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The 87th Galway Bridge Congress is scheduled for next weekend, February 20-22 at The Ardilaun Hotel in Galway.

In 1791, a French writer, in his impressions of Galway wrote, “In August, hurling begins to be played. Each team is divided into three sections – 'L’arriere' of back guards the goal and seeks to stop the ball from passing through. Another group is in front to prevent the enemy’s ball from coming back from that end, that is the middle; the third group called the whip is 'sur le terrain' [on the ground]. The game of hurling is 'Behine' and the place they play – Turlough. The ball is cow’s hair, very compact and covered with leather. The spectators are on the ground about – the majority dancing. The sides are distinguished by the colour of their caps. It is terrifying to see the way they rush into each other to force the ball to pass under the goal.”

Ireland stands at a pivotal moment where the lessons of our past and the uncertainties of tomorrow demand clear-eyed reflection and prudent action. For decades, neutrality was mis-sold as defencelessness, our Defence Forces were pared back in the belief that peace was permanent and threats were far away.

For a long time, Galway has been a city that felt familiar in its bones. Not static, exactly, but slow to shift. Buildings came and went, shopfronts changed, cranes appeared and disappeared, yet the essential shape of the place remained stubbornly recognisable. If a group of lads from Mars had landed here sometime in the 1980s and popped back for a visit today, they’d still know where they were. The river still led them to the bay, the city still folded in on itself, and the skyline rarely surprised.

Galway champions Loughrea take on Sleacht Néill in the AIB All-Ireland Club Hurling Championship semi-final this Sunday at Parnell Park.

There has been a surge in signatures on an online petition to reopen Galway Airport this week.

As winter settles over Galway and stoves across the county spark back to life, one local company is marking a milestone that speaks to the rhythm of the season itself.

Fianna Fáil TD for Galway East, Albert Dolan, has called on the Government to urgently deliver on long-promised sewerage infrastructure for villages, which remain without basic wastewater facilities despite funding being announced three years ago.

Local Councillor Martina Kinane has welcomed Minister Darragh O’Brien's announcement of 20m for the development of new wastewater treatment plants in both Clarinbridge and Craughwell.

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