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A well-known family business in Kilcolgan is celebrating a remarkable milestone this year, marking 50 years in business and 30 years serving the local community from its current location.

It’s mad in one way, and perhaps somewhat unfair in another, but the success of the Galway hurlers in 2026 and Micheál Donoghue’s second season boils down to 70 minutes this weekend in Croke Park.

There are few achievements more remarkable than a long life. Not simply because of the number itself — though 107 years is a figure that rightly causes us to pause in wonder — but because of all that such a life must carry within it. A century is not merely a sequence of birthdays. It is an accumulation of seasons, sorrows, joys, losses, changes and quiet acts of endurance. To live long is not only to survive. It is to adapt. To bend without breaking as the world remakes itself around you.

It’s been 15 years since Galway last claimed an U-21 (now U-20) All-Ireland hurling crown — a drought that has long stuck in the craw of hurling aficionados throughout the county.

A CLARE man up for a day at the Galway Races claimed he was trying to return a woman’s purse he found in the smoking area outside the Skeff bar, Eyre Square, but the bouncers wouldn’t let him back inside to do so as he had too much to drink.

A group of students from University of Galway will embark on a cycle from Galway to Cork tomorrow (Wednesday) to raise funds for the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund.

For those of us living out west, the Atlantic is more than just a view – it’s a way of life. And when it comes to sea angling, few places rival the west coast counties of Galway, Mayo and Clare.

Sixteen patients attending the Diabetes Outpatient Clinic at University Hospital Galway were honoured at a special awards ceremony recently held in Croí.

Award-winning food writer and TV presenter Donal Skehan has returned as Ambassador for the 18th Annual Great Irish Bake for Sick Children, calling on people across Galway to roll up their sleeves and help raise vital funds for sick children in Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) hospitals and urgent care centres.

As we approach International Women’s Day on Saturday, March 8, it’s the perfect time to celebrate the women who make Galway great.