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As part of NUI Galway’s Autumn Conferring, which saw more than 1,700 graduates return to campus, the University recognised and celebrated one of the oldest graduates to have attended a conferring ceremony.

As part of NUI Galway’s Autumn Conferring, which saw more than 1,700 graduates return to campus, the University today recognised and celebrated one of the oldest graduates to have attended a conferring ceremony.

Celebrations were getting under way in Rosemount village yesterday to mark local woman Rachel Duffy’s historic win at the 2022 Rose of Tralee on Tuesday night. Ms Duffy is the first Westmeath Rose to win the competition in its 63-year history.

It may be a cliché but the old adage that the happiest days of our lives were the ones we spent at school would be true for most people. When we were in school, we probably thought that it was all lies, but later we gradually realised it was true. Life changes with time but memories of our school days remain the same all the time, days of laughter, smiles, great friendships, games in the school yard, no worries of bills, taxes or finances, desks with flip-tops and inkwells in the middle, heavy school bags, the glantóir, headline copies, the poems we learned, the sheer joy of the last day before the holidays, the imaginative excuses for being late … “The two wheels fell off me bicycle, sir”.

Sponsored by Athlone Towncentre, Sarah McDermott from Newbridge, Co Kildare, was crowned winner of ‘Friday’s Most Stylish’ at this year’s Galway Race Summer Festival which concluded on Sunday last.

Revitalised by being back in-person again, the Galway Film Fleadh came to a stunning end on Sunday night with an awards ceremony held before the closing film, the Ukrainian-made Carol of the Bells.

From the cages of Long Kesh in the 1970s, to the lecture halls and classrooms of NUI Galway this century, a love of writing and a passionate belief in the importance of education has been central in the life of Paddy McMenamin.

Alan Glynn kept the faith and his perseverance is now being rewarded. Adamant about the potential within the Galway minor set-up, Glynn has admirably dealt with setbacks.

Alan Glynn kept the faith and his perseverance is now being rewarded. Adamant about the potential within the Galway minor set-up, Glynn has admirably dealt with setbacks.

When Eilis Hanrahan, a bank clerk in the Midlands discovers that her husband is to be jailed for a serious sexual assault, leaving herself and their two children to fend for themselves, her world seems on the verge of collapse.