Galway Bay fm newsroom - Galway 2020 has extended its temporary lay-off progamme for staff by 30 days.
It comes as the government has committed to supporting the group in delivering a re-imagined programme of events.
A spokesperson for Galway 2020 has told Galway Bay fm news that 20 members of the team will be temporarily laid off during the month of May - while a redundancy consultation process gets underway.
It follows a three week temporary lay-off programme which was introduced at the beginning of April.
A skeleton team will remain in place during the month of May, made up of representatives from each of the operational areas within the organisation.
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