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The 2026 Galway Rose selection will be held at the Clayton Hotel this Saturday night, starting at 7pm Hosted by Galway Bay FM's Ollie Turner and judged by 2001 Limerick Rose Paula Gannon, 2017 Galway Rose Niamh Elwood, and 2022 Rose Escort of the Year Shane McHugh (from Belclare), the event promises a great night of entertainment. Sponsored by The Eyre Square Centre and Galway Skin Clinic, there are 25 Galway Rose Entrants from every corner of the county onstage this Saturday, each with a story to share and talents galore to present. Accomplished, confident and inspiring women. The current Galway Rose. Deirdre Jennings spoke bravely about her mental health struggles on TV at the Rose of Tralee Festival and touched people all over Ireland with her story. The Galway Rose Centre is very proud of her work during her time as Rose. Galway Rose Coordinator Anne Marie Doyle promises it will be a night not to be missed. Tickets can be purchased directly from the Clayton Hotel or from the Rose finalists.

Galway senior hurler Eoin Lawless has been announced as a recipient of the 2025 Mary Immaculate College (MIC) Gaelic Players Association (GPA) Scholarship award.

Almost 80 people from Mountbellew and Moylough have taken part in an international survey designed to study commuter living during and after Covid-19.

Dr Neasa Ní Chuaig has been appointed as the new head of the Department of Language and Literacy Education at Mary Immaculate College (MIC), bringing a wealth of experience to her new role.

TV and Radio journalist and presenter Philip Boucher-Hayes was in Galway to launch a new book for primary and post primary teachers. Edited by Galway based academic Associate Professor Anne Dolan, Teaching the Sustainable Development Goals to Young Citizens (10-16 years) A Focus on Teaching Hope, Respect, Empathy and Advocacy in Schools is a key resource for teachers at a time of war, environmental crisis, migration and human rights abuses.

The third Traveller to be awarded a PhD in the history of the State, Dr Hannagh McGinley (Lecturer in Education at Mary Immaculate College) sees herself as a living example to other Travellers as to what can be achieved in education. Her example, however, bucks the trend of poor Traveller education retention rates, ingrained, although typically unconscious, discrimination against Travellers and a mutual misunderstanding between the community and the education system.

New research into the relationship between Irish adolescent students and religion suggests that religion has the potential to positively or negatively influence students’ mental wellbeing, depending on how it is used.

Minister for Education Norma Foley has announced a deadline extension for applicants to primary initial teacher education, having recently announced an historic increase of 610 new course places for the 2023/2024 academic year.

Numerous teaching representatives from Athlone primary schools were in attendance at the INTO Consultative Conference on Education in Tullamore in recent times.

Galway’s own, Alannah Larkin, sets off this weekend to represent Ireland in the Miss Earth finals in the Philippines, facing off contestants from around the globe.