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Employees from one of Galway’s leading medical device employers, Boston Scientific once again took on the Peak2Peak Challenge in support of their charity partner, the National Breast Cancer Research Institute (NBCRI), which involved climbing Crough Patrick in Mayo before traveling to Connemara to take on Diamond Hill all in one day.

Explore the beautiful Wild Atlantic Way with Citylink. Travel to the heart of Connemara from Galway city centre in two hours, giving you plenty of time to hike Diamond Hill, or brave the waters of the Atlantic for a dip. Or maybe you would like to explore the small villages along the way, such as Oughterard, Clifden, and Letterfrack. With multiple stops along the routes, it is easy to hop off wherever you like. Citylink also makes it accessible to enjoy the beautiful Inishbofin, with a stop in Cleggan, where you can get a ferry straight to the island. With Citylink, you can travel to and from the west in ease, forget the traffic or parking, sit back and let Citylink take you there.

There are few places in Ireland where walking begins so effortlessly at the edge of a village and unfolds so quickly into something elemental and expansive as it does in Letterfrack. Sitting at the threshold of Connemara National Park, the village feels less like a starting point and more like a gentle invitation into landscape—one that shifts from quiet woodland to open mountain, from reflective shoreline to wind-cut summit, often within the space of a single afternoon.

Travel to the heart of Connemara from Galway City Centre in two hours, giving you plenty of time to hike Diamond Hill, brave the waters of the Atlantic for a dip. If it is a small village you are looking to explore, Oughterard, Clifden, and Letterfrack are among the many stops along the route, making it easy to hop off wherever you like.

A major fundraising challenge organised by the Boston ScientificGalway site saw over 200 employees climb both Croagh Patrick and Diamond Hill in a single day – raising over €100,000 for the National Breast Cancer Research Institute (NBCRI).

When Juliana Byrne climbed Diamond Hill in May, she achieved a lifelong goal and felt on top of the world. She had made two previous attempts but failed both times.

You reach the summit of Diamond Hill, or somewhere similar along the many spectacular locations on Galway's stunning coastline, and what you see takes your breath away. You want to capture the beauty of this sight before your eyes, and you reach for your camera. But, no matter what angle you look from, or how many photos you take, you cannot do justice to the view before you. The camera lens is not wide enough, your eyes barely are, and you realise the scene cannot be adequately captured.

Waiting outside the office of the Irish Times’ managing director, one might expect a snotty Moneypenny to usher you into a dark, wood-panelled study where a stern Judi Dench as M, in James Bond, will be enthroned at a leathered desk, waiting to receive, with a thousand-yard death stare.

Gary Leonard is the Clerk of Course for Corrib Oil Galway International Rally

Gary Leonard is the Clerk of Course for this year's Corrib Oil Galway International Rally.