To trade at the Market you need a casual trading licence.

Licences have now been finalised for this year

There are two separate yearly licences at the moment. They run from the beginning of June and applications for next year can be made in March /April 2009 to the Department of Environment City Hall, Galway.

You will need to state the type of goods you are selling, the type of stall you have and the space required and give your RSI number. If you want to sell any type of food you will need separate documentation fron the Western Health board.

Licence for Saturdays and Christmas eve only : Traditional traders get priority and any few remaining places are given by a lottery system. Its quite hard to get a Saturday licence.

Licence for Sundays and Christmas week only (excluding Christmas Eve) : Traditional traders get priority, remaining places are given by a lottery system. New Sunday licences are given out each year.

The cost for each licence at present is €60 per metre, you can apply for as many metres as you like but are more likely to get a licence for one or two metres.
Negotiations are under way with Galway City council to extend the area of the market or possibly the number of trading days and also the introduction of 'day licences' subject to space, so the number and availability of licences may improve in 2009...Watch this space