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Galway Camera Clubs 2024/25 Seasons opening night will take place next Thursday September 19 from 7.30pm and all are welcome. Due to upgrading works at the Club’s traditional venue the club has moved the location for meetings to The Knocknacarra Community Rooms at the Tesco Shopping Complex ,Kingstown Road, Knocknacarra Galway H91 E7KW.

The first Olympics I recall watching was the 1972 Games in Munich. The Ulster Bank manager in my hometown had a colour TV that threw forth the spirit of that games. The blue pool, the all-American hero that was Mark Spitz; the lithe Olga Korbut.

University of Galway has shared a message of congratulations and good luck to alumni on Team Ireland ahead of the Paris Olympics.

Rentokil, Ireland’s leading pest control provider, is advising people to be aware of the threat of bed bugs while travelling this summer, especially those travelling to Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics starting on the 26 July.

We are just weeks away from the Olympics, an event that will once again etch its name in the history books by delivering perfect gender parity between female and male athletes at Paris 2024, a first for the Games.

On October 28 1961, the following letter appeared in the Connacht Tribune --- “Sir, Educational facilities for mentally handicapped children are entirely inadequate in this country and except for the excellent work of the religious orders, the problem would be of much greater magnitude……………. Would anybody be interested in doing something for mentally handicapped children in Galway? Signed PARENT OF A MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILD”

Irish Rugby star and Galway native, Beibhinn Parsons, has been appointed an Opel brand ambassador, as she was presented with a new Opel Corsa Electric at Bill Sheehan and Sons, Terenure, Co Dublin.

The colourful look back on the year of sport in Galway by Ralph O'Gorman has become an iconic part of the New Year's reflection on the event on and off the field and tracks over the past twelve months. Enjoy.

The Galway People of the Year Award winners were honoured at a Gala Banquet and Awards Presentation in the Galway Bay Hotel at the weekend with over 400 guests in attendance, including Councillor Donal Lyons Deputy Mayor of Galway and Cathoirleach of Galway County Council, Councillor Liam Carroll.

To Galwegians our county may seem like it’s on the edge of Europe, but to the global community of elite oyster openers, it is the centre of their world.