TG4 documentary on Galway Travellers breaking education boundaries

Thu, Jan 05, 2023

A documentary filmed over the course of one academic year, telling the story of a group of Irish Travellers as they make their way through university life will air on TG4 next week.

Property prices in Galway have risen by €5k in last three months

Thu, Jan 05, 2023

Property prices in Galway have risen by €5,000 during the quarter, according to the latest MyHome.ie Property Price Report.

O’Flaherty welcomes €120,000 allocated towards east side projects

Thu, Jan 05, 2023

Independent Councillor Terry O’Flaherty has welcomed the allocation of €25,000 towards floodlighting for O’Sullivan Park, Mervue, and €20,000 towards public lighting along the new walkway around Mellows pitches in Ballyloughane.

She also expressed satisfaction with her successful securing of funding, as the only member of the ruling pact on the east side of the city, in Galway City Council’s 2023 budget, for a series of other projects.

Ghostbuster star’s round sees Galway Bay Golf Resort feature on Amazon Prime

Thu, Jan 05, 2023

Galway Bay Golf Resort features on Links Life: Murray Edition, the show which features Bill Murray and his family traveling around some of Ireland’s top golf courses.

Diaspora links are key to 2023 Global Invitation Initiative

Thu, Jan 05, 2023

Reconnecting with our diaspora will be an essential strand of a new tourism project which will be tasked with attracting international tourists to Ireland.

The Global Invitation Programme will be charged with stimulating international demand and features as a recommendation of the Tourism Recovery Plan 2020-2023. It’s crucial that we engage with families and people with Irish connections living abroad. There is a wealth of goodwill for Ireland and now is the time to ask for that boost for 2023.

Galway emigrant celebrates 101st birthday at historic Michael Collins table

Thu, Jan 05, 2023

A UK-based Galway emigrant older than the Irish State itself has celebrated his 101st birthday at the same table that Michael Collins reputedly sat at with the first Irish Cabinet in 1922.

Gort shocked by sad death in farm accident

Thu, Jan 05, 2023

A south Galway farming community is plunged into sadness following the tragic death of a young man in a farm accident on Monday.

Bishop Duignan pays tribute to late Pope as Rome comes to standstill for today’s funeral

Thu, Jan 05, 2023

Bishop of Galway Michael Duignan has paid tribute to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI who will be laid to rest in Rome this morning.

Public lecture on Galway farming history

Thu, Jan 05, 2023

A free public lecture in the Harbour Hotel Galway, on next Monday, 9th January, at 8 pm will examine the history of agriculture and rural development in Co. Galway.

722,000 used Ireland West Airport

Thu, Jan 05, 2023

2022 has proven to be a strong year of recovery at Ireland West Airport, with passenger numbers increasing by 314% to 722,000 compared to 174,000 passengers in 2021. Compared to pre-covid levels, passenger numbers recovered to 89% of the record 2019 level of 807,000 passengers.

The number of passengers traveling on services to and from Mainland and Continental Europe hit a new high for the airport, surpassing 2019 levels, increasing by 9% to 138,621, with a particularly strong performance recorded on services to and from Cologne, Barcelona and Milan which in turn generated significant economic benefits for the West, North West and Midlands regions through increased overseas visitors from these regions.

New speed limits for city to come before council next week

Thu, Jan 05, 2023

Proposed new speed limits for Galway City will come before the City Council on January 9 — after the councillors modify and approve the proposal at that meeting, it will go for public consultation. The set of changes to be considered includes a 30kph zone for the city centre.

Let’s be having you for Galway’s big century

Thu, Jan 05, 2023

When Galway was on the cusp of becoming an EEC city fifty years ago this month, it had yet to attain the cultural and technological economic status that has defined it in the interim, plucking it from being a large provincial rural town to a city.

Exciting volunteering opportunity to work directly with Team Ireland in Paris 2024

Thu, Jan 05, 2023

Between 26 July and 11 August 2024, Team Ireland will be competing at the Paris Olympic Games. Applications are now open for two volunteers to be directly appointed to Team Ireland for the duration of the Games, and who will be based with the team in Paris throughout the Olympic Games in 2024.

Anger as twice-rejected Gort Biogas Plant approved by An Bord Pleanala

Thu, Dec 29, 2022

An Bord Pleanala has granted permission for the major Gort Biogas plant to go ahead, overturning previous rejection decisions by Galway County Council and creating what opponents have called “another potential environmental disaster” for South Galway.

Mary Kennedy Moving West again this January

Thu, Dec 29, 2022

Following the hugely successful first season, Moving West is back for a second series on TG4 this January. The show is produced by Dundara Television & Media in association with The Western Development Commission.

Shot against the backdrop of the unique natural beauty and culture of the West, this series puts a spotlight on Donegal, Sligo, Mayo, Galway, Kerry and a special episode on the Islands. Throughout the series we follow the lives of individuals and families who have moved or are in the process of moving to a new home along the Atlantic coast.

Turloughmore celebrates its sole senator

Thu, Dec 29, 2022

Seanad Eireann is celebrating its 100th anniversary and in that hundred years some of the greatest and most noted people took their place in the Higher House of the Irish Parliament.

Peter McVerry Trust opens new regional office in Tuam

Thu, Dec 29, 2022

Peter McVerry Trust, the national housing and homeless charity, has opened its new Western Regional Office in Tuam.

Voices of Connemara captures the magical essence of older Ireland

Thu, Dec 29, 2022

The Voices of Connemara is a book to be treasured. Published initially in 2001, and now available as a paperback, it was put together by photographer Raymonde Standún and the late Bill Long (writer and broadcaster).

Getting to know...

Thu, Dec 29, 2022

What is your earliest memory?
My mother Ina driving away from our home and I thought she was gone forever. I was distraught. Turns out it was her twin sister Betty – they were identical.

What does the climate action plan mean for Galway?

Thu, Dec 29, 2022

The path to a zero carbon Galway has become clearer than ever after the publication of the 2023 Climate Action Plan this week.

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