City Council's €1.9m bill after Storm Éowyn wreaked havoc in Galway in January 2025
The cost of damage caused in Galway City during last year’s Storm Éwoyn last year has reached €1.9m.
Galway City Council's Head of Finance, Helen Kilroy confirmed this figure is likely to be higher as it does not take into account damage to property that has not yet been assessed.
Ms Kilroy at the April City Council meeting confirmed that €1.4 million of the cost of repairing damaged property from Éowyn will be recouped from central Government.
The remaining €500,000 was for damage to the City Council's social housing stock.
Ms Kilroy said that it was hoped that about half of that – roughly €217,000 – would be recouped from IPB Insurance when an insurance claim for damages is lodged.
Councillor Declan McDonnell (Ind) questioned whether the €1.9m figure included funding to repair damaged property – including a wall on Monivea Road – that hasn’t yet been fixed.
Ms Kilroy acknowledged that the total figure does not include jobs that haven’t yet commenced.
The €1.9m estimate relates to a submission to Government of the damage as of the end of November 2025. Anything not included in the submission by that date will not be funded.
Storm Éowyn caused havoc across Galway and the West of Ireland in January 2025 when it brought record-breaking wind speeds of in excess of 130km/ph.