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The Galway People of the Year Awards marked a significant milestone at the weekend, celebrating their 30th anniversary with a gala banquet that drew more than 550 family members, friends, and supporters to the Galway Bay Hotel.

Galway Bay is widely celebrated as one of the region’s greatest natural resources, a place that belongs to everyone yet remains inaccessible to many. For Moycullen resident Kay Diviney, a member of the Gentle Swimmers group, the bay represents both liberation and limitation. Kay has Multiple Sclerosis and is a wheelchair user, yet each week she makes the journey to the water across from the Galway Bay Hotel, supported by her husband Cathal and fellow swimmers. What awaits her is a powerful form of therapy, but one that is not reliably within her reach.

A Galway city school is rallying around to raise funds to help a pupil who fell ill earlier this year and who now needs 24-hour care as he continues his recovery.

Ability West is a long standing organisation that supports persons with varying levels of autism and intellectual disabilities. It has been in existence for 63 years and its services are still expanding.

The recipients of the 2025 Galway People of the Year Awards, organised in partnership with Basil Holian of Watchman Holdings, were unveiled at a press reception in the Galway Bay Hotel over the weekend.

This photograph of Salthill was taken about 75 years ago by Norman Ashe, a Dublin photographer who specialised in aerial photography. Most aerial images of the area were taken from the sea side but he chose the other direction.

The 23rd annual Gradam Sheosaimh Uí Ógartaigh gala awards ceremony was held on Monday at the Galway Bay Hotel, celebrating excellence in bilingual service among businesses and organisations across Galway City. Finalists, their families, colleagues and friends, together with members of Cairde Ghaillimh le Gaeilge, turned out in force to honour this year’s achievements.

One of Galway’s most storied football clubs, West United FC, is set to mark a major milestone this weekend as they celebrate their 80th anniversary with a special celebration at the Galway Bay Hotel on Saturday night, May 31. Founded in 1945, West United has become a pillar of the local football community and a driving force in the development of the sport across all levels in the county.

The Irish Animation Awards, a biennial event, took place on Saturday in The Galway Bay Hotel. Hosted by Brendan Courtney, the glittering event celebrated more than 2,500 animation professionals who create animation across the island of Ireland.

The biennial Irish Animation Awards will be held in Galway later this month, one day after a special industry meitheal on Friday, May 23, at the Galway Bay Hotel in Salthill.