.com

#DarknessIntoLight #PietaHouse

A short opinion piece I wrote in the @galwayadvertiser.bsky.social about the role parents have in their child's online lives. I would support a ban on social media for u16's. www.advertiser.ie/galway/artic...

#Galway Ring Road: I’ve now read through the updated Traffic Modelling Report submitted by @GalwayCoCo to ABP. And I’m more convinced than ever that this project cannot be justified in its current form.🧵

EU: Selective solidarity does not come any more blatant.

Reminder that this public consultation event is happening today in the Clybaun Hotel between 1pm and 8pm

This is really wonderful volunteer role - providing support and friendship to older people in the Galway City area - interested? bit.ly/42pObJZ

Galway deserves a chance to breathe, but emotive arguments cannot brush away the fact a second ring road will suffocate the city in traffic irishcycle.com/2025/04/24/g...

The second round of public consultation for the Kingston/Millers Lane scheme has begun. Click into the link below to see the 6 initial design proposals and give your feedback. This Tuesday the 29th, there's a drop-in consultation in the Clybaun Hotel between 1pm and 8pm. kingstonparkmillerslane.com

Galway Masters Hurling, in association with Spunout are doing a virtual cycle from Shop Street to Croke Park tomorrow between 10am & 6pm to promote positive mental health through sport & exercise. I'll be popping in to show my support. Free text "Hello" to 50808 if you ever need to talk.

The @irishwoodlandtrust.bsky.social has bought 82 acres of Atlantic rainforest, bog, + heath for protection in Connemara, their 14th reserve. This is absolutely brilliant, and shows the way. How can the Irish state, with all its resources, still not manage to properly protect our national parks???

This is brilliant news! I've been a supporter and member of the Native Woodland Trust for years. Delighted to see them finally purchase a site in Galway 🌳🌳🌳

If you come across any public blue badge bays that have faded paint, can you take a photo and send me the location to [email protected]. These should all have white paint on a blue background. There's too much abuse of these bays in general. I'm making a list of locations to send to the team

Kurt Vonnegut man

The Irish Cycling Campaign is deeply saddened by the heartbreaking news from Galway, where a 6 year old girl lost her life following a road traffic incident while cycling. www.irishcyclingcampaign.ie/2025/04/trag...

This is such an upsetting story. I can't even begin to imagine the utter grief and devastation that this family are enduring. m.independent.ie/irish-news/g...

March Newsletter. If you'd like any further information on anything that I've summarised below, please email me at [email protected]. All these newsletters and other council updates are also available on my website: www.cllralancurran.com