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The final chapter in the history of Shakespeare and Company, the famous Paris bookshop, began with the publication of James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake, in May 1939. The shop closed in December 1941 when a Nazi officer saw a copy of Joyce’s book in its window and asked to buy it. Sylvia Beach refused saying it was her only copy, and was not for sale. The officer threatened to return and confiscate her entire stock, and left. He returned the next day and demanded she sold him the book. Again Sylvia refused, and the officer, ‘trembling with rage’ warned that he would be back that afternoon and seize all her books.

Ireland West Airport this week was delighted to welcome the start of a brand new twice-weekly service to Birmingham with Ryanair.

The new Atlantic Technological University comprising GMIT, LYIT and IT Sligo, which will come into operation from this weekend, will contribute to the creation of thousands of jobs in the region, Higher Education Minister Simon Harris said this morning.

Finale of ambitious series celebrating Europe’s cultural diversity

A new car manufacturer plans its launch in the Republic of Ireland in the second-half of this year.

Galway Public Libraries has announced the launch of ‘1922: Nora Barnacle & James Joyce: The Galway Story’, in conjunction with Dublin City Libraries and its One Dublin One Book Initiative.

The Galway People of the Year Awards 2020 presentation night which was postponed on a number of occasions due to Covid was finally held last weekend alongside a Gala Banquet and awards presentation in the Galway Bay Hotel.

In its short existence the Galway National Park City (GNPC) initiative, based on connecting people and nature in an urban environment and with an sustainability ethos, has had a positive impact on the local landscape providing opportunities and collaborations for citizens and organisations from different sectors to creatively work together on successfully developing new pioneering environmental and sustainability programmes.

GMIT is pleased to announce details of an upcoming 'Heads Up!' Sports Concussion Conference taking place on Tuesday, March 29 at 6.45pm at the Galway campus (Room 994).

Mazda has announced Irish prices starting from €49,500 for its new CX-60 flagship SUV, which it says is available to order now for delivery in the autumn.