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Eagraíodh Tionól Géarchéime, cruinniú éigeandála náisiúnta do phobal na Gaeilge, Dé Máirt seo caite, i mBaile Átha Cliath mar thoradh ar an €800,000 de chiorruithe atá le cur i bhfeidhm ag Foras na Gaeilge. Tá na ciorruithe seo ag teacht tráth a bhfuil géarchéim maoinithe cheana féin san earnáil. Tá go leor grúpaí áitiúla Gaeilge ar fud na tíre nach raibh go leor airgid acu chun tuarastal, billí agus cíos a íoc roimhe seo, anois is gá dóibh dul agus ciorruithe breise a chur i bhfeidhm.

Following their radio auction featured on Galway Bay Fm last Friday, December 6, the Galway Lions have announced they have raised €60,000 and they are not yet finished counting.

Athlone Boat Club returned to competitive action this past weekend at both the Limerick Regatta and Limerick Schools Regatta.

Ireland’s largest indigenous MedTech company, Aerogen, is the new sponsor of the University of Galway Camogie Club.

An Slipéar Gloine, an Irish story based on Cinderella and told in rhyme, is on the KPMG Irish Children Book Award shortlist for 2023. Fearghas Mac Lochlainn, the Spiddal author of this scintillating book, is delighted. He says: "I'm chuffed. It is fantastic that a book written in the Irish language has been shortlisted. Paddy Donnelly, the brilliant artist who illustrated the book, deserves much of the credit here! I am also much indebted to Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin and Futa Fata who asked me to write the book in the first place and then put An Slipéar Gloine into the hat for the Reics Carló award (which it won), and for the KPMG award."

Castlegar were crowned Fr Lawless Cup Champions on Saturday in Castlegar when they overcame St Dominic's from Roscommon by 2-10 to 3-4 in a titanic battle.

In the late forties and early fifties, the population of Salthill began to grow dramatically with the building of lots of individual houses and estates such as Devon Park and Ard na Mara. There was a national school at Nile Lodge but it was full to capacity, so the bishop invited the Sisters of Jesus and Mary to open another one.

Monday October 5 marks the start of the Baboró International Arts Festival For Children, two weeks of creative, theatrical, musical and artistic events for children to share with families, friends, and classmates.

On Friday two-thirds of the Irish electorate voted to remove the discriminatory Eighth Amendment from our Constitution. It is no wonder Galway West and East both voted Yes by such large majorities. We have seen firsthand the negative effects of the Eighth Amendment in our county.