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Aran Island Ferries was awarded ‘BEST IRISH EXPERIENCE’ 2021 by travel2ireland and the Irish Travel Trade Network this week.

Aran Islands RNLI came to the aid of two fishermen on Monday evening after their vessel got into difficulty off Nags Head, County Clare.

Aran Island Ferries has welcomed the announcement of a new Aran Food Tour, created by Aran Goats Cheese producer Gabriel Faherty. The new Aran Food Tour is available to book online at www.arangoatcheeseandfoodtours.com.

Two Italian tourists who were rescued by an Irish Coast Guard crew when they were swept into the sea at Inis Mor two years ago returned to the island yesterday to reunite with the team who helped them.

Aran Islands Ferries, Ireland’s largest and longest operating year round ferry service to the Aran Islands announce an extension of its brand new seasonal 2021 Aran Islands route from Galway City Docks to Inis Mór inclusive of a cruise along the Cliffs of Moher, to Sunday September 26.

AN CRIÚ Collective - the artists group which works with large arts and theatre organisations in Galway - will open their first outdoor exhibition on Inis Oírr, this Saturday, July 17, at 3.30pm.

PERSONAL BELONGINGS of IRA volunteer Seamus Quirk and Fr Michael Griffin; Bronze Age artefacts from Dún Aonghasa; the myths of the River Corrib; and an exploration of Gaelic Ireland - there is a wealth of local and Irish history to be experienced at the Galway City Museum.

Aengus Burns has been confirmed as the new president of Galway Chamber. He said he was "hugely honoured and humbled" to have been elected to the position and outlined his key priorities for the year ahead.

The first steamer service to the Aran Islands began almost 150 years ago, in 1872, with a paddle tug called The Citie of the Tribes. She was operated by the Galway Steamship Company and was also used to tow barques and other sailing vessels to and from Galway port.

“If it is unreasonable to expect people in rural Connemara to travel to Ballybrit to get their Covid vaccines, it is doubly so for residents of the Aran Islands.”