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Doolin Ferry Co. ‘Cruise Company of the Year Ireland’, has set sail for the summer season, with their state-of-the-art ferries operating once again from Doolin Pier to the Aran Islands. Passengers can also opt to board a Cliffs of Moher cruise, or the thrilling Seafari experience, which was introduced in 2021.

Galway Community College, (GCC), GRETB is welcoming an Erasmus+ delegation of 30 students and four teachers from a school in Croatia and a school in Spain, to Galway city this week. The students are here as part of the endangered species and biodiversity project, a climate change research study in the European Union, that all three schools have been working on.

On September 3, 1939 at 11am, many Galwegians listened to the British prime minister’s broadcast declaring war on Germany. Very early the following morning, the following dramatic radio message came through to the Harbour Office. “Norwegian Motor Vessel Knute Nelson picked up 450 shipwrecked people, proceeding Galway. Due tomorrow morning, Tuesday 5th. Please arrange tender for landing same. Also notify pilot on Aran Islands. Please have medical supplies ready, From Master, September 4th”.

The largest Aran Island is polluted with raw sewage, causing major inconvenience to both locals and visitors, local residents have claimed. Residents of Cill Rónáin, Inis Mór have now appealed to Galway City Council and to the TDs in Galway West for the installation of new public toilets on the pier. With the tourist season soon to come, this installation will benefit both tourists and residents alike.

MADAME LAZARE, the Irish language novel by Galway author Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin, has been nominated for the European Prize for Literature 2022.

A GROUNDBREAKING new book on Irish traditional music, particularly the music of the Aran Islands, will be launched next week.

It was confirmed this morning (Friday) that His Holiness Pope Francis has accepted the request for retirement of Bishop Brendan Kelly, heretofore Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Apostolic Administrator of Kilfenora; and has appointed Bishop Michael Duignan, Bishop of Clonfert, to minister simultaneously as Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Apostolic Administrator of Kilfenora.

Inis Mór on the Aran Islands will be the venue for Ireland’s first post-pandemic festival - TedFest, the celebration of all things Father Ted.

Set on the Aran Islands, Doineann (Irish for storm) centres around a husband searching for his missing wife. It debuted last year at the Galway Film Fleadh and is now on general release.

SET ON the Aran Islands, Doineann (Irish for storm) centres around a husband searching for his missing wife. It debuted last year at the Galway Film Fleadh and is now on general release.