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Connemara National Park is to be expanded by nearly 250 hectares, with work already under way on upgrading and extending the walking trails through the park.

A multidisciplinary team of students primarily from colleges in the west has won the Irish leg of Invent for the Planet (IFTP) 2025 for their plastic brick prototype solution titled “Creating sustainable housing solutions for expanding poverty areas”.

Collins McNicholas, the national recruitment agency, is integrating its Galway and Sligo offices to streamline its operations and offer an enhanced regional service in the West and North West.

On January 15, 1827 two Patrician Brothers, Paul O’Connor and James Walsh, took up residence in Lombard Street and set up the Monastery School. The attendance on that first day was 300 boys, many of whom had little interest in learning because they were poor and hungry. So the Brothers set up The Poor Boy’s Breakfast Institute in May 1830. It continued seven days a week, 365 days a year for many years after the founders' time. The breakfast consisted of porridge with molasses or treacle, and during the Famine, they fed 1,000 boys every day. The ‘Old Mon’ became a vital cog in education in Galway.

Gardaí investigating the single car fatal road traffic collision that occurred on the R347 near Ballyglunin early on Chjristmas Eve have appealed for information that may help their investigation.

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In the spring of 1821, Laurence Nihill actively sought a partner for his Castlebar distillery. He offered an 'active role' in the business in return for a payment of between £1,000 and £1,500. The enterprise was located in what is now the car park between Main Street and Mill Lane.

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GARDNER ARE back! Following possibly the longest break in Galway musical history, the band is releasing a new single, and proving that, for some, lockdown has been a real spur to creativity.

The fourth episode of Siamsaíocht Sessúins airs on Athlone Community radio at noon on Saturday, April 24, with the video to premier on the Athlone Family Resource Centre Youtube and Facebook pages at 9pm that night.