Galway’s Pálás Cinema to close with operating losses of more than €1.8m

Part of the Light House Cinema Group, Pálás, says that "regrettably, no viable alternative funding solution has been identified at this time and this leaves us with no option but to close the doors"

Pálás Cinema. Pictures: Pálás

The Pálás Cinema in Galway city is to permanently close its doors in February next year amid financial difficulties.

The decision to close the three-screen cinema follows months of engagement by the Pálás team with Galway City Council, The Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, the Western Development Commission and Screen Ireland as all stakeholders worked together to try to save the cinema.