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Cllr.Alan Curran

@alancurran.bsky.social

Social Democrat councillor in Galway City West. Secondary school teacher. Co-founder of the Galway CycleBus. Advocate for Active Travel and sustainable communities. www.cllralancurran.com

281 Followers  |  148 Following  |  110 Posts  |  Joined: 28.10.2023  |  1.7193

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Any day now....

14.10.2025 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Out knocking on doors this evening in Knocknacarra to help get @catherinegalway.bsky.social elected this November. Incredibly positive conversations on the doors. #GalwayForCatherine

04.10.2025 20:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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!

26.09.2025 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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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...

18.09.2025 13:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

10.09.2025 14:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
New paths in mcgraths field

New paths in mcgraths field

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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.

06.09.2025 12:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Watch it till the end. I love her so much.

23.08.2025 04:13 β€” πŸ‘ 362    πŸ” 151    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 19
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This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen.

By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza

04.08.2025 21:52 β€” πŸ‘ 4556    πŸ” 3305    πŸ’¬ 168    πŸ“Œ 416
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β€œIn Obama’s world, apparently, some lives matter more than others β€” and it’s not the ones buried under the debris in Khan Younis.”
~Colin Sheridan @colinivan

Irish Examiner

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02.08.2025 07:30 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

01.08.2025 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

01.08.2025 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

25.06.2025 09:34 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

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!

21.06.2025 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Chatbots β€” LLMs β€” 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 β€œright” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

19.06.2025 11:21 β€” πŸ‘ 29276    πŸ” 8582    πŸ’¬ 564    πŸ“Œ 696
Galway City FRS - Home

Reminder about the two public consultation events today. Coirib go CΓ³sta (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...

17.06.2025 12:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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The rangers continue to march east into the rhodo thicket, progress from todays monthly outing - coill gleann dΓ‘ loch innu
@ciaranpiano.bsky.social @artemistery.bsky.social @rewildingire.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social @hetzgonnabeme.bsky.social

14.06.2025 20:12 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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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 GharrΓ‘in near Spiddal, Galway.

No words could do justice to the magic of the place. I was awestruck.

14.06.2025 05:02 β€” πŸ‘ 254    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 3
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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

06.06.2025 11:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

06.06.2025 11:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Plans for Galway City’s Western Distributor Road Active Travel project welcomed by localΒ 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 project have just been published on the council's website and public input is being sought with a deadline for submissions on Tuesday, July 22th, 2025. The project will be partly made of kerb-protected cycle tracks and partly of bollard protected cycle lanes.

Plans for Galway City’s Western Distributor Road Active Travel project welcomed by localΒ 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…

05.06.2025 12:46 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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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...

05.06.2025 12:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Greta Thunberg. Clear as ever.

www.democracynow.org/2025/6/4/gre...

05.06.2025 05:35 β€” πŸ‘ 988    πŸ” 280    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 14
Western Distributor Road Cycle Lane | Galway City CouncilGroup Galway City Council (GCC) is seeking to improve walking and cycling infrastructure along the length of the Western Distributor Road (WDR).

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...

04.06.2025 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
Galway Harbour | A vision for a new City Quarter

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

28.05.2025 19:34 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Asked to share this event in GALWAY CITY

www.eventbrite.com/e/galway-gre...

27.05.2025 22:45 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Google AI | Car Show with VEO 3
YouTube video by Voesis Studios Google AI | Car Show with VEO 3

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?...

25.05.2025 18:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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.

24.05.2025 13:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A cycle track in the Netherlands at a red light, with 5 people waiting, including a mum and her young son.

A cycle track in the Netherlands at a red light, with 5 people waiting, including a mum and her young son.

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.

22.05.2025 18:04 β€” πŸ‘ 106    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

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

23.05.2025 07:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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