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The Bish first year basketball team won silver in the All Ireland schools A finals in the University of Limerick last weekend.

Secondary school pupils from counties Galway, Mayo, Roscommon, Clare, and Tipperary will exhibit a range of exciting science projects in GMIT Galway today (Thursday) as part of the 2014 Young Scientist SciFest competition.

Brothers Michael (18) and Matthew (15) Gardiner from Parklands, Clarinbridge, are celebrating winning two major awards in the World Irish Dance Championships in London.

Towards the end of last year, we featured a series of articles on the building that is now occupied by the students’ bar in NUIG. The building started as a jute bag factory, then was converted to a bonded warehouse for Persse’s Distillery, later became the National Shell factory during World War I, was occupied by the 17th Lancers and the 6th Dragoon Guards, before being converted into the ammunitions factory known as IMI.

Two Galway students have made it through to the finals of the ‘Fine Dine at Mine’ All-Island Schools Cookery Competition 2014.

The vexed question of bar extensions for debs dances came to the fore this week (April 3) when a judge used a point of law to postpone the granting of such an extension to allow the hotel explain the situation.

The vexed question of bar extensions for debs dances came to the fore this week (April 3) when a judge used a point of law to postpone the granting of such an extension to allow the hotel explain the situation.

Eight schools from the Galway region represented the county at this year’s BT Young Scientist exhibition with many groups departing with prestigious awards, and among them is Edel Browne from the Presentation College in Athenry.

Galway musician Matthew Berrill, Irish jazz band Pinto, and Dutch jazzman John Ruocco will give special Jazz With Juniors workshops in schools across the city and county.

The national half marathon takes place next Sunday, September 2 at Athenry at 1pm. Mayo AC will have 38 athletes in the field competing in all categories as individuals and teams. This represents their largest team ever at a national championships. All Mayo AC team members are asked to be at Race HQ in the Presentation College beside the arch at Athenry by 11.30am to enable team declaration and registration. Members not running are encouraged to go along in support.