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Household electronic and electrical waste amounted to 62 billion tonnes globally or 29kg per home, new data shows today. However, only close to 9kg of e-waste was recycled per person in Galway last year.

Only 17% of professionals in Ireland think their employer is doing enough to help combat climate change.

Local and national media have been invited to attend a significant meeting discussing the groundbreaking ‘Hydrocurtain’ project implemented at Galway’s Eglinton Canal. The initiative proposed by Cllr. Frank Fahy as Chair of Lough Corrib Navigation Trustees has garnered attention for its remarkable success in addressing rubbish accumulation in the canal.

The Saolta University Health Care Group and Galway University Hospitals has issued a statement welcoming the progress in developing a new surgical hub in Galway city - which will provide a significant uplift in surgical capacity in the western region.

Westmeath female entrepreneurs are encouraging others from the county to join the latest cycle of ACORNS - a highly-successful free development initiative to support early-stage female entrepreneurs living in rural Ireland.

Clean Coasts together with Shore Things, a Galway City Partnership initiative headed to the popular Claddagh Beach to collect scientific data as part of citizen science research recently.

A mutual love of maths led to Róisín Hill and her daughter Aoife being conferred with Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) research degrees, funded under the Irish Research Council (IRC) Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Programme, by the University of Galway at its summer 2023 graduation.

The ATU Galway City campus has been awarded My Green Lab certification in recognition of work by staff and students in making all teaching science laboratories on campus more sustainable. My Green Lab certification is an international gold standard for best practice in laboratory sustainability which is recognised in the United Nations’ Race to Zero campaign as a key achievement in working towards a zero-carbon future.

The objective of the Green for Micro programme - a new initiative from the Local Enterprise Offices - is to help prepare small businesses for the low carbon, more resource efficient economy of the future. This is a FREE programme, available to companies with up to ten employees.

It can be argued that the most vital part of any home is its roof. The roof protects everyone inside from wind, rain, hail, and snow as well as providing insulation to keep the house warm in winter and cool in the summer. So it is critical that our roofs are maintained to a high standard in order to ensure they are fully equipped to deal with any extreme weather conditions.