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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.

This week, Irish Wheelchair Association Sport (IWA-Sport) and their clubs, including the Shannonside Stealers, begin the 100-day countdown to the Paralympic Games 2024.

This week (May 20th) the Irish Wheelchair Association Sport (IWA-Sport) and their clubs including the Galway Speeders - begin the 100-day countdown to the Paralympic Games 2024.

This week (May 20th) the Irish Wheelchair Association Sport (IWA-Sport) and their clubs including the Galway Wheelers - begin the 100-day countdown to the Paralympic Games 2024.

As we get nearer to the election, many candidates will promise the Galway City Ring Road (GCRR) as the solution to Galway’s chronic traffic problems. Any solution to the traffic has to involve fewer car journeys, but the GCRR will not achieve that.

Galway music fans are set for a treat tomorrow night (Friday) when an Irish-French collaboration raises the rafters at St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church.

Various successful events have been initiated over the last 10 years with official and business visits and most recently the Inter-Celtic Business Forum which second edition took place in Galway.

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