Galway City Council

Yeah.

And so when you say people weren't told now, because we did ask Galway City Council for a statement and they sent a big long statement, but they said there was, you know, there was staff, elected members and members of the public brought a great deal of interest and enthusiasm to this process.

This is the process of kind of doing the rebrand.

Which is odd because you're not the only person to be saying this because it seems to have just come out of the blue that this happened.

And from Monday, every day this week, there's been somebody in the national media has picked up on it.

Yeah.

Now, and as I understand it, Galway City Council were told that the rebrand was being paused.

And then a week later, the rebrand was announced.

And that article is written by Cormac O'Keefe.

The Irish Times, it has a story from Galway that says that Galway City Council's efforts to rebrand backfire in battle over new logo.

The council has spent a reported 28,000 euro on a new visual identity, but some want the old logo back.

A rebranding effort seeking to refresh the image of Galway City Council has been met with widespread criticism in what has become a public relations nightmare for the local authority, according to Dara Bradley.

Heralded as the dawn of a new era for the council, the unveiling of a new visual identity has been mired by backlash from local politicians.

And the council even went on to restrict comments on the social media about the rebranding because the commentary was so negative.

Well, it was intended as a fresh new look for Galway City Council, but instead a decision by the local authority to go ahead with a €28,000 corporate rebrand has sparked a heated debate.

A newly designed logo for the City of the Tribes, which features a lowercase maroon G instead of the traditional capital G, has divided public opinion.

A campaign to keep the Galway G has now received the support of a number of city councillors who urged the council's executive to reconsider the controversial move.