Racegoers raise €65,000 for breast cancer research

Wed, Dec 31, 2025

One of the highlights of the Galway Races Autumn Festival is the National Breast Cancer Research Institute (NBCRI) annual fundraising lunch, ‘Race in Pink’. The sold-out event, which took place on October 26, was a big hit with racegoers this year raising an incredible €65,000 for the charity based at the Lambe Institute, University of Galway.

Tributes paid to young jockey after fatal car accident

Wed, Dec 31, 2025

The racing world is no stranger to risk, to fragility, to the sharp awareness that promise and peril often travel side by side. Yet nothing can soften the blow of a loss as cruel and sudden as that of Paul Kavanagh, a young Galway jockey whose life was taken far too soon in a car accident last week. He was only 20, but in that short time he managed to leave an imprint far deeper than many who live much longer lives.

Over 210 tractors light up Galway Plaza and Loughrea for Light Up for Iggy fundraiser

Wed, Dec 31, 2025

More than 210 tractors and 13 trucks took part in the Light Up for Iggy Christmas Tractor Run at Galway Plaza, as families and the farming community came together to honour the memory of Iggy Daly and raise funds for Cholangiocarcinoma Ireland.

Joyful, family-friendly New Year’s Eve celebration for Galway city

Wed, Dec 31, 2025

Galway City is set to welcome the arrival of 2026 with a joyful, family-friendly New Year’s Eve celebration designed especially for all ages. Renowned for its vibrant festival atmosphere, the City of the Tribes is once again embracing an early evening countdown, ensuring families can celebrate together in a safe, fun, and inclusive setting.

No Christmas Eve joy for man caught with €17,650 of drugs in Loughrea

Wed, Dec 31, 2025

While on patrol in Loughrea on Christmas Eve, Gardaí approached a male in the Barrack Street area.

Galway Divisional Drugs Unit seize €97,000 worth of cocaine, ecstasy and cannabis in Tuam raid

Wed, Dec 31, 2025

As part of ongoing investigations into the sale and supply of drugs in the region, Gardaí from the Galway Divisional Drugs Unit searched a house in Tuam on December 17.

Lettermore Community Park secures €300,000 for new playground

Wed, Dec 31, 2025

Comhairle Ceantar na nOileán CLG has secured €300,000 in funding for the development of a new playground at Páirc Pobal Leitir Móir, under the 2025 Town and Village Renewal Scheme.

Virtual COPD Care Pathway marks major milestone in chronic disease management

Wed, Dec 31, 2025

Since its launch in April 2024, the COPD Virtual Care Pathway has significantly improved patient outcomes while reducing pressure on hospital services. The innovative programme, developed by Galway University Hospitals (GUH) in partnership with the Galway City Integrated Care Hub and the HIVE Laboratory, University of Galway, is transforming how care is delivered to people living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Last chance to nominate Galway’s Axa Community Heroes

Wed, Dec 31, 2025

With less than a week to go, AXA is reminding people in Galway to submit nominations for the AXA Community Hero Awards before the deadline at 4pm on Monday, January 5.

The power of the turn of the year

Wed, Dec 31, 2025

There is something quietly powerful about the turn of the year. It is, of course, just another date on the calendar, but it carries with it a psychological lift — a sense of renewal, of possibility, of beginnings. Perhaps that feeling is sharpened by the fact that we are emerging from the darkest weeks of the year, inching towards longer days, growth, and springtime. Our antennae, tuned for hope, begin to rise again.

Renmore native appointed Galway Advertiser CEO

Wed, Dec 31, 2025

Renmore native, Máire McCarthy Kyne, has been appointed CEO of The Galway Advertiser.

Join MADRA’s 100km Challenge and make a pawsitive impact this January

Wed, Dec 31, 2025

MADRA is inviting everyone to lace up their shoes and start the new year on the right foot. This January, the Galway-based charity is launching an exciting 100km Challenge — a vibrant and inspiring opportunity to support its mission of caring for dogs in need.

Let Christmas plant the seeds of goodness is a world devoid of magic

Thu, Dec 25, 2025

Christmas arrives each year like a soft pause in the long sentence of our lives. It is a moment when the noise of the world can, if we allow it, fade into the background, and something gentler takes its place. In a time when headlines feel sharp and days feel rushed, Christmas invites us to believe again in the quiet power of goodness, in the small magic of human connection, and in our shared responsibility to shape the memories that will live on long after the decorations are packed away.

Already, almost imperceptibly, the days are stretching. The light is returning. Though winter still holds the land, our minds sense what is coming: renewal, growth, and the promise of new adventures. Christmas stands at this threshold, not just between years, but between what has been and what could be. It reminds us that hope does not arrive all at once; it begins as a glimmer, fed by warmth, attention, and care.

GLUAS to be included in Galway Transport Strategy, says Connolly

Thu, Dec 25, 2025

The long-awaited prospect of a light rail system for Galway has moved one step closer to receiving the green light, following confirmation from Deputy John Connolly that a light rail line will be included in the Galway Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy.

Galway academic appointed Chief Scientist of Food and Agriculture Organisation at UN

Thu, Dec 25, 2025

University of Galway academic has been appointed Chief Scientist of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.

Galway church minister raises awareness of war and hunger

Thu, Dec 25, 2025

A Galway church leader is placing a suitcase and a water container under her Christmas tree this year to raise the alarm on the urgent humanitarian crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the efforts of Christian Aid to help those most in need.

Delay to N65 road repair is unacceptable – O’Hara

Thu, Dec 25, 2025

Sinn Féin TD for Galway East, Louis O’Hara, has described the delay in repairing the N65 road between Killimor and Portumna as unacceptable.

Minister Canney lashes SF and PBP after High Court decision on ‘super-junior’ Ministers is dismissed

Thu, Dec 25, 2025

Minister Seán Canney TD, Minister of State for International and Road Transport, Logistics, Rail and Ports and Leader in Cabinet of the Independent Ministers, has lashed out at Sinn Féin and People Before Profit following today’s High Court decision to dismiss the legal actions taken by Sinn Féin and People Before Profit TDs in relation to the attendance of so-called super-junior Ministers at Cabinet.

Christmas Message 2025 from President Connolly

Thu, Dec 25, 2025

A chairde uaisle, a phobal na hÉireann; sibhse atá anseo sa mbaile; sibhse atá thar lear ag cur fuíbh ar fud an domhain; sibhse atá tagtha go dtí’n tír seo chun obair, cónaí agus cabhrú linn mar thír; agus sibhse ar bhreá libh a bheith in Éirinn; cuirim Beannachtaí na Nollag ó chroí chugaibh uilig.

Cocaine and cannabis seized in Tuam raid

Thu, Dec 25, 2025

As part of ongoing investigations into the sale and supply of drugs in the region, Gardaí from the Galway Divisional Drugs Unit searched a house in Tuam last week.

Cocaine with an estimated street value of €50,000; cannabis with an estimated value of €40,000 and ecstasy with an estimated value of €7,000 was seized.

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