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Award-winning play No Magic Pill kicks off an Irish tour at the Black Box Theatre in Galway tonight for just 3 performances; Thursday and Friday 8pm and 2pm this Saturday.

The award-winning play No Magic Pill returns to Galway next week for three performances only prior to an Irish tour. Playwright, Christian O'Reilly, whose most recent play – Unspeakable Conversations - captivated audiences at Galway International Arts Festival this summer – wrote this hilarious and heartfelt story to honour Spiddal native and disability rights activist Martin Naughton, who was also a key figure in the establishment of the Independent Living Movement in Ireland.

On Saturday, October 12, Galway student, Sharon Dolphin, was awarded a Naughton Foundation Scholarship worth €24,000 at a ceremony in the Trinity Business School in Dublin. The award was presented by founding patrons of the Naughton Foundation, Dr. Martin Naughton, and his wife Carmel, who were joined by An Taoiseach Mr Simon Harris to present winning students with their awards and cheques.

The Naughton Foundation Scholarship which is worth €20,000, was awarded to two Galway students, Rachel Harris and Alex Haugh.

I have wanted to tell this story for 27 years. It started when I replied to a job ad in the DCU newsletter, which had been placed by the Centre for Independent Living (CIL). I was invited to an interview at the Royal Dublin Hotel. Soon, the door was pushed open and a bearded man in a wheelchair rolled in. A fishing hat sat on his head, a cigarette hung from his lips and he wore a smile on his face. ‘Shake the thumb,’ he told me. This was my first introduction to Martin Naughton.

The new Martin Naughton E3 Learning Foundry brings together Engineering, Environment and Emerging Technologies on Trinity College Dublin’s campus in Dublin city centre The ceremonial sod-turning for it, hosted by then Trinity provost Dr Patrick Prendergast and his successor, Professor Linda Doyle, was attended by Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris, TD, and by philanthropist Dr Martin Naughton of Glen Dimplex, who donated €25 million towards the development of the facility.

Three Galway students who began their studies at NUI Galway are winners of the 2020 Naughton Foundation Scholarship Awards

Last week, Dr Martin Naughton and his wife Carmel, announced the winners of the 2020 Naughton Foundation Scholarship Awards. County Mayo Student, Ewan Duffy, was awarded a scholarship worth €20,000.

Midlands Science, the not for profit development company which works to create greater interest in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) education and skills among students, teachers and members of the public in the Midlands region were the recent recipients of an award from the Naughton Foundation.

Aisling Benson, previously a student of Our Lady’s Bower School in Athlone, has been awarded the Naughton Scholarship at a ceremony in Trinity College, Dublin. Aisling has accepted a place at University College Dublin studying science.