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Professor Peter McHugh, Interim President of University of Galway, has been elected Fellow of the European Mechanics Society (EUROMECH).

Connacht are preparing to meet familiar URC foes Cardiff in their next European Challenge Cup fixture in Wales on Friday night with high hopes of taking another step towards claiming a trophy.

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Connacht prepare for a top-of-the-table European Challenge Cup pool clash against Lyon on Saturday (8pm) in Dexcom Stadium.

Connacht head to France to continue their European challenge after a solid opening home victory over Zebre last weekend.

European Rugby returns to Dexcom Stadium with the visit of familiar foes Zebre on Saturday evening (8pm). And once again Connacht’s ambition to reach a European final begins, having failed at the semi-final hurdle on three occasions.

Two Galway men, Joe Kelly and Keith Roberts, are part of a group of 18 young people travelling to Lyon, France this week to compete as Team Ireland at the 2024 World Skills event.

Connacht can expect to face some familiar foes in the forthcoming European Challenge Cup season beginning this December.

An exciting exhibition of unique furniture pieces designed and created by students in the National Centre for Excellence in Furniture Design and Technology, Atlantic Technological University (ATU), was opened in the ATU Connemara campus on Tuesday, June 18 by Dr Michael Hannon, VP Academic Affairs and Registrar, ATU Galway-Mayo.

The town of Galway was virtually an independent city state, self-contained politically and ecclesiastically, relying on its own resources as it was cut off from the central English authority until the 16th century. Then, the Tudors began to extend their influence westwards so that the city gradually came totally under their dominion. The real symbol of that growing influence was the fortifications, four in number, raised to defend this all-important location against all enemies, notably France and Spain.