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The 2026 Galway Rose selection will be held at the Clayton Hotel this Saturday night, starting at 7pm Hosted by Galway Bay FM's Ollie Turner and judged by 2001 Limerick Rose Paula Gannon, 2017 Galway Rose Niamh Elwood, and 2022 Rose Escort of the Year Shane McHugh (from Belclare), the event promises a great night of entertainment. Sponsored by The Eyre Square Centre and Galway Skin Clinic, there are 25 Galway Rose Entrants from every corner of the county onstage this Saturday, each with a story to share and talents galore to present. Accomplished, confident and inspiring women. The current Galway Rose. Deirdre Jennings spoke bravely about her mental health struggles on TV at the Rose of Tralee Festival and touched people all over Ireland with her story. The Galway Rose Centre is very proud of her work during her time as Rose. Galway Rose Coordinator Anne Marie Doyle promises it will be a night not to be missed. Tickets can be purchased directly from the Clayton Hotel or from the Rose finalists.

The Galway Chamber has been reaching out to international contacts ahead of the Ireland’s upcoming presidency of the EU in July.

Galway’s role as the crucial meeting point for the Irish Film and TV industry to plan and prepare for the challenges facing the sector was reinforced by the 2026 FÍS Film and TV Summit – the largest and most expanded in the event’s nine-year history.

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A Galway man is on the verge of winning the World’s Toughest Row – a gruelling 4,800km journey across the Atlantic.

The proposed development of two wind farms in County Galway sparked strong concern among councillors at this week’s plenary meeting, with members warning that the projects could prove deeply divisive for rural communities.

Titans Galway Wheelchair Basketball player, Stephen Melvin will captain Ireland at the upcoming Wheelchair Basketball European Championships in Samakov, Bulgaria next week.

Galway's Aoife Raftery made Irish rally history when she became the first Irish driver to compete in the ADAC Opel Electric Rally Cup.

Supported by Opel Ireland, the Craughwell-based driver tackled the ADAC Saarland-Pfalz Rally in Germany last weekend, partnered by regular co-driver Hannah McKillop from Antrim.

With a 15 per cent baseline tariff on EU exports to the US, this week's long-awaited trade agreement between US president, Donald Trump and European commission president, Ursula Von Der Leyen isn't "ideal" but it offers some much-needed clarity, said Galway Chamber.