Galway’s CREW Hub needs your vote to win global interior design award
Thu, Jul 31, 2025
Galway is once again in the international spotlight as the CREW Creative Enterprise & Innovation Hub at the former Cluain Mhuire at Wellpark. has been named a finalist in the prestigious SBID International Design Awards 2025. Competing in the hotly contested “Interior Design: Office Design (Europe)” category, the CREW Hub is not just a workplace – it is a bold statement of design, innovation, and community. Now, the public has the power to help bring this global award home to the West of Ireland.
Read more ...Galway’s Pam Finn appointed to advisory board of Los Angeles Film Festival
Thu, Jul 31, 2025
Galway-based filmmaker and media strategist Pam Finn has been appointed to the Advisory Board of the City of Angels Film Festival in Los Angeles. The international festival, which celebrates bold independent storytelling, counts Joanna Lumley among its distinguished patrons.
Read more ...Galway’s Pam Finn appointed to advisory board of Los Angeles Film Festival
Thu, Jul 31, 2025
Galway-based filmmaker and media strategist Pam Finn has been appointed to the Advisory Board of the City of Angels Film Festival in Los Angeles. The international festival, which celebrates bold independent storytelling, counts Joanna Lumley among its distinguished patrons.
Read more ...Lend a hand, so Galway Samaritans can lend an ear
Thu, Jul 31, 2025
!["We make sure people have somewhere to turn and get support when they need it most," said a spokesperson for Samaritans.
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On August 2, Galway Samaritans will be having a city centre street collection. Fundraising is the lifeblood of its volunteer led force and it would encourage everyone to get out and show support.
Read more ...Massive pop-up Debs and TY Ball dress sale in Clybaun Hotel this weekend
Thu, Jul 31, 2025
A major pop-up event for Debs and TY students is set to take place at the Clybaun Hotel on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd of August, offering a huge range of stunning dresses just in time for ball season.
Read more ...Long wait times are expected in UHG’s Emergency Department over Bank Holiday weekend
Thu, Jul 31, 2025
The Emergency Department at University Hospital Galway is extremely busy with high numbers of people attending the department who need to be admitted to the hospital for ongoing treatment.
Read more ...Archaeologists reveal ancient nobles’ ringfort overlooking Galway Bay
Thu, Jul 31, 2025
Archaeologists have confirmed a ringfort overlooking Galway Bay as a settlement for rulers and nobles in Ireland’s Early Medieval period, a site with a remarkable ancient history.
Read more ...Cookery Demonstration and family fun days at Ballybane Community Hub
Thu, Jul 31, 2025
The Ballybane Community Hub will host its next cookery demonstration on Thursday, August 7 at 6:30pm, featuring local chef Maria McNeela from Rustic Grub.
Maria will demonstrate how to prepare two timeless dessert classics: the Bakewell tart and the lemon tart. Both are crowd-pleasers and excellent examples of how baking brings together precision and creativity.
Read more ...Cheevers welcomes upcoming Active Travel Scheme for Monivea Road
Thu, Jul 31, 2025
Cllr Alan Cheevers has welcomed news that an active travel scheme for Monivea Road will soon come before the council.
Read more ...Poet Caitlín Maude commemorated with a book bench at University of Galway
Thu, Jul 31, 2025
University of Galway has dedicated a new ‘book bench’ on its campus in memory of Irish language poet Caitlín Maude, a graduate of the university.
Read more ...Curtain falls on another successful GIAF
Thu, Jul 31, 2025
On Sunday, July 27, the curtain fell on the 2025 Galway International Arts Festival, marking the end of a two-week dazzling celebration of art, big ideas, creativity and culture. Celebrating on a larger scale than ever across the city and county, Galway International Arts Festival presented its most ambitious programme to date, and audiences flocked to see it.
Read more ...Leave nothing behind but great memories
Thu, Jul 31, 2025
As Galway city lights up after dark, bins are getting a bold new look at the Spanish Arch and the Claddagh — so partygoers will not miss them this summer. Five standout bins have had a makeover to grab attention and drive home the message: “Every Litter Bit Hurts”. Galway City Council, An Garda Síochána, and night-time businesses are joining forces to keep the party going and the streets sparkling. So when you are out soaking up Galway’s legendary night vibes, remember: Use the bin — or take it with you. Help keep Galway gorgeous, even after sundown.
Read more ...University of Galway and Ethiopian Public Health Institute join forces to develop sustainable and healthy food systems
Thu, Jul 31, 2025
The University of Galway and Ethiopian Public Health Institute have partnered to conduct research and innovation activities to enable transitions to more sustainable, healthy and affordable diets in Addis Ababa city regions.
Read more ...Virtual healthcare initiative brings cardiac care home for patients with atrial fibrillation
Thu, Jul 31, 2025
An innovative virtual healthcare initiative which was pioneered through the collaboration of staff at University Hospital Galway and local HSE Integrated Care Hubs means patients diagnosed with atrial fibrillation can now access advanced cardiac care from the comfort of their own homes. Atrial fibrillation is a common but potentially serious heart rhythm disorder that affects 1 in 3 adults over their lifetime.
Read more ...Editor dedicates global editorial award to those who searched for missing swimmer last winter
Thu, Jul 31, 2025
An editorial in the Galway Advertiser last November which paid tribute to those who searched for then-missing swimmer Máire Ni Fhátharta, was named one of the best in the world at a conference in South Dakota last week.
Read more ...When nature puts smacht on us: a world at war, tamed by the elements
Thu, Jul 31, 2025
In a world that seems to teeter perpetually on the brink—gripped by war, conflict, division, and environmental degradation—perhaps the greatest reckoning won’t come from diplomacy or force, but from nature itself. We often forget how small we are until nature reminds us. And when the world misbehaves, there comes a moment when the earth, sea, and sky conspire to put smacht on us all.
Storm Éowyn recently lashed Ireland with hurricane-force winds, snapping power lines like thread, silencing phones, darkening homes, and grinding modern life to a halt. Even in Galway, far from the battlefields of global conflict, we were not immune. Without electricity, transport or communication, we were suddenly stripped of the illusion of control—reduced, perhaps, to a third of what we are.
Read more ...Inis Óirr message in a bottle could be key to missing Taiwanese fishermen
Thu, Jul 31, 2025
A local story that is making international waves, a SOS message found in a bottle that washed ashore the coast of Inis Óirr earlier this month, could be potentially linked to the crew of Taiwanese longliner Yong Yu Sing No. 18, who were reported missing in early 2021.
Read more ...The Gift, a tribute to Galway’s Angeline Cooke
Thu, Jul 31, 2025
The last remaining artworks by the late and gifted Galway painter, Angeline Cooke, will be shown at the Coole Gallery in Gort over the August Bank Holiday weekend. ‘The Gift’ exhibition celebrates Angeline’s luminous talent, and all proceeds from the sale of her paintings will be donated to the Irish Kidney Association (IKA) and the Strange Boat Donor Foundation Circle of Life Garden in Salthill, Galway.
Read more ...'Trade certainty returns, but not without compromise', says Chamber
Thu, Jul 31, 2025
With a 15 per cent baseline tariff on EU exports to the US, this week's long-awaited trade agreement between US president, Donald Trump and European commission president, Ursula Von Der Leyen isn't "ideal" but it offers some much-needed clarity, said Galway Chamber.
While news of the tariff deal being struck was welcomed both at home and abroad, dramatically lessening a potential trade war between two of the world's biggest economic powers, Brussels has been accused of capitulating to the US president, resulting in a deal which primarily suits only one party, and it isn't the Europeans.
Read more ...HHC vape ban makes life safer for Galway’s youth, says Senator
Thu, Jul 31, 2025
Strongly linked to episodes of psychosis and hospitalisation, the Government’s ban on Hexahydrocannabinol (HHC), a semi-synthetic cannabinoid, has been warmly welcomed in Galway.
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