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For the majority of students across Ireland, your college course choice is made within the whirlwind of the Leaving Cert. A concoction of exam pressure, CAO deadlines, points calculators, and career ambitions swirl around the teenage brain as students attempt to forge their way through the third-level minefield.

In his review of a biography of a County Galway fighter ace, military historian PADRAIG LENIHAN finds both local interest, and a welcome counterweight to the notion that aerial dog fights were anything but bloody and brutal

Ray McBride, Galway city-born, was a multitude: dancer, singer, actor, writer, runner. And also a “forever friend” to sports journalist Frank Greally.

Galway 3-25 Kilkenny 1-16

Construction is due to get under way this week on a major new underground wastewater storage tank at Merlin Park, representing a significant investment in the city’s future infrastructure. 

When two neighbouring clubs locked horns in Pearse Stadium in the past, the opportunity arose for one of the teams to seize more than just local bragging rights - to come away with a sizeable statement victory that would linger long after the final whistle. As the Galway hurlers dismantled Kilkenny on Saturday in Salthill, that instantly came to mind.

Around 60 gardaí remained on duty in and around Port of Galway entry points until Wednesday night this week, after a makeshift blockade was cleared on Sunday.

A new Development Control Plan (DCP) for University Hospital Galway, as well as an associated Strategic Assessment Review (SAR) has been completed and is approved by the HSE Board, the latest meeting of the Regional Health Forum heard last week.

An international team of astronomers, led by a PhD student at University of Galway, have made the groundbreaking discovery of a second planet in the same system where they discovered another planet last year.

A marching pipe band is an ensemble of people playing bagpipes and drummers which requires coordination, discipline and timing. Every step should align with the band’s formation and rhythm and they should be visually and musically synchronised. They are usually led by a drum major with a mace to signal movements such as starting, stopping, wheeling etc. So we thought today to show you some of those bands who have graced our streets and entertained us over the years.