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Christmas in Clifden 2024 takes place over two weekends this year, November 29-December 1 and December 6-8. The capital of Connemara will host another jam-packed schedule of festive family entertainment and events including kids clubs, wreath and gift-making workshops, festive wine-tasting, food events, Christmas markets, concerts, movies, shopping discounts and seasonal hotel offers.

The South Galway Bay Music Festival is set to return for its third year from Friday, July 26, to Sunday, July 28.

This Saturday, the city of Galway will experience a cultural and food extravaganza it has never witnessed before. The Indian Cultural and Sports Community, ICSC Galway, in association with India Soc of the University of Galway, is delighted to announce the first-ever Great Indian Food Festival. A very stretched-out event, planned from 1 PM till 9 PM near the Alice Perry Engineering Building, University of Galway (H91 HX31), will be a treat for all senses through its sundry, authentic Indian foods, music, and dance.

Blas Na Gaillimhe - A Taste of Galway is a new food network that celebrates the unique hospitality that Galway offers throughout the year. An initiative by a small group of city restaurants and publicans with support from Galway county and city councils, the initiative was set up to promote the year-round food scene and food stories of Galway.

The long wait for the return of Tiny Traders Village is over, as the ‘welcoming village of inspired craftsmanship’ returns to the city for the first time since 2019.

BY DECLAN VARLEY

Bring your appetites for this year's Mayo Street Food Festival.

As far as dining out goes we have the cyber diners, those among us who obsessively watch social media, hoping to be the first to get a taste of the latest new restaurant opening. There are the traditionalists who are entirely committed to a favourite restaurant, spending every special occasion meal there, from birthdays to date nights and all family gatherings. Then there are the increasing numbers of destination diners, serious food lovers who think nothing of travelling overnight just for a meal — throwing a toothbrush in a bag and driving across the country for dinner at the latest ‘hot’ chef’s restaurant, no matter how obscure the location.

Ireland has gone street food crazy with plenty of quality operations in food trucks and stalls in the most unlikely places such as industrial estates and business parks as well as markets and events. From farmers looking for a new market for their produce to budding chefs and restaurateurs squeezed out by high rents, there are talented people involved and the food they offer is going down a treat. Standards are more than a match for the best permanent restaurants and the best of them soon graduate to bricks and mortar premises of their own with the advantage of a ready built following, so it looks as if this trend is here to stay.

From five star hotels to food trucks, representatives of the very best in Irish hospitality gathered at Bord Bia’s Thinking House in Dublin this week for the announcement of the 2018 Georgina Campbell Awards. An annual celebration of excellence associated with the respected Georgina Campbell’s Ireland independent hospitality guides, and Ireland’s most popular independent hospitality and travel website www.ireland-guide.com, these are Ireland’s longest-running food and hospitality awards, and highly respected by the industry.