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More than one million passengers travelled through Shannon Airport between May and August this year, as the airport recorded an 11.5% increase in summer passenger traffic compared with the same period in 2025.

In moving to The EYE Cinema, GFS intends to retain the intimate, community-focused atmosphere that has been central to the society for more than 60 years. Screenings will take place in the cinema’s smaller screens, with GFS continuing to manage its own ticket sales and welcome audiences to each screening.

The Whileaways will release their fifth studio album When You Are Falling this Friday, September 25, and begin a nationwide tour at the Town Hall Theatre next Tuesday, September 29.

Champions Cup rugby is the big draw for Connacht this season, but tomorrow it is all about the start of the bread and butter competition, the United Rugby Championship, with Stuart Lancaster’s side facing DHL Stormers (7.45pm)

Local Enterprise Office Galway serves as a first stop for anyone seeking information and support on starting or growing a business in Galway city and county.

In the heart of Galway City, inside the clinical surroundings of Quay Dental Practice, an idea began to take shape that would eventually transform the way people think about oral care.

From its headquarters in Loughrea, Glanua has grown from a Galway business into an international engineering group, delivering water, wastewater and environmental solutions across Ireland, the UK, Europe and now the United States. But despite that international growth, Galway remains at the heart of the business.

From a family business in Claremorris to a single toy shop in Galway, Smyths Toys has grown into one of Europe’s biggest toy retailers — while keeping its roots firmly planted in the West of Ireland.

James Stewart began trading in Lower Salthill, Galway, in 1902. The firm quickly grew into a general building business with in-house capabilities such as Joinery Works, Mechanical Engineering Works and an Architectural Stonework Division. The firm earned a well-respected reputation as a builder of houses, churches, schools and industrial buildings.

There are few Irish construction stories that capture the changing face of the country’s built environment quite like that of JJ Rhatigan & Company. What began in Galway in 1952 as a local contracting business has, over more than seven decades, developed into a major Tier 1 construction company working across Ireland and the UK.