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Until 8pm, the 13th Galway (Renmore) Scout Troop will host a special session – open to all – showcasing the energy, creativity, and achievements of its young people and youth work across the local community.

In May, 1924, Galway County Council resolved, ‘… the adoption of the Carnegie Rural Libraries Scheme in County Galway, and we, the members, undertake, individually and collectively, to press for the maintenance of the scheme of a County Library rate at the end of the two years during which it has been maintained by the Carnegie Trust’.

Galway's fashion scene is thriving, thanks in no small part to the family team behind Love It Fashions. At the helm is Ger Coady, joined by her identical twin daughters, Sarah and Hannah, who together have built a brand that blends experience, passion, and a sharp sense of style.

The Galway Committee of the National Breast Cancer Research Institute (NBCRI) will host Afternoon Tea at The Hardiman Hotel, sponsored by Tom Doyle Motors, on Sunday, October 5 in celebration of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

It has been a difficult spell for the team. The loss of Moses Dyer has hurt. The unavailability of Patrick Hickey has left a chasm. The fall off in the form of key players and personalities has been the most damaging of all.

Galway United face a tough journey to the southeast to take on a rejuvenated Waterford FC side tomorrow night.

This is the expectation of Roads and Infrastructure Minister of State, Sean Canney, who welcomed a €2.4m funding allocation for environmental reports and consultancy services necessary to advance the project to the next stage of planning this week.

Galway's St Patrick's Day parade has become, somewhat unexpectedly, one of the things I most look forward to in the year. Some of my earliest memories are of uninspiring parades in the dreary 1980s. I swear that one year it consisted only of flat-bed trucks, with nothing on them. Before Macnas imported a theatrical approach to street performance, the parade was often more obligation than entertainment.

James Hardiman, in his history of Galway lists the fuels available in Galway long ago as coal, turf and bog deal. Bog deal was mostly the roots of trees that had been grown over by the bog over the centuries. It was regarded as a nuisance by the turf cutter who likes nice clean lines as he used his sleán. The turf men usually threw this timber up on top of the bog. It gave out a lot of sparkle, like a mini firework, while it burned in the grate.

The retail landscape of Galway City and County has been struggling for years, and the pandemic only exacerbated the issues that were already simmering beneath the surface. As we approach the fifth anniversary of the great shutdown, it is clear that the vibrant heart of many of our towns, villages, and the city itself has never fully recovered. Once thriving hubs of commerce, culture, and social activity, these areas now find themselves marked by dereliction, empty storefronts, and shuttered businesses. The once-bustling streets now carry an air of emptiness, with even Saturdays taking on the quiet, languid feeling of a Sunday afternoon.