Ask Acorn Staff donate €20k for groundbreaking cancer research in Galway

Thu, Jun 12, 2025

Staff at Ask Acorn, part of the Acorn Life Group headquartered in Galway, have donated an impressive €20,000 for cancer research charity Breakthrough Cancer Research (Breakthrough) through the company’s annual ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) programme.

Gaeilge and Te Reo Māori exchange creates new opportunities for Irish and New Zealand film co-productions

Thu, Jun 12, 2025

Growth opportunities for the Irish animation industry, international co-production, and increased presence for the Irish language on screen have taken a significant step forward with the Wellington-Galway Indigenous Animation Exchange 2025.

Junior Infants places assured for Oranmore in 2025, says Naughton

Thu, Jun 12, 2025

Local TD and Minister of State with responsibility for Disability, Hildegarde Naughton, has announced that the Department of Education have provided funding to ensure that those on the waiting list for Junior Infants in Scoil íosa, Oranmore, will have a place for the next school term. This will involve the provision of over €60,000 to renovate the old school building.

Crack shots return to Renmore

Thu, Jun 12, 2025

Galway’s 1st Infantry Battalion team qualified for the final last month after winning the regional, 1st Brigade rifle competition in March, and team member Private Stephen O’Halloran, from Oughterard, was declared All Army Rifle Champion for the second year running.

Lynches of Galway to feature in TG4 series on Irish surnames

Thu, Jun 12, 2025

Galway name Ó Loingsigh/Lynch is set to feature in this Sunday’s episode of Sloinne, the TG4 series exploring the history of some of Ireland’s most widespread surnames.

City stumped for cash

Thu, Jun 12, 2025

According to industry quotes, this is likely to cost more than €200,000.

Abbott donates €8,952 to Ábalta Special School in Parkmore

Thu, Jun 12, 2025

Abbott employees in Galway have presented a cheque for €8,952 to Ábalta Special School in Parkmore. The school, an Abbott ‘Charity of Choice’, will use the funds to support inclusive education for children with autism and complex needs.

School offers €2,000 bursary to attract pupils in order to keep teacher

Thu, Jun 12, 2025

A small national school in Co Galway is offering a €2,000 bursary to attract families from outside the area in an effort to retain its second teacher. Scoil Naomh Pádraig, located in An Chloch Bhreac—a scenic Gaeltacht area nestled between Lough Corrib and Lough Mask in north Connemara—is facing a decline in pupil numbers that could see it fall below the threshold required to maintain two teachers.

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Thu, Jun 12, 2025

Registration plates stolen at Oranmore Train Station

Oranmore Gardaí are investigating the theft of registration plates from a car at Oranmore Train Station, taken between Thursday, June 5 and Saturday, June 7.

FAI’s new calendar year season puts clubs in ‘direct competition’ says Cllr Hoare

Thu, Jun 12, 2025

Cllr Eddie Hoare (FG) has voiced his opposition to the Football Association of Ireland’s (FAI) decision to move the Irish football season to the calendar year.

Disability team needs specialist staff, says Connolly

Thu, Jun 12, 2025

This is the message from Galway West TD, John Connolly, who raised the issue in the Dáil and in correspondence with the HSE.

Hospital and Council plot land swap

Thu, Jun 12, 2025

HSE management has identified Shantalla Park as its preferred location for a new state-of-the-art aeromedical base for the west of Ireland.

Former Galway regiment remembered

Thu, Jun 12, 2025

The Standard Bearer was CRA member Perry Futer, who marched to music by the London Irish Rifles’ pipes and drums, and the band of the Irish Guards.

Tuam excavations an act of humanity and delicacy

Thu, Jun 12, 2025

Next week, beneath the quiet skies of Tuam, shovels will meet soil. It will be no ordinary act of excavation—it will be an act of love, of memory, of finally listening to voices long silenced. The ground at the former Mother and Baby Home, where 796 children were interred without names, markers, or dignity, will open not only to archaeologists, but to a nation’s grief.

Uisce Éireann delivers essential works on Ballybane Road

Thu, Jun 12, 2025

Water was returned to the Ballybane Road area of Galway city after an outage to deliver essential works on Wednesday.

Higgins calls on Government to back ‘Right-Sizing at Home’ plan

Thu, Jun 12, 2025

Fine Gael Galway City West Councillor, Clodagh Higgins has today called on the Government to introduce a targeted support scheme that would enable older people to safely divide their homes, freeing up thousands of new housing units while allowing older residents to remain in the communities they know and love.

New taskforce designed to 'reform and strengthen' local Government welcomed by City Council

Thu, Jun 12, 2025

Galway City Council has welcomed news of the Local Democracy Taskforce, saying that it hopes that the new group will help to expedite and progress a number of 'essential' projects in the city.

Ring road plans return for more planning

Thu, Jun 12, 2025

An Bord Pleanála (ABP) has asked the ring road project managers at Galway County Council to re-advertise their planning application for the route from Coolagh to the R336 Coast Road, and open it up to public consultation.

Councillors slam social housing rent hike

Thu, Jun 12, 2025

There was widespread condemnation amongst city councillors at their June meeting this week when officials revealed plans to raise €1m for the city by increasing rents by 3 per cent.

President Higgins’ archive finds a home at University of Galway

Thu, Jun 12, 2025

In a moment described as a significant “institutional homecoming,” President Michael D. Higgins has donated his extensive presidential archive and a portion of his personal book collection to the University of Galway—his alma mater and long-time academic home.

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