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An easy guide to your dream Caribbean cruise from JWT Cruises
Planning a dream Caribbean cruise? Caroline O’Toole, head of cruises and luxury holidays at JWT Travel, shares her top tips.
Jackie Ui Chionna’s Queen of Codes shortlisted for esteemed historical biography prize
Galway historian and author Jackie Ui Chionna has been shortlisted for the esteemed Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography 2024 award for her book Queen of Codes, on the extraordinary life of Emily Anderson.
London launch tonight for book on Galway’s best kept secret
One of Galway’s best kept secrets was the extraordinary double life led by a quiet, well brought up girl, who became the first and youngest professor of German at Galway University, only to abruptly resign her post to accept a challenge from the British Secret Service to enter the strange world of silently listening to the enemy’s conversations.
Sporting Year 2022
It has to be the year of the Shark, that’s John ‘Shark’ Hanlon from County Carlow. He bought a horse called Hewick. He didn’t pay dearly for it (not even a thousand euro) and then won the Galway Plate last summer. He added another win at Sandown, and between the two he pocketed half a million euro. Not bad for a year’s work. But just last October he won the American Grand National at Fair Hills in New Jersey with a $160,000 dollar first prize. Now he is 33/1 to take the Cheltenham Gold Cup in March. D’ya think, maybe.
Long haul holidays now available online
Book your long haul holiday with the security of knowing you are dealing with Galway’s longest established travel company. Award winning Fahy Travel is a local family business catering to the travel needs of the people of the west of Ireland for more than 100 years.
Kinvara woman to row alone and unsupported across the ocean
Kinvara’s Dr Karen Weekes is a woman with a mission — for 70 days starting at the end of this year, she will row alone across 3,000 miles of the Atlantic Ocean, a feat that no Irishwoman has previously achieved.
David McWilliams talks about the impact of the pandemic and the environment on travel
David McWilliams has worked all over the world, and speaking on the Travel Tales with Fergal podcast, the top economist says that people need to be aware “of the impact of air travel on the environment” — and reckons he was a bad example with all his jet-setting before the pandemic.
