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Mountaineer and broadcaster Dermot Somers will launch his new book, Uncommon Ground: Adventures with Outsiders in Remarkable Terrain in Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop, Galway on Friday, November 22.

Facing an ‘unexpected production issue’ which has resulted in a shortfall of 2,000 crochet sheep, Salthill based business, Wonky Woolins has announced it will be collaborating with ‘local refugees, migrants and other community members’ to help meet its production needs.

In an extraordinary feat of determination and physical endurance, Ireland’s very own “Emily in Paris” Craughwell-native Ashley McDonnell successfully scaled to base camp of Mount Everest recently for a podcast that will drop this weekend.

The challenge of working in some of the world's most emanding environments is what drives on a Galway doctor who has this week arrived in Antarctica where she will serve as ship's doctor on board an icebreaking ship.

Fast, furious and forged in Scotland and Ireland’s traditional music scene, Dallahan deliver their style of world-folk with dazzling virtuosity. Described as Lúnasa for the new generation, this four-piece are whipping up a trad storm across the globe, touring extensively across Europe and the US.

Margaretta D’Arcy, Lelia Doolan, Dr Jerry Cowley, and Ronan Scully will receive honorary degrees at next week’s winter conferring ceremonies, University of Galway has announced.

Ronan Scully will put his best foot forward with some of his lifelong friends again this year, as he embarks on his 4th Bay to Bay charity walk commencing on Saturday, November 6 next.

In February 2019, little did I know when I began the mammoth task of planning a hiking trip on the Tour du Mont Blanc for our family of six that it would be our last trip abroad for some time.

Irish Distillers, makers of some of the world’s most enjoyed whiskeys and Ireland’s leading supplier of spirits and wines, is looking for Westmeath graduates to join the 2021/22 Jameson International Graduate Programme.

Cumann Siúil Cois Coiribe (Corribside Walking Club) is celebrating 20 years of walking this year, in places ranging from the hills of Connemara to Everest Base Camp in Nepal.