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If your oil or gas boiler is currently over 10 years old or you are due to replace your current heating system, then the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) recommends that you consider the advantages of installing a heat pump and plan ahead.

If, like me, you are fascinated with the logistics of staging major and unusual events, then you will be thriled with the new podcast which looks behind the scenes at the iconic Mirror Pavilion installation which stood alone as a solitary cultural landmark in the city during the initial stages of the pandemic.

Tributes were paid to a deputation from the Achill Decarbonisation Zone Group following a presentation made to members at this week’s Westport Municipal District meeting held in Belmullet.

The transition to sustainable energy sources needs to be accelerated by investing in, and supporting, sustainable energy sources.

We may have entered the second month of 2021, but the continuing Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown makes it seem like an extension of last year. Yet, in the words of Galway city arts officer, James Harrold, "we will be in ‘play’ mode again and the deferred pleasures of 2020 will be back in our calendars".

COVID-19 may have rendered Galway's summer festival season inert, but the city and its festivals are too resilient to be kept down forever, so for the first time in its 43 year history, the arts festival moves to the autumn.

MIRROR PAVILION, the 7-metre cubed mirrored structure, with an LED wall, created by the Irish artist John Gerrard, is being erected this week in the Claddagh.

NUI Galway-led research projects received almost €4.4 million in funding last week in an announcement by Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Mary Mitchell-O’Connor TD. Three projects from the University were funded and they will investigate: the use of cell therapy for diabetic complications; the therapeutic potential of compounds from sponges and corals; and more efficient energy production.