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Newly announced changes to the Rural Social Scheme (RSS) have been welcomed by Galway Rural Development. Last week, Minister Joe O’Brien confirmed that rule changes were imminent following the publication of a review of the farmers’ scheme. Those changes have been welcomed by Galway Rural Development, one of the largest scheme operators in Ireland.

Galway Rape Crisis Centre (GRCC) has announced that its partnership with Aviva Ireland has been extended for a further two years, providing additional support as the organisation continues its critical support of survivors of sexual violence.

Ray O’Donnell, cathedral organist and director of the concert series, says large screens will allow the audience to watch organists at work, conveying all the action from the gallery to the pews below.

The Department of Foreign Affairs, Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, and the Embassy of the United States of America in Dublin are pleased to announce 21 Fulbright Irish Awardees for 2024/2025. Recipients were presented with awards at a ceremony in Iveagh House.

The great fiddle player, piano player and composer Charlie Lennon has passed away. He was 85. Born in Kiltyclogher in County Leitrim, on the border with Fermanagh, in 1938, he grew up in an area rich in music. At the age of seven, he began piano lessons with a local teacher, Theresa Gilmartin, and progressed through the grades of the Royal Irish Academy of Music until he was 13. At the same time, his elder brother, the late Ben Lennon (1928–2020), began teaching him the fiddle.

Organised by the Embassy of Italy in Ireland, the Italian Institute of Culture and the Italian Irish Chamber of Commerce, the N.I.C.E Italian Film Festival will take place from April 25 until May 5, in Dublin, Cork and Galway. The festival will screen Italian films by some of Italy’s best contemporary directors including Sydney Sibilia, Andrea Di Stefano and Maria Sole Tognazzi.

The Galway Rape Crisis Centre has just launched a hugely exciting fundraiser to win an amazing €100,000.

Galway’s Blue Teapot Theatre Company will represent Ireland at the BAFTA qualifying Oska Bright Film Festival (UK), screening three self-produced films on St. Patrick’s Day, Sunday March 17, as part of Reel Ireland documentary strand.

Ibec, the group that represents Irish business, has today launched the findings of their 2023 Manufacturing in Ireland report, which shows that manufacturers are cautiously more optimistic about the business environment compared to 2022.

University of Galway this week announced the recipients of Honorary Degrees at the 2023 Winter Conferring ceremonies which are taking place from until Wednesday November 29, when the Honorary Degree awardees will join more than 3,000 students graduating over six days.