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Covid-19 is changing the way we behave in Galway city. We all know now how complicated life is being in confinement, trying to keep a good balance between personal life and professional activities while working from home and/or also living with high levels of stress when there is a health or safety risk in our surroundings.

Burkeway Homes has introduced Fánán, its latest development of 101 new homes at Letteragh Road in Galway.

A county-wide collection, to assist people living in Direct Provision in Galway, is taking place over the coming days, and donations of everything from sanitary products to toothbrushes are welcome.

THE GALWAY Film Society screenings at the Pálás Cinema have been postponed until further notice in the interest of customer safety.

Galway City Harriers women claimed the winner's podium at the Irish Life Health National Indoor Senior Championships in Athlone Indoor Arena the weekend.

NUI Galway has launched a major new master's programme in sports journalism and communication. The programme is aimed at graduates interested in pursuing a career in sports journalism, as well as in the broader field of sports communication, such as digital content creation, data analysis, and strategic consulting.

NUI Galway athletes enjoyed their best outing at the Irish Universities Indoor Track and Field Championships on Saturday in Athlone, claiming several individual medals and team podium finishes.

NUI Galway is calling on scientists and science enthusiasts to enter FameLab, the world’s largest science communication competition, held in 30 countries. For the fifth year running, one of four regional FameLab Ireland heats will take place in Galway on February 19, and once again the entrants are expected to be high calibre.

The word ‘hackney’ derives from the place name Hackney in London which supplied horses from the surrounding meadows. An ordinance for the regulation of hackney coachmen in London was approved by the English Parliament in 1654 to “remedy the many inconveniences [that] do daily arise by reason of the late increase and great irregularity of coaches and coachmen.” The first hackney carriage licences date from 1662. Licences applied literally to horse-drawn carriages, later modernised to ‘hansom cabs’ that operated as vehicles for hire.

InflightFlix International, the Irish provider of destination video guides to the airline industry is to distribute its destination video guides promoting great Ireland experiences, which includes Galway city and county, to the inflight entertainment companies of all 29 airlines with Inflight Entertainment that fly to Ireland.