Cllr.Alan Curran

Lets talk budgetary matters How does the city council budget work?

My thoughts on the city council budget for 2026 that was passed two weeks ago.

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Ah Jaysus.....

New to Substack X v Facebook v BlueSky v Substack??

I've just started a substack page to try & improve my channels of communication. With no X or Facebook account, it's important for me that I provide timely updates and information relating to my work. I'll give it a go. What can go wrong 😬
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On Environmental Democracy and the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse” Andrew Jackson 21 November 2025 I. Introduction A clamour of praise greeted John Collison’s “how to get Ireland moving” Op-Ed following its publication in the Irish Times on 25th October: the Irish…

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

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September/October Newsletter. If you'd like any further information on anything that I've summarised below, please email me at alan.curran@cgcc.ie.

All these newsletters and other council updates are also available on my website: www.cllralancurran.com

Any day now....

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 Last Friday, I had the pleasure of attending the launch of Comhairle na nÓg’s Safety Survey Report in the Westside Youth Project centre, based on a survey they carried out with young peop...

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 alan.curran@cgcc.ie.

All these newsletters and other council updates are also available on my website: www.cllralancurran.com

New paths in mcgraths field

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 alan.curran@cgcc.ie.

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 alan.curran@cgcc.ie.

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 alan.curran@cgcc.ie.

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 alan.curran@cgcc.ie.

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 Alan.curran@cgcc.ie.
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.
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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