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Double anniversary celebration for Opel
2024 is a double anniversary year for Opel; the German brand has been producing automobiles for 125 years. First founded by Adam Opel in Russelsheim, Germany in 1862, since 1899 the carmaker has made mobility affordable for millions of people and has continuously inspired the public with innovative models.
SHEroes: Galway symposium aims to promote women and diversity in politics
Community Activist, advocate for gender equity and diversity, and Labour Party Candidate for Galway City East in the coming Local Elections, Helen Ogbu, extends a cordial invitation to the upcoming symposium titled ‘SHEroes – Promoting Women & Diversity in Politics’. This event is being organized following a successful grant application to Galway City Council, in collaboration with the Department of Housing, Local Government, and Heritage and will take place on April 17 at 10:30am to 2:pm, in the Menlo Park Hotel.
Celebrate ‘Easter on the Estate’ at the gorgeous Glenlo Abbey
This spring, the team at Glenlo Abbey has two very exciting offerings for you to enjoy with your nearest and dearest.
Bianconi in Galway
Charles Bianconi is generally regarded as the man who put Ireland on wheels. He developed a network of horse-drawn carriages that became Ireland’s first integrated transport system, building on the existing mail roads and coach roads that were already there. There was a general tax on coaches at the time, which precluded the middle classes from using theirs, and a relatively peaceful period after the Battle of Waterloo meant that a great many horses, bred for the army, became cheap on the market. His system offered connections with various termini, his prices were cheap and so he was well patronised, in spite of the discomfort felt by passengers. Often, when going up a hill, some passengers would alight to make the carriage lighter for the horses.
UK delays ban on new petrol and diesel cars
The UK is to delay its ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars until 2035.
Charming farmhouse boasts oodles of potential
A charming two storey farmhouse located approximately four kilometres from Craughwell is being sold by property agent Michelle Burke.
Galway University? a ‘godless College’
After Catholic Emancipation where for the first time Catholics won the right to be elected and to sit in the House Of Commons, the English government, led by an enlightened Robert Peel, believed it would be worth extending emancipation to third level education.
‘Shock, numbness and a feeling of despair’ hangs over Headford
The area of Headford has been described as a place filled with ‘shock, numbness and a feeling of despair’ following the deaths of two young teenagers, Lukas Joyce and Kirsty Bohan in a road traffic accident on Monday.