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Galway Rape Crisis Centre (GRCC) has officially opened the doors to its new building and permanent home in The Claddagh, Galway marking a historic moment in the organisation’s more than four decades of service to the community.

In good news for home buyers and switchers, Claddagh Credit Union is launching a new standard mortgage product. With a competitive variable rate of 3.85%, and an interest rate capped at 4.4% for the first three years, the innovative new product provides borrowers with a certainty of repayment, while also delivering the benefits of a variable offering.

Benny Byrne and Stephen Deveney often met in Cooke’s Bar for a pint and they invariably ended up wondering about the possibility of starting up a credit union in the Shantalla area. They were greatly encouraged by Nora Herlihy, a Cork lady who had done a great deal to spread the credit union idea. So they wrote a letter to the Galway Observer inviting interest in their idea. They got one reply, from Jack Phelan in Ashe Road. They eventually organised a meeting for the formation of a study group in Benny’s house at 20 Shantalla Place on September 26, 1963.

Claddagh Credit Union is honoured to be the official sponsor of this year’s Galway Hospice Memorial Walk, taking place on Sunday, September 14.

The Galway Hooker Secret Sessions is ten days of music, craft beer, and electric atmosphere in a secret, city-centre location.

Sherry FitzGerald presents No 9 Fairhill Court, a spacious two bedroom penthouse apartment on the second floor, featuring a large rooftop terrace with breathtaking panoramic views stretching from Long Walk across the Claddagh to Salthill. Situated in an exclusive development of just 10 apartments and seven townhouses, the property was built in 2008 by Cordil Construction in The Claddagh, one of Galway city's most sought-after areas.

During a recent visit to the Isle of Man, I was struck by a substantial monument in Douglas, commemorating a maritime rescue in 1830. Aware of another heroic rescue in Galway the same year, I realised both took place during the same storm.

Towards the end of the 19th century, the Claddagh started to go into decline, thanks mainly to the local fishermen not updating their methods of fishing. This economic decline continued into the last century so, when the Urban District Council announced in 1916 that they were starting a reclamation programme of the 30-acre field that was known locally as ‘The Swamp’, it caused a lot of excitement locally. A small working committee was established to carry out the details of organisation. From then on the area was to be known as South Park. I am not sure where that title came from, maybe they regarded the Square as East Park, Salthill Park as Westpark, but where was North Park?

Claddagh Credit Union has announced the winners of its June car draw. On June 20, one very lucky winner drove home in a brand-new Ford Puma PHEV and nine lucky members walked away with cash prizes of €2,600 each.

Low water levels on the River Corrib have revealed untreated sewage flowing freely into the city’s estuary in front of Claddagh Quay after weeks of repair work was completed.