Galway City Museum was targeted in an act of vandalism during Race Week.
It is estimated that up to €60,000 worth of damage was caused during the attack on the glass facade of the building.
Galway Gardaí are investigating the possibility that a pellet gun was used to shatter at least four panes of glass on the local authority owned building.
The interior of the building is monitored by CCTV cameras but the vandal or vandals struck to the rear of the building, at Merchant’s Road, between Spanish Parade and Long Walk.
A spokesperson for Galway City Council described that particular part of the building as a ‘blind side’ that was not monitored by external CCTV.
The damage was caused on Thursday night or the early hours of Friday morning of Galway Race Week, after Ladies Day, which is one of the busiest nights of the year for revelry.
“It will cost up to €60,000 to replace the glass. It was very specialist panels that were used on the building at the time, 11 or 10 years ago, and I think they were imported from Germany,” a City Council spokesperson said.
It is understood that a pellet gun was discovered discarded in a street nearby, and it is thought that the gun was used to damage the building.
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