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Number 39 The Long Walk is a fabulous four bedroom townhouse offering stunning views of and over the River Corrib and Galway Bay. It is situated in one of Galway’s most iconic landmarks with spectacular uninterrupted water views and is a short walk from some of the most scenic parts of Galway city such as The Claddagh, Nimmo's Pier, the Spanish Arch, and the Salthill Promenade.

The Spanish Arch was not part of the original city walls but was built in 1584 as a measure to protect the city’s quays. It was originally known as Ceann an Bhalla or The Head of the Wall, a fortification that extended from Martin’s Tower to the river. Then in the 18th century, the Eyre family built Long Walk as an extension of the quays and a breakwater to construct a mud berth. A number of arches were constructed to allow access from the town to the new quay but unfortunately, an earthquake that occurred in Lisbon in 1755 resulted in a tsunami that destroyed some of these arches. In olden times, ships would have moored here unloading their cargo of Spanish wines and foodstuffs such as olive oil, spices, tea, coffee, and cocoa. Later, these ships would have been replaced by Aran fishing boats unloading and selling their wares.

Minister Hildegarde Naughton has revealed further details of the €12 million sustainable transport package for Galway funded by her Department last week.

Heskin auctioneers is offering for sale a very attractive two bed, third floor apartment situated in Salthill village, Galway. Monterey Court is a privately owned and well managed apartment complex offering scenic views over Galway Bay and the Clare hills. Properties in this area are highly sought after and it is considered one of Galway's most popular residential addresses.

Cllr Michael Crowe has welcomed the decision by the Galway City Council to grant planning permission for a major redevelopment in the city centre.

There's a uniqueness about Galway that is centred in the Latin Quarter, the cultural beating heart of a city that offers an experience all of its own.

Heskin auctioneers is offering for sale a very attractive two bed, third floor, apartment situated in the centre of Salthill village. Monterey Court is a privately owned and well managed apartment complex offering scenic views over Galway Bay and the Clare hills.

Comerford House at the Spanish Arch, along with public buildings in Westside and Ballybane, will become canvasses for works by artists Karen Conway and Cleary Connolly, as part of Science Week.

One recent evening Insider watched the 1967 Jean-Luc Godard film La Chinoise in which a small group of French students sit around their apartment, located in what is described as a “workers’ district”, and engage in theatrical discussions about how they must overthrow the bourgeoise and, in particular, the hierarchal French university system which saw students as passive receivers of knowledge handed down by their god-like professors, rather than participants in a dialectical exchange in which both students and teachers learn from each other and grow as a result. No one, with the exception of chairman Mao, is radical enough for most of these students. The French Communist Party which, to draw an Irish parallel, would have been more or less the political equivalent of present day Sinn Féin, is condemned as hopelessly “revisionist”. The Soviet Union, in particular its then president, the now largely forgotten Mr Kosygin, is convicted by the students at their kitchen table discussions of failing to do enough to support the Vietnamese in their war against Lyndon Johnson. And the French working class, with whom said kitchen table debaters absolutely sympathise, are seen as hopelessly passive. In a mix of desperation, madness, and idealism, the students decide to mount a campaign of terrorism, which will involve them doing something they have singularly failed to do for most of the film; getting up from that kitchen table and going outside. They plan to kill the visiting Soviet minister for culture who has been invited by President de Gaulle’s own culture minister, the novelist and decayed Stalinist intellectual Andre Malraux, to open a new wing of the university. After that, they hope to bomb the Sorbonne in the belief that this will spark a revolution. Insider is against blowing up universities. Partly because he knows such actions more often provoke backlash than revolution. But also because Insider happens to teach at a university and coming out in favour of blowing up universities might lead to an awkward email from one’s department head.

Stellar Property is offering for sale a two bed duplex apartment with parking located at The Cornstore, Middle Street, Galway. This charming city centre residence is in immaculate turnkey condition. It is a stone's throw from many of Galway’s landmark locations including the Spanish Arch, Galway Cathedral, and Galway City Museum. Eyre Square, NUIG UHG, and the main transport terminals are also nearby.