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In a week when the next president of the USA appointed an official to oversee an expulsion of undocumented migrants, Galway City councillors were celebrating the life of a man who dedicated his to regularising illegal immigrants in America.

A Galway County Council project designed to improve accessibility and user comfort at bus stops serving rural Gaeltacht communities in south Connemara has won the Age Friendly Transport Award at a gala ceremony held at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Santry, Dublin.

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) is set to be split into two independent agencies under plans being pushed by the Government.

There has certainly been a lot of talk over the last number of weeks when it comes to how public money is spent.

Galway University Hospitals Bereavement Support Services and the Irish Hospice Foundation (IHF) recently launched the ‘Galway Grief Sherpa Network’ (GGSN); a new bereavement support initiative, established to promote those organisations who provide bereavement support in Galway City and County.

Although Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald gave her only two hours to prepare to take the chair of the most powerful committee in the country last week, Galway West TD Mairead Farrell says she is ready.

The 34-year-old from Mervue has been nominated by the largest opposition party to replace current Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chair, Brian Stanley TD, who resigned from Sinn Féin last weekend, claiming the party subjected him to a “kangaroo court” after allegations of misconduct.

One of Galway Pride’s leading lights shared a stage with veteran campaigner David Norris as they scooped a top honour at Ireland’s only LGBTQ+ awards.

On October 7, Druid Theatre announced Adrian O'Neill, former Ambassador of Ireland to the United Kingdom, as Chair of the new Board of Directors.

There was no such thing as a government bank guarantee in 1814, so when staff at Lord ffrench’s Bank of Tuam & Dublin realised there was a run on the bank on June 27, they pursued the only sensible policy available, and simply locked customers wishing to make withdrawals inside the building.