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The world’s media and its innovators will descend on Galway city later this month, but not for the local newspapers’ catchy headlines.

The world’s media and its innovators will descend on Galway city later this month, but not for the local newspapers’ catchy headlines.

After 40 years working for RTÉ, most famously as regional news reporter for the west of Ireland since 2007, Mannion is set to retire in six weeks.

There was hardly a dry eye among councillors in the chamber after Mayor Helen Ogbu was finished with them.

The tender for the construction of the new Newcastle Community Centre has been awarded by Galway City Council to Burns Construction & Civil Engineering, and works have commenced onsite. Dara Calleary T.D, Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht officially turned the sod on the new development last Friday evening.

President Catherine Connolly said she has a responsibility to “always speak truth to power” as she accepted the Freedom of Galway City last Friday, while using her address to defend Irish neutrality and warn against the normalisation of war.

The Iarnród Éireann train service from Galway to Dublin still lacks catering since Covid-19 measures suspended it. However, other major routes, such as Dublin/Cork and Dublin/Belfast, both have had catering services return since pandemic measures were lifted.

Every summer, thousands of Irish families face the same challenge: finding affordable accommodation for students heading to college. What should be an exciting milestone often becomes a source of stress, uncertainty, and significant financial pressure. With student rents continuing to rise across Ireland’s major university cities, many families are now spending €8,000 to €10,000 a year - or even more - simply to secure a room.

For many students in Galway, deciding where to live during their third-level education is almost as significant as choosing what course to study. While some students opt to remain at home and commute to college, others choose to move away and experience student life in a new city or town.

One of Galway’s most respected and successful electrical wholesale businesses has entered a new chapter following the acquisition of Peter Curran Electric Limited (PCEL) by Wolseley Ireland.