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Galway’s Green Earth Organics, a business that has been deeply rooted in sustainability since its inception in May 2006 - when it made its first organic vegetable box deliveries - has marked its 20th birthday by announcing a new Sustainability Festival featuring thought leaders from the interconnected areas of food, health, nature and the environment.

Offering a visitor experience like no other, Thoor Ballylee is regarded as a 14th-century towerhouse that was once the home of one of the greatest literary figures in Irish history, W.B. Yeats.

THE FUREYS will play their last ever concert in County Galway as part of their Farewell Tour in the Town Hall Theatre on Thursday, January 15, 2026.

Offering a visitor experience like no other, Thoor Ballylee is a 14th-century Hiberno-Norman tower that was once the home of one of the greatest literary figures in Irish history, W.B. Yeats.

Offering a visitor experience like no other, Thoor Ballylee is a 14th century Hiberno-Norman tower that once was the home of one of the greatest literary figures in Irish history, W.B. Yeats.

By popular demand, KATS, the award-winning local theatre company, is reviving its brilliant production of Tom Smith’s laugh-out-loud comedy, Drinking Habits.

Following a stomping show last July, folk and rock n’ roll artist George Murphy returns to Monroe’s with The Rising Sons this Wednesday, December 27, at 8pm.

Our first photograph today (courtesy of the National Library) is a bird’s eye view that was taken in 1953 and shows the Warwick Hotel at the top of the picture. Next to it on the right was the entrance to Lenaboy Park, and beyond that you can see part of Queeney’s shop. Next door was Doorley’s private house and then Mrs Turke’s B&B called Osterley Lodge. Opposite, on the far side of the road was Billy Binn’s house and on the corner, as you can see, was a field with a lot of trees, much used as a playground by local children. This whole area was very prone to flooding and was occasionally rendered impassable, as was the case with Hurricane Debbie.

“We were led to believe that from St Patrick to the Book of Kells was this highpoint of Irish history; that after the Vikings and Normans invaded it was all shite and misery until Packie Bonner saved that goal at Italia ‘90. But there were a few good bits in-between, and even though our good bits were epic failures, comedy can be a great pathway to tackle these deadly serious topics.”

There is many an electrical appliance around Galway and the west that has to be thankful to Conboy Electrical for its long life. For six decades, the Galway store has been servicing and repairing electrical goods that were in need of parts or some gentle care.