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A show of solidarity to the people of Palestine was a key motion at Galway County Council's October plenary meeting this week, with councillors unanimously passing a motion calling on the Government to enact the Occupied Territories Bill.

In a unanimous vote of all 16 councillors present in City Hall last Monday, a motion was carried that the City Council will not welcome any future visits to Galway by Netanyahu, Israel’s president Isaac Herzog, or ministers and ambassadors of the current administration after its military incursions into Lebanon.

Nina Carberry, MEP for Ireland’s Midlands North West and member of the European Parliament’s Budget Committee, is calling for greater EU investment in skills development. She argues this is key to maintaining Europe’s economic strength. Carberry is pushing for the establishment of a new Intergroup in the European Parliament focused on education and skills, aimed at boosting Europe’s competitiveness.

‘Flowers for the Women of the Galway Magdalene Laundry’ to be held this Sunday (Sept 1) is an annual event to commemorate the women and girls who were incarcerated in the Galway Magdalene Laundry and died behind the convent walls of the Sisters of Mercy, who ran the institution.

Researchers at University of Galway are working with indigenous peoples deep in the Colombian Amazon to document their story -building on the legacy of Roger Casement.

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James Reynolds, leader of the National Party,says he stands firm in his commitment to safeguarding the interests of Irish fishermen and the fishing industry.

The Irish Self Catering Federation (ISCF) has said that the tourism industry in Galway and nationally is facing “considerable threat” due to the Irish government’s poorly thought-out implementation of European Union legislation on short -term rental data collection and sharing which became law on May 19.

A group of artists living on Inis Oirr projected the words ‘Free Palestine’ onto the Inis Oirr lighthouse last week to show their solidarity with the people of Palestine.

Half of the 27 candidates who have declared for the Midlands-North-West European Parliament constituency set out their stalls at two similar events this week with very different outcomes.