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Clifden talk explores labour and diplomatic history
As part of this year's Clifden Arts Festival, author and former International Labour Organization (ILO) official Gerry Finnegan will deliver a talk titled 'Carrickfergus to Connemara' on Tuesday, September 24.
Galway charities presented with proceeds from Cathaoirleach’s Ball
The 2024 annual Cathaoirleach’s Ball has raised almost €15,000 for two Galway-based charities.
Saoirse Ruane and Martin Horgan to be remembered at Cathaoirleach’s Gala Ball
The Cathaoirleach of the County of Galway, Cllr Liam Carroll has named local charities ACT for Meningitis and i4Life as the beneficiaries of the Cathaoirleach’s Gala Ball being held at The Clayton Hotel on Thursday May 16.
Kerins features on new GAA podcast
Galway's Alan Kerins features on the latest GAA Minor Moments podcast, which is running for ten weeks over the course of the Electric Ireland Camogie and GAA Minor Championships.
Local hospital donates kidney dialysis machines for humanitarian aid
The Midlands Regional Hospital Tullamore has donated thirty-five kidney dialysis machines for humanitarian aid to Turkey following recent earthquakes.
Scully still making a difference
“Our work is giving a leg up rather than a hand out,” Ronan Scully says about Self Help Africa’s willingness to make a difference.
Mayo man returns home from Zambia
Darren Hennelly has returned home to Ballinrobe after working for 17 months in Mazabuka, Zambia, with Irish charity SERVE.
I Am Not a Witch next up for film club
Linenhall Film Club continues its spring 2018 season with the strikingly original magical realist film I Am Not a Witch on Tuesday, April 17 at 8pm.
New food offering in Massimo Gastropub
The original gastropub in the West End of Galway, Massimo, has introduced enticing, bang up-to-date, daily and weekend brunch menus, designed by new head chef Andrew O’Halloran.
Remembering Devon Place from afar
SHEILAH MORRIS (now Cangley) was born in Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) in 1928. Her father, who was born in Galway, had been recruited in London in 1920 to join the Veterinary Department of the Civil Service in Northern Rhodesia. He married a Galway girl, and they both moved to Mazabuka, where he worked at a veterinary research station. Now in her eighties and living in Australia, Sheilah recalls her childhood memories of Galway in the 1930s.