Our first front page, 55 years ago.

Editorial Comment

The need for strong local media

Thu, Apr 17, 2025

This day, 55 years ago, the city of Galway awoke to something new—something vibrant, something that would become an indelible part of its identity. For the first time, the Galway Advertiser, the brainchild of the visionary Ronnie O’Gorman, landed on doormats across the city. Its pages carried not just ink and words, but a spirit of community, connection, and curiosity.

Photo: Chaosheng Zhang.

Local News

Wellbeing experience with Galway Simon Community

Thu, Apr 17, 2025

Galway Simon Community is inviting people to join a Wellbeing Experience on Sunday May 11 in the Clayton Hotel. Taking place from 10am to 2pm, this half-day event promises to provide participants with a relaxing and interactive wellness experience. The event is focused on mindfulness, movement and community and will be led by expert facilitators who will provide guided meditation, positive psychology and restorative movement, leaving participants feeling refreshed and reconnected.

City Irish Officer, Marcus Ó Conaire, assisting 'Rí na Cnoc na Cathrach,' Cllr Donal Lyons, with a translation before Galway City Council’s first fully bilingual meeting on Monday, March 10. (Photo: Cormac MacMahon)

Politics

Spring spraoí at City Hall

Thu, Mar 13, 2025

Dhírigh na comhairleoirí ar agóidí Fhaiche na Coróiní agus Pictiúrlann an Pálás i rith a gcéad chruinniú as Gaeilge

Éamon Ó Cuív surveys the approaches to his home in Corr na Móna
(Photo: Mike Shaughnessy)

News Interviews

A voice for Galway West

Thu, Mar 27, 2025

Éamon Ó Cuív lives up the Seanbhóthar behind Corr na Móna, in a small, well-sited bungalow himself and his wife, Áine, built in 1980, six years after moving to Joyce Country, where Éamon landed a job establishing an ill-fated lamb fattening station which later became a successful sawmill.

Éamon Ó Cuív at home in Corr na Móna. (Photo: Mike Shaughnessy)

National News

Ó Cuív wants FF to contest Áras

Thu, Mar 27, 2025

Éamon Ó Cuív would consider running for Áras an Uchtaráin on a Fianna Fáil ticket, but he has so far not been asked to put his name forward.

More and more Irish businesses are turning their attention to sustainability.

Features

Irish businesses significantly shift towards sustainability

Thu, Feb 27, 2025

Irish businesses are making strides towards a greener future, with sustainability now at the very heart of operations across the country. A recent EY report – the State of Sustainability 2024 – reveals that a remarkable 81 per cent of Irish companies have ramped up their focus on sustainable practices over the past year.

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