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MARIA SOMERVILLE, "one of Ireland’s most essential talents," according to The Thin Air, has released the single 'Brighter Days', is about to release of her debut album, and begin her Irish tour in Galway.

Funding of more than €28,000 has been granted towards marine geophysical investigations and a survey as part of the development of the new pier on Inis Oírr, the Aran Islands.

Connacht’s finest handballers were honoured in Claremorris on Saturday night in what was a successful night for Galway Handball.

MACNAS IS best known, and hugely acclaimed, for its street parades, but there will be a chance to see a different side to its creative artists, in an exhibition on the Aran Islands.

Budding entrepreneurs from two Irish-speaking schools, Coláiste Ghobnait, Inis Oírr and Coláiste Chroí Mhuire, An Spidéal, competed in the Údarás na Gaeltachta-Clár na gComhlachtaí 2018 at the national final in Na Forbacha recently.

The Galway County Council says it will review and address a number of issues around safety on Inis Oírr pier.

The Galway County Council says it will review and address a number of issues around safety on Inis Oírr pier.

After almost three months, ESB Networks and ESB International have repaired the undersea cable fault located about 2km off the coast of Inis Mór, restoring mains electricity supply to Inis Meáin and Inis Oírr using world-first in-house technology.

Galway county councillors have issued a strong message to the Government that the present level of air service to the Aran Islands must be maintained. Aer Arann has administered the service to the islands since 1970 and currently operates daily flights to Inis Mór, Inis Oirr, and Inis Meáin. All flights which take about 10 minutes from lift-off to touch down, depart and arrive from Connemara Regional Airport. The contract for the service is now up for renewal and there are fears due to a cut from Government to the air service subvention, the service will be reduced.

A documentary exploring the history of a cargo vessel which ferried passengers and freight between Galway and the Aran Islands for more than 30 years will be shown on TG4 on Sunday November 9.