Editorial Comment
On a clear day you can see… the new order
Thu, Jan 08, 2026
Out on the Atlantic, beyond the curve of Galway Bay, something shifted this week—not just on the radar screens, but in the collective sense of where we stand in the world. For generations we believed that the ocean was a buffer, a vast blue reassurance that whatever madness consumed continents would lose its force long before it reached our western edge. That confidence now feels quaint. That mass of water over which JFK ran his ‘on a clear day’ speech here in Galway now seems different.
Local News
Galway city in Top 10 as Ballybane struggles in 2025 litter rankings
Thu, Jan 08, 2026
The latest litter survey by business group Irish Business Against Litter ((IBAL) shows Galway City in ninth spot in the ranking of 40 towns and cities. Ballybane, however, is still ‘littered’ in 39th. Sligo finished atop the IBAL table for the first time in a study which showed that city areas in particular cleaned up in 2025.
