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Galway Talks with John Morley Thursday November 27th

Today on Galway Talks with John Morley: 

9am-10am 

• Galway secures €3billion in revised National Development plan   

• Nearly €150k spent on proposed Clifden railway bridge before NTA pulled funding  

• COPE Galway offers Essential Lifeline to over 3,000 people, annual report shows  

10am-11am

• Pathway now clear for establishment of  Anti-Social Behaviour Taskforce in Ballinasloe  

• Demand for answers after turf cutting injunction  

• Kennys Bookshop & Art Gallery celebrates 85 years in business  

11am-12pm

• Culture Corner - The Reincarnation of Cornelius Agrippa  

• Connacht Tribune Headlines   

• Anti-Genocide group to protest at Honorary Doctorate cermony at University of Galway  

• Music Mornings - SAILHYMN  

Galway Talks with John Morley Wednesday November 26th

Today on Galway Talks with John Morley: 

9am-10am

• Galway City Budget 2026 criticised as changes to parking and commercial rates passed  

• Amnesty petition calls on TikTok to make platform 'a safer space'  

• The Minister for Social Protection and Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht joins us   

10am-11am

• Mayor slams Uisce Eireann’s refusal to appear before City Council Committee  

• Reform of migration procedures on Cabinet agenda  

11am-12pm

• Financial advice with Dave McCarthy

• We hear all about Galway’s newest Christmas market opening today 

• History Talks - Kennys Bookshop & Art Gallery celebrates 85 years in business 

Galway Talks with John Morley Tuesday November 25th

Today on Galway Talks with John Morley: 

9am-10am 

• City councillors rail against commercial rates and parking charges in revised 2026 budget  

• 19,107 learner drivers on the roads in Galway 

• Irish Farmers Journal probe 'undermines' EU-Mercosur trade deal, says IFA 

10am-11am

• New law on 'access to cash' to come into force this week 

• Renmore Area Traffic group to hold protest this Friday 

• Galway man releases new book of short stories  

11am-12pm

• We hear about a new documentary about an unsung Irish hero 

• Evergreen slot  

• Music Mornings - The Stunning

Galway Talks with John Morley Monday November 24th

Today on Galway Talks with John Morley: 

9am-10am 

• Tributes to ‘mad, bad and dangerous’ Galway peace activist and artist Margaretta D’Arcy who has died aged 91  

• Athenry school open time capsule sealed for 30 years  

• Croi event raises

10am-11am

• Galway County Council refuse planning for Windfarm in Killimordaly 

• We hear about a solidarity event which took place over the weekend 

• Two Athenry Football Club’s U14 players diagnosed with serious health conditions 

11am-12pm

• Galway Great - Bam Artiste 

• Sports review 

Morley's Mouthfuls: This week on Galway Talks

It was an incredibly busy week in Irish politics. Government, media and the general public were quite shocked by the resignation of Finance Minister Paschal Donoghue. Thus meant that Cabinet Ministries had to be reshuffled, and into the senior Ministry of Education and Youth came Hildegarde Naughten, a big achievement for Ms. Naughten, a first for Fine Gael in the Galway West constituency, and a first minister for the constituency since Éamon Ó Cuív was a minister back in 2011. We discussed and congratulated the appointment with Hildegarde Naughten.

Staying with education now, and Scoil an Chroí Naofa National School in Ballinasloe has been waiting for a new school build for some 24 years. There've been a number of false starts and false promises, and the school has really intensified a campaign, searching for locals and people interested in this area to sign up and demand a school build to be put top of the agenda in the Department of Education. We discussed this on the programme with the Principal of Scoil an Chroí Naofa, Christine Connor.

It's a pivotal time for the Irish farming community and farming in general right across the European Union. The Mercosur trade agreement will be debated and voted on in the European Parliament this coming Monday.

​Now, we've been discussing this throughout the course of the week on Galway Talks, and we had Ciarán Mullooly, Independent Ireland MEP for the Midlands–North-West constituency, on the programme. He has a number of concerns with the Mercosur trade agreement in its current form as they seek to get assurances that Irish farming will not be left uncompetitive with South American countries who may not be up to the regulatory standards that we have here in Ireland and across the European Union.
​We discussed this on the programme with MEP Mullooly and also farming in general.

Now, as Ireland gets ready to hold the Presidency of the European Union next year, security of our nation and topics like neutrality really come to the fore.
​But the situation this week with the spy ship which is coming down by the coast of Scotland has really geared up talk on what the Russian threat exactly is and are we best placed and prepared here in Ireland to deal with that threat?
​We discuss it on the programme with Dr. Brendan Flynn, who is from the School of Political Science and Sociology at the University of Galway.

Community Matters: Ballinderreen

Today on Community Matters: Ballinderreen

9am-10am

• Peter Larkin and Andrew Linane tell us their favourite memories of the area  

• We’ll have current affairs with Barry Quinn and Breandain O Loinsaigh  

• Tom Quinn will take us through how the area has changed over the years  

10am-11am

• Community organisations  

11am-12pm

• Sport with Noel Lane  

• Sports preview 

• And live music from Mikey Burke 

Galway Talks with John Morley Thursday November 20th

Today on Galway Talks with John Morley: 

9am-10am 

• Rush to clamp down on firms attempting to undermine auto-enrolment pension  

• Russian spy ship on course for Irish waters, with UK threatening ‘military options’ 

10am-11am

• Property prices now 23% higher than peak of boom in 2007 
• Irish Thoracic Society hosting its annual scientific conference in Galway  

• We speak to some of the Tiny Traders as they get set to open in 3 locations in the city for christmas 

• Connacht Tribune Headlines  

11am-12pm

• Culture corner - strictly for Croi  

• Pet Corner – Vaccines, Caring for New Pets  

• Sport Preview 

• Music Mornings - Cuntaois 

Galway Talks with John Morley Wednesday November 19th

Today on Galway Talks with John Morley: 

9am-10am

• We speak to new Education Minister Hildegarde Naughton after yesterday’s cabinet reshuffle  

• Government levy on health insurance premiums to increase  

• Traitors Ireland star Katelyn Divilly to join the Sleep Out for Simon on Friday 

10am-11am

• Ireland placed in pot 3 for World Cup qualifier draw  - We hear the thoughts of former Ireland goalie David Forde  

• Motoring with Gerry Murphy

• A cold snap is on the way for Galway - we get a weather update  

• Lions Club Auction Launch 

11am-12pm

• Financial advice with Dave McCarthy

• Gúnas for Gaza to raise vital funds in Galway for MAP  

• HISTORY TALKS - We look at the Siege in Ireland, 1641-53 

Galway Talks with John Morley Tuesday November 18th

Today on Galway Talks with John Morley: 

9am-10am

• European parliament to vote on legal move on Mercosur Agreement   

• Coalition leaders meeting on tightening migration rules 

• Galway senator brings forward motion regarding extra time in State exams for students with dyslexia  

10am-11am

• Calls for Government to enact Occupied Territories Bill before year end  

• ICCL files complaint against European Commission over use of ChatGPT  

• GARDA SLOT 

• Cyber Safe kids warn parents to have caution when giving their kids smart devices this Christmas 

11am-12pm

• Galway resident returns after swimming the entire coast of Ireland!  

• We hear about the benefits of promoting the Corrib as a bioregion 

• Music Mornings - Valter Romulo 

Galway Talks with John Morley Monday November 17th

Today on Galway Talks with John Morley: 

9am-10am

• Councillor rejects insurance assertion that potholes are an Act of God

• County councillors pass largest ever budget of €203 million 

• Creche owners threaten to close doors indefinitely to shut country down as funding row with Government escalates  

• Love Galway Hate Racism to hold solidarity event with the Ahmadiyyan Muslim community  

10am-11am

• Scoil An Chroí Naofa take to TikTok to call for new school building after waiting for two decades  

• Galway Commuter Coalition slam Government for failing to fund vital infrastructure in the city 

11am-12pm

• Our Galway Great on Monday is Former Ireland Goalkeeper David Forde  

• Sports Review after a busy weekend