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Galway has a multiplicity of festivals, all honed over the years into something special. But none of these made the instant impact that the Galway Garden Festival did when it was inaugurated last year, over two days of differing climatic conditions at the beautifully-restored Claregalway Castle.

Galway Arts Festival and NUI Galway announced details of a new partnership, whereby the university will support the festival through development of the Festival Volunteer Programme and Selected, a new artist development strand.

Mazar’s Tierney, based in Salthill recently hosted ‘Galway’s Brainiest Company’ table quiz to raise much needed funds for three Galway based charities - Ireland’s Friends of Albania, Foundation Nepal and NBCRI. This event formed part of Mazar’s annual CSR activities (corporate social responsibility) showing the support of the corporate sector for not-for-profit and charitable causes. Representative teams of up to twenty-five local companies attended and the title of ‘Galway’s Brainiest Company’ went to Davy Stockbrokers and Abu Media were runners up.

TEN STUDENTS from the GMIT’s fine art printmaking course will be exhibiting their work at the NUI Galway Gallery from tomorrow until Friday July 8.

Love your City-Love Galway, an exhibition of art by some 600 Galway children opened this week in The Galway Education Centre, Monivea Road.

Oranmore could finally get its long awaited new trains station as construction is poised to begin as early as next October according to Fine Gael Galway West TD Brian Walsh.

Gardaí have appealed for information following a number of recent burglaries and robberies around Galway.

Two of Galway’s public hospitals will come under increasing pressure if a proposal to close Roscommon County Hospital’s A&E department in a fortnight’s time goes ahead, a local trade union official warned this week.

Tomorrow evening heralds the official countdown to the return of one of the greatest success stories in Galway’s history as a 365-day countdown clock is activated in the city. Next year, the Volvo Ocean Race will visit the city for the second time, with the final leg of the event scheduled to enter Galway Bay on July 3.

GALWAY CHILDREN can look forward to being among the first in Ireland to see Cars 2 which is among the Disney films being shown at this year’s Galway Film Fleadh.