Grab your warmest sleeping bag for Galway Simon's annual fundraiser

Thu, Aug 18, 2022

This year's Galway Simon Community's annual fundraising event for the homeless is going hybrid.

Carnmore Community Walkway at Carnmore GAA Club

Thu, Aug 18, 2022

Carnmore Mile Fundraiser will take place on August 20 at Carnmore GAA pitch from 10am to 5pm to help construct a community walkway.

The community walkway will be constructed around the three pitches at Carnmore GAA Club and will be lit in winter to allow safe walking away from the traffic.

Advenure tourism is a major growth area in the west of Ireland in Galway's outdoor recreational facilities welcomed

Thu, Aug 18, 2022

Deputy Ciaran Cannon has this week welcomed an investment of some €367,000 in outdoor recreation facilities across County Galway as part of an ongoing national programme of investment by Minister for Rural and Community Development Heather Humphreys.

Ambassador to celebrate Indian Indepencence Day in Galway

Thu, Aug 18, 2022

Galway's Indian community is set to celebrate the 76th Indian Independence Day on Saturday.

Galway Pride Festival 2022

Thu, Aug 18, 2022

Allies and members of the LGBTQ+ community marching in the Galway Pride Parade on Saturday afternoon. Photos by Mike Shaughnessy

Legacy of Galway 2020 lives in new drumming programme in the county

Thu, Aug 18, 2022

A county-wide drum programme linking children, young people and adults is set to commence next month.

Casting call for Elf Town at Christmas

Thu, Aug 18, 2022

Elf Town, the magical Christmas experience for every child, is recruiting for this year's Galway event.

Actors of all ages are required for a variety of paid roles in November and December 2022.

McCambridge's sold to Ireland's largest grocery distributor Musgrave

Thu, Aug 11, 2022

Galway's famous family-owned fine food shop McCambridge's has been sold to Irish grocery giant Musgrave Group.

Calls for State intervention as rents hit record high

Thu, Aug 11, 2022

In Galway city, rents have risen by 16.4 per cent in the last year and the average rent is now €1,663, according to the latest Daft.ie rental report. In County Galway, market rents were on average 12.4 per cent higher in the second quarter of 2022 compared to last year. The average listed rent is now €1,184, up 132 per cent from its lowest point.

The changing face of Shop Street

Thu, Aug 11, 2022

Nothing remains static in this dynamic world. In nature, we see growth, development and decay. Our very life would be an impossibility without this all-pervading law of change or motion. Nothing remains constant no matter how good it has been. To be wedded to the past and to shut eyes to the future is a form of mental slavery. Nostalgia is all very well, but we must always be unafraid of change.

Do you remember a time when all of the shops on the street had a family name over the door, a time when those who lived and worked on the street knew all of their neighbours?

Good fortune rains down on Galway’s latest lotto winners

Thu, Aug 11, 2022

Lotto tickets are selling fast in Newspoint Newsagents at the Galway Shopping Centre following a recent €5,541,001 jackpot win.

Learn more about the benefits of palliative care

Thu, Aug 11, 2022

Local people are being encouraged to learn more about palliative care and the benefits it offers to people with life-limiting illnesses and their families.

The All Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care (AIIHPC) is calling on people to become better informed about its positive impact as part of Palliative Care Week. Now in its ninth year, it takes place from September 11 to 17.

Inverin family bags five All-Ireland trophies at Roundstone Currach Races

Thu, Aug 11, 2022

The Sullivan family, originally from Ard Mor and which includes Michael and Julia, along with their children Sienna, 14 and Kian, 12, is believed to be the first family in Irish currach rowing to win five different trophies in the annual All-Ireland currach competition held on Sunday in Roundstone.

Heritage week aims to encourage Galwegians to protect our future

Thu, Aug 11, 2022

This year's National Heritage Week goes back into the past in order to shape the future.

Taking place from Saturday August 13 to Sunday August 21, National Heritage Week's theme 2022 is biodiversity and sustainability

Wildlands celebrates continued expansion

Thu, Aug 11, 2022

Wildlands adventure park in Moycullen, celebrating its second year in business, has become a hot spot for thrill-seekers of all ages.

Ten minutes from Galway city at the gateway to Connemara and set on over 20 acres of mature woodland, the development consists of an array of impressive indoor and outdoor adventures, including their popular zip ‘n’ trek course, which stretches for more than a kilometre through the park, 15 metres above the ground.

Miss Galway is ‘proud’ to be a Loughrea lass

Thu, Aug 11, 2022

Ava Matthews is representing Galway for Miss Ireland 2022.

The vibrant living heritage of the Corrib

Thu, Aug 11, 2022

Heritage Week 2022 presents a wonderful opportunity for the general public to be immersed into the natural landscapes, cultural traditions and the historical built environment that characterises Ireland’s second largest waterway and its immediate hinterland.

Family homelessness back to peak levels , says Galway Simon

Thu, Aug 04, 2022

The number of families living in emergency accommodation in the West is almost back to the peak levels as a result of the ongoing housing crisis, according to Galway Simon.

Declining numbers not a dismal picture, just the reality, says Archbishop ahead of inaugural Reek climb

Thu, Aug 04, 2022

The future of the church and its practical application in community life was discussed at length on Sunday morning, as Archbishop of Tuam, Dr Francis Duffy prepared for his first ascent of Croagh Patrick in his new role.

Seagoing moon-powered sculpture to run on coastal power

Thu, Aug 04, 2022

If you are passing Lough Atalia and the mouth of the river Corrib on this weekend, you may come across a rather unusual catamaran in the water.

Its two hulls are made from decommissioned wind turbine blades, and on its deck a roped buoy swings in hypnotic arcs around a scaffold structure.

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