Augustine Hill News Today

On Saturday, Billings-Logan International Airport was packed with travelers and their family members reconnecting for the holidays.

The site of the Augustinian House when the order first came to Galway in 1508 was on the hill we know as Forthill today. Margaret Athy, the wife of the Mayor Stephen Lynch, invited them and she built a church and steeple there too. Her husband was away in Spain and got a shock when he returned to see the finished new building on the hill. The friars moved into a house within the walled city but their church was still between the city and the bay.

The mixed-use Augustine Hill development of eight acres around Ceannt train station in Galway was approved last week by An Bord Pleanála

Mental health is the central theme of a new exhibition at University of Galway which will run from next Wednesday, July 12, to Wednesday, August 2. Ten local artists have collaborated with 14 scientists from the Universities of Galway, Oxford, Edinburgh, Birmingham and London to create the works in Mindscapes. These pieces explore mental health […]

A round up of the biggest moves and appointments during January is below. To feature on next month’s appointments roundup email catherine.kennedy@emap.com

The backers of the game-changing Augustine Hill urban regeneration project to be built on lands at the rear of Ceannt Station have welcomed the news delivered this week that Galway City Council planners have approved the project, albeit with 53 conditions, most of which are standard.

Plans for a new 300 million euro development in an area of Galway city have been given the green light.The site will include hundreds of apartments, a hotel,...

Galway Bay FM 26 May 2021 print Galway Bay fm newsroom – City planners have approved a proposal for a major urban regeneration project on lands adjacent to Ceannt Station. The Augustine Hill scheme is led by Galway developer Gerry Barrett and is being financed by Summix Capital. Augustine Hill is a €320 million mixed use development with substantial residential, retail and leisure components. It had set out to deliver 378 residential units, a new city-centre pedestrian shopping precinct, fo...

Edward Capital secures approval for landmark Galway city development Augustine Hill to feature 21-storey residential tower, hotel, restaurants, retail and food market Wed, May 26, 2021, 06:00   Developer Gerry Barrett’s Edward Capital has secured the green light from Galway City Council for the delivery of one of Ireland’s largest and most ambitious urban regeneration schemes. Located on an eight-acre site adjacent to Ceannt Station, Augustine Hill, as it will be known, will include a mix...

Reduction in size of landmark Galway development Original Augustine Hill project consisted of 378 apartments, a large commercial area, a 180-bed hotel, a covered public area and a six-screen cinema about an hour ago   A landmark project for Galway has been reduced in size following consultation with the city council. Augustine Hill beside Ceannt Station is an eight-acre development, and is the most significant inner-city development in Galway’s history. The original €320 million project...