Be inspired in your retirement at the Galway 50 Plus Show
Thu, Oct 22, 2026
The 50 Plus Show in association with Specsavers Galway is back in the Salthill Hotel this November, the 17th & 18th for the fourth consecutive year.
This year’s event will feature over 70 displays, demonstrations, workshops and talks - all designed to inform and educate people in their retirement.
Attractions include free cooking demonstrations & health screenings, arts & crafts workshops, artificial Intelligence (AI), bridge workshops, antique and collectable valuations plus 60 exhibitors covering health, rights & entitlements, volunteering, recruitment, personal finance, home & abroad holidays, energy savings, hobbies & pastimes, coin & stamp collecting and joining a club or society.
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