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Athletics Ireland has announced a strong team for next month’s European Athletics Championships. The event will be held in Rome between June 7 to 12, and will include one Galway athlete.

It was about this time of year, May 26, 1910 that the foundation stone of St. Mary’s College was laid. It was not, however the first St Mary’s College. Father John Paul O’Toole, born in Galway in 1804, was one of the last priests ordained during the wardenship. He was based in Paris and Rome but was always conscious of his own difficulty in obtaining a food secondary education in Galway, so he decided to return to Galway in 1843 and open a school here. His main difficulty was finding a premises but happily, he managed to secure “West House”, a detached residence with extensive grounds situated on Helen Street. He bought it from John Lushington Reilly, a great benefactor of the town and neighbourhood, especially during the famine of 1822.

The most stressful airports in Europe have been revealed, with Dublin ranking in eighth position.

All are welcome to the free choral concert which will take place on April 9 at 8pm in St Joseph's Church, Galway by the Charleston County School of the Arts from South Carolina, USA.

By popular demand, KATS, the award-winning local theatre company, is reviving its brilliant production of Tom Smith’s laugh-out-loud comedy, Drinking Habits.

It is time for Galway City Council to look at applying a hotel room tax on all visitors as this would be a sensible revenue raising measure that could go directly into the delivery of services in Galway City. So said Mark Lohan, Sinn Féin candidate in this summer’s Galway City Council elections.

Co Meath’s singer-songwriter Robert John Ardiff will perform on Saturday, February 24, as part of Monroe’s dual-stage ‘Isn’t It Midnight’ event.

If you are still thinking of that special holiday for the coming season, according to Fahy Travel, Galway now is the time to take advantage of an amazing offering from MSC Cruises.

University of Galway has announced successful testing of a next generation marine hydrokinetic turbine foil for renewable energy.

Aer Lingus launch January sale and announce three new destinations to for its 2024 summer schedule - Sicily, Crete and Turkey.