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Ronnie O’Gorman was the most influential Galwegian of the past fifty years. In The Galway Advertiser he created and nurtured a unique forum for Galway creativity, enterprise and community. Under Ronnie’s benign yet focused stewardship an entirely new version of Galway developed as the universal image of the city – an innovative, cultured, tolerant and sparkling city, successful, slightly raffish, and fun.

Commuters in county Galway are missing out on a great saving that is currently only available in Cork and Dublin which is that you can combine train and bus journeys into one fare using a Leap Card, provided your final journey started within 90 minutes of your first, you only pay €2.

Independent City Councillor Declan McDonnell has highlighted the frustration of bus users on some of the busiest routes in the city over no-shows or delayed arrivals.

Minister of State for the Gaeltacht, Thomas Byrne TD, announced Lally Tours as the overall winner of the 22nd Gradam Sheosaimh Uí Ógartaigh gala awards at a ceremony in The Hardiman, Eyre Square on Monday night.

Sherry FitzGerald has recently brought to market an impressive two bedroom townhouse located in a secure, gated residential complex in the heart of Galway city - close to the social and cultural centre of the city.

The countdown is on for the highly anticipated Livestream Auction for O’Donnellan & Joyce, Thursday June 20 at 12 noon. It is set to be an excellent auction that promises something special for everyone.

Colleran Auctioneers have just been favoured with yet another gem of a property in the city centre - this time just beside Eyre Square.

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.