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Minister for Disabilities and Fianna Fáil TD for Galway East, Anne Rabbitte, has welcomed funding of over €16,733,690 million for new and improved sports facilities and equipment throughout Galway under the Community Sport Facilities Fund, formerly the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme.

Now that the final whistle has blown in Croke Park and the Olympics are over, it’s time to get out and take up a new hobby, such as Bridge.

Now that the final whistle has blown in Croke Park and the Olympics are over, it’s time to get out and take up a new hobby, such as Bridge.

We are just weeks away from the Olympics, an event that will once again etch its name in the history books by delivering perfect gender parity between female and male athletes at Paris 2024, a first for the Games.

Athletics Ireland has announced a strong team for next month’s European Athletics Championships. The event will be held in Rome between June 7 to 12, and will include one Galway athlete.

To be human is to be a natural-born storyteller, and there are theories about why that is. But one thing that is not up for debate is that storytelling is precious in Irish culture.

Athlone Chamber of Commerce has confirmed that RTE sports presenter, Eamon Horan, will MC the forthcoming business awards night in the Sheraton Hotel on November 4.

Athlone Chamber of Commerce has confirmed that RTE sports presenter, Eamon Horan, will MC the forthcoming business awards night in the Sheraton Hotel on November 4.

michael silke

I am the last person that anyone would ever think would be talking about a love of running. Up to the Covid Lockdowns I was focused on my art and exhibitions and really nothing else. Running was the last thing on my mind, ever. Sure, like everyone else I had the odd medal from sports days back from childhood. But, since that age, I never really took any notice of sport, especially athletics. My childhood, from primary school, was taken up with exams, poetry, art and drama clubs.