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Left-wing councillors failed to convene an emergency sitting of Galway city council this week to discuss military neutrality and the Occupied Territories Bill before year end.

Artist Lilly Hughes, and her neighbour, Kitty Wheatley, both Renmore ladies, were mortified to be identified by the Galway Advertiser, in a pub, in town, of a Tuesday, before 11am.

These detection arrays are part of Israel’s Iron Dome anti-projectile defence system against bombardment by Hezbollah and its affiliates. The missile system is designed to destroy incoming rockets and heavy artillery.

UNIFIL, the United Nations’ Interim Force in Lebanon, will finish next year, after the US vetoed its renewal in August.

Midlands-North-West MEP Ciaran Mullooly has welcomed the announcement by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, proposing to suspend the EU-Israel Trade Agreement under Article 2, requiring that any country trading with the EU must uphold international humanitarian standards.

Senator Alice Mary Higgins (Ind) has called on the bank’s top officials to appear before a high-powered finance committee to explain their actions, after she claims this transfer has not been adequately completed.

Last week’s decision by the United Nations’ Security Council to wind down the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon by late 2026 signals the end of a long association between the Irish Defence Forces and the United Nations’ Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) mission.

Here in Galway, we measure the year in rhythms — not so much by the weather or the ticking of clocks, but by the sequence of festivals and the shifting colour of the streets. July turns, and with it, the city shifts mood. The stretch in the evening begins to draw in. The Galway International Arts Festival takes its final bow, and almost immediately, the echo of hooves rises from Ballybrit. The handover is complete. Art yields to spectacle. The Races are upon us.