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The Office of Public Works has this week announced that admission to heritage sites across the country will be free for all visitors under 18 throughout August. The initiative aims to encourage young people and families to discover Ireland’s rich cultural and historical heritage, while helping to make these experiences more accessible by removing financial barriers.

Behind bolted doors last week, there was a closely fought selection convention for Sinn Féin to chose its candidate for the Galway West by-election in May.

Stephen Faller was born in Germany and came to Galway as a young man. Our first photograph, c1890, shows him at the door of the business he set up in Dominick Street in 1879.

Fifteen years after An Cheathrú Rua was identified as a priority location for a HSE primary care centre, nothing has happened.

Helen Ogbu was formally endorsed by the Labour Party at a heavily attended selection convention this week, to chants of “Gaillimh Abú, Gallimh Ogbu” by almost 100 supporters.

And just like that, the curtain closed on another enthralling club season, with Ballygunner of Waterford and Kerry’s Dingle crowned All-Ireland senior champions in hurling and football respectively.

The racing world is no stranger to risk, to fragility, to the sharp awareness that promise and peril often travel side by side. Yet nothing can soften the blow of a loss as cruel and sudden as that of Paul Kavanagh, a young Galway jockey whose life was taken far too soon in a car accident last week. He was only 20, but in that short time he managed to leave an imprint far deeper than many who live much longer lives.

The racing world is no stranger to risk, to fragility, to the sharp awareness that promise and peril often travel side by side. Yet nothing can soften the blow of a loss as cruel and sudden as that of Paul Kavanagh, a young Galway jockey whose life was taken far too soon in a car accident last week. He was only 20, but in that short time he managed to leave an imprint far deeper than many who live much longer lives.

New research from Virgin Media Ireland has revealed Galway’s favourite Christmas movie.