Galway Bay fm newsroom – The Galway 2020 team will arrive in Dublin shortly ahead of today’s big announcement.
Today is D-Day for Galway, as the city and county waits to see if the bid for the title of European Capital of Culture 2020 has been successful.
A ten member group from Galway made a final presentation to a panel of European judges in Dublin yesterday.
The bid book was presented in detail to the judges – and is now available to the public at galway2020.ie.
Galway is facing competition from Limerick and the Three Sisters – Kilkenny, Waterford and Wexford.
The winner of the prestigious 2020 title will be announced at the National Concert Hall in Dublin shortly before 1 this afternoon.
The Galway 2020 team set off on a bus at around 7 this morning, and will arrive at the National Concert Hall in the next hour.
Mayor of Galway Noel Larkin says it’s a huge day for the city and county.
A big screen will be set up in the city this afternoon to show the announcement of the European Capital of Culture 2020 winner
The screen will be set up at Mainguard Street to live stream the result from 12 noon.
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