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Press Release - Post-Budget 2010

Galway Chamber Pre-Budget Submission 2010 

Galway Chamber Local  Election Manifesto 2009

Press Release - Kilbeggan to Athlone N6 Motorway

Press Release - Traffic and Transportation Forum

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  
   
 

Do not look back and ask why, look forward and ask, why not?

 

  
   

Location

  • Capital of the West of Ireland northeastern edge of Galway Bay
  • Connemara to West and agricultural regions to East and South

Access by Road

Serviced by 3 national primary routes:

  • N17 to the North (Sligo and Donegal)
  • N6 to the East (Athlone and Dublin).
  • N18 to the South (Shannon, Limerick and Cork)

Access by Rail

  • 6 return services to Dublin per day (approx: 2.5hrs. travel time)

Access by Air

Access by Air at Galway Airport

  • over 200 Direct Scheduled weekly flights to and from Galway Airport
  • 16 'City to City' destinations
  • Dublin x 4 Daily flights
  • London Luton x 3 Daily flights
  • Manchester x 2 Daily flights
  • Edinburgh x Daily flights
  • also Belfast,Birmingham, Bristol,Cardiff, Cork,Leeds Bradford, Newcastle, Southhampton and Lorient

  • and now twice weekly direct flights to Bordeaux,Faro and Malaga (June to September

Website: http://www.galwayairport.com/

Access by Sea

  • Passenger traffic limited to Aran Islands, all facilities available for the transport of goods (599,166 tonnes in 1998)

Telecommunications Access

  • Modern digital network, speedy service provision and other facilities (Integrated Service Digital Network, Direct Dial Inward, Voicemail and many more)

Galway Profile

Population County Galway (2006):  231,670 (+10.8% on 2002 Census)

Key centres with Population over 1,000 (2006):

 

Galway City    72,729

Ballinasloe      6,303

Tuam            6,885

Loughrea       4,532

Oranmore      3,513

Athenry         3,205

Gort             2,734

Clifden                   1,497

Portumna       1,377

Ougherard    1,305

Moycullen     1,237

 

Source: Census of Population 2006

  
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