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Left-wing councillors failed to convene an emergency sitting of Galway city council this week to discuss military neutrality and the Occupied Territories Bill before year end.

TG4 presents Against All Certainty – Ceiliúradh ar Mhicheál D. Ó hUiginn, a powerful and uplifting celebration of poetry, music and performance honouring President Michael D. Higgins and the release of his debut spoken-word album Against All Certainty, on Claddagh Records. The programme airs on TG4 on Saturday 3 January at 9.00pm and will be available to audiences worldwide on TG4.ie.

A chairde uaisle, a phobal na hÉireann; sibhse atá anseo sa mbaile; sibhse atá thar lear ag cur fuíbh ar fud an domhain; sibhse atá tagtha go dtí’n tír seo chun obair, cónaí agus cabhrú linn mar thír; agus sibhse ar bhreá libh a bheith in Éirinn; cuirim Beannachtaí na Nollag ó chroí chugaibh uilig.

University of Galway academic has been appointed Chief Scientist of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.

One in every three buses was late over the past three years, new National Transport Authority statistics for Galway city have revealed

The place-name Shantalla is derived from the Irish ‘Sean Talamh’ meaning old ground, though why Shantalla should be older than the ground around it is a mystery. Maybe a lot of it was never worked and left wild. Sometimes the name was written as Shantallow, and locally it was always known as ‘Shantla’.

An Taibhdhearc, the National Irish Language Theatre, was honoured by the visit of President of Ireland, Catherine Connolly, to the opening night of its Christmas production, An Fathach Leithleasach (The Selfish Giant).

Galway’s Ukrainian community will remember last week for generations. In a moment filled with emotion and deep pride, they gathered in Dublin to welcome President Volodymyr Zelensky and First Lady Olena Zelenska on what was far more than a diplomatic engagement—it was a historic milestone. For the first time since Ukraine declared independence in 1991, a Ukrainian Head of State made an official visit to Ireland. To witness that history unfold not in Kyiv, but here in Ireland created a profound sense of connection and belonging for Ukrainians who have built new lives along Ireland’s western shores.

Atlantic Technological University (ATU) and Údarás na Gaeltachta have officially launched a pioneering bilingual postgraduate Management Development programme.

A Galway educator who turned storm damage into a powerful climate-education project has been recognised at An Taisce’s annual Climate Ambassador Awards. Kay Synott, based at GRETB Moycullen, was among 10 people honoured during the ceremony held on November 22, in Dublin’s historic Tailors’ Hall, the same venue where President Catherine Connolly recently delivered a call for climate justice.