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The Tribesmen Head of the River (THOR) celebrates its 50th anniversary this Saturday as the River Corrib prepares to welcome over 1,200 competitors to the annual event.

Last month, city councillors were sent to spend two days over the border, in County Galway, to Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta, in the South Conamara Gaeltacht, and their immersion in spoken Irish clearly paid off, with “the amadán from the Advertiser” forced to rely on a translation service to report.

A judge has stated that the sentencing of Galway farmer and self styled Celtic Healer and Fairy Whisperer, Patrick Noone (59) for the sexual assault of a 16-year girl on board a transatlantic Aer Lingus flight “should be heard as soon as possible”.

Galway County Council has passed a motion to call on the Government to amend the Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory Bill to include the prohibition of trade in services.

The life of Alice Perry, the first woman in Ireland and the United Kingdom to graduate with an engineering degree, is a significant chapter in the history of women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).

A Galway farmer has pleaded guilty to the sexual assault of a then 16-year-old girl on board an Aer Lingus flight bound for Boston.

Shannon Airport is set to welcome over 24,000 passengers across the upcoming February bank holiday period. This figure represents a 14 per cent jump on the same time last year, as the popularity of St. Brigid’s bank holiday getaways soars.

The fear of looking back on his life as he breathed his last and realising that he had not lived it being true to himself was one of the main reasons why Adrian Varley (33) stopped drinking. That fear was far greater than giving up alcohol, says the former Galway Senior footballer.

There is a particular kind of shock that follows violence in an open space. A beach, of all places, is meant to be without edges or barriers. It is where land gives way to the vastness of the ocean, where we stand barefoot and are reminded of how small we are in the face of nature. The beach is warmth underfoot, a salt breeze against the skin, the quiet poetry of wet sand and dry, cold water and hot sun. It is the feeling of being both here and somewhere else entirely.

Maigh Cuilinn make the trip to Dublin this Saturday evening for a National League clash that is far more delicate than the standings might suggest.