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“That was some way to win it?”

There are some journeys you can make with your eyes closed. The road west from Croke Park after another All-Ireland defeat became one of them. Out through the city. Onto the motorway. The afternoon slipping quietly into evening as the sun hung low over the bonnet, dazzling your eyes while somewhere behind you Dublin hosted another county’s triumph.

There is an old saying that sport can be wonderfully uplifting one week and brutally unforgiving the next. Galway hurling experienced both ends of that spectrum in the space of a fortnight.

There are some names that become inseparable from a place, a time and a feeling. In Galway, the name Paul Clancy will forever be synonymous with bright days at Croke Park, heroic homecomings and the return of belief to a county that had waited too long to celebrate.

Is it too early to be talking about a possible football and hurling double? Almost certainly. But where’s the fun in being sensible?

Students from Atlantic Technological University (ATU) have received national recognition for a road safety campaign highlighting the devastating consequences of speeding.

Though they were never going to say it publicly, once the championship draw was made, Padraic Joyce and Galway’s focus would have inevitably shifted towards a Connacht final on May 10.

O'Donnellan & Joyce is offering for sale a stunning three bed mid-terrace property located at Reilean, Roscam on the east side of Galway city.

The case for retaining Galway Airport has rarely been made with as much urgency, clarity, and imagination as it was last Friday morning under the bright skies at Claregalway Castle when a cross section of Galway business, politicians, aviation specialists and visionaires gathered inside the historic walls for a presentation by the Galway Aviation and Innovation Advocacy Group that might yet form part of the future history of Galway city and county.

Shannon Airport has launched a 100?flight giveaway to celebrate its new brand campaign, The Best Place To Fly From – inviting passengers to dream big, build their perfect holiday wishlist, and be in with a chance to fly for free. The giveaway will see 50 people each win a pair of flights, all departing from Shannon Airport.