Travel & Outdoors
Find Your Wild in Waterford this summer
Thu, May 14, 2026
Visit Waterford has officially launched its 2026 tourism campaign, “Find Your Wild in Waterford,” introducing a new and immersive way for visitors to experience the county through a blend of curated journeys and personalised discovery.
Food & Wine
Street Feast returns this May to help Ireland reconnect
Thu, May 21, 2026
Street Feast returns this May to help neighbours across Galway connect. Neighbourhoods across the country are being invited to pull up a chair, share some?food?and say hello during Ireland’s national weekend of community lunches and gatherings, taking place this Saturday and Sunday, May 23 and 24.
Children & Parenting
Helping children with additional needs achieve their potential
Thu, May 21, 2026
When Erica Herwood learned that her son, Keelan, had autism, she was thrown into a world she never imagined being in, she says.
Education & Training
ATU launches first Race and Ethnic Equality Action Plan
Thu, May 28, 2026
Atlantic Technological University (ATU) has launched its first Race and Ethnic Equality Action Plan 2025-2028, unveiled on May 14 at the ATU Galway City campus.
Home & Garden
Keep your dog busy while you work
Thu, May 28, 2026
Doggy play sessions launch in Kinvara. Burren School for Dogs have launched weekday morning collect and play sessions.
Health, Beauty & Fashion
Hot girl summer — how to look stylish while keeping your cool
Thu, May 28, 2026
Soaring temperatures this week offered a timely lesson in dressing for high temperatures. For many, dressing during the midweek mini-heatwave was less about chasing trends and more about mastering the art of staying cool without sacrificing style. Fortunately, this summer’s fashion offers plenty of elegant solutions for women determined to beat the heat while still looking polished.
Old Galway
Reunion of the Bish classes of 1965 and 1966
Thu, May 28, 2026
Two hundred years ago, in October 1826, the Warden of Galway wrote to the Superior of the Patrician Brothers asking him to send at least one Brother to Galway to take over a school which had been moved from near the Shambles Barracks to a disused barrack in Lombard Street. Brother Paul O’Connor and Brother Dawson were sent to Galway. Cash in hand was one shilling. Social conditions were very bad, but the Brothers went ahead and established the Monastery School, known as The Mon. Before the school had been a year in operation, the improvement in the youth of the city was so evident that a public meeting was held in the school to vote thanks to the teachers, “whose zeal, attention and excellent arrangements had produced such happy results”.
