{"id":11862,"date":"2026-05-29T10:37:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T09:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.noac.ie\/?p=11862"},"modified":"2026-05-29T10:41:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T09:41:37","slug":"noac-carries-out-a-review-of-galway-city-council-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.noac.ie\/ga\/noac-carries-out-a-review-of-galway-city-council-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"NOAC Carries out a review of the Performance of Galway City Council"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\n<p>The National Oversight and Audit Commission (NOAC), the independent oversight body for the local government sector in Ireland, today, published its <strong>review<\/strong> <strong>of Galway City Council, <\/strong>the seventh in a new series of reports that offers a more in-depth assessment of the performance of local authorities in Ireland.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This was the second review of Galway City Council with the first meetings taking place in March and October 2022 with the Scrutiny Report from that review being available on the NOAC website.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.noac.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/NOAC-Scrutiny-Process-Press-Release.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"  itemprop=\"url\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.noac.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/imageedit_1_6846428110.png\" alt=\"imageedit_1_6846428110\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"1129\" width=\"800\" title=\"imageedit_1_6846428110\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.noac.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/NOAC-Scrutiny-Process-Press-Release.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tView Press Release &#8211; 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