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Portwest has just unveiled its new brand partnership with Bleubird Apparel and welcomes the collection of eco-conscious clothing and accessories in store and online.

New plans projected over a 20 year period will see the inner lands of Galway harbour developed into an attractive commercial and residential area, while reclaimed land from the sea will push out harbour facilities into deep water to accommodate shipping connections to European ports and elsewhere. It is a long over due and worthwhile plan, but it pales almost into insignificance compared to the vaulting ambitions the Galway merchants schemed in the mid 19th century.

New film studios are expected to be constructed at the Galway Airport site, after the Galway City Council backed a plan to lease a portion of the land to Danú Media - a move that would represent a major boost to the creative arts industry in the west.

GALWAY WRITER Jim Ward will feature alongside Kevin Barry, Lisa McInerney, and Roddy Doyle in a new anthology, The 32 – Anthology of Irish Working Class Voices.

JULY 11 marks the 100th anniversary of the end of the War of Independence. Ireland’s fight for self-determination, and its aftermath, will be examined from a Galway perspective at an upcoming online conference.

The election, on May 24 1921 in the six counties of what was to become Northern Ireland, resulted in the Unionist Party winning 40 of the 52 seats. Catholics in the six counties would now be forced to stare down the barrel of partition and sectarianism as a new order was set in place.

Connacht Rugby’s Tom Daly is the digital ambassador for this year’s Grant Thornton’s Corporate 5K Team Challenge which takes place on September 8.

Connacht Rugby’s Tom Daly is the digital ambassador for this year’s Grant Thornton’s Corporate 5K Team Challenge which takes place on September 8.

Dr Alex Quinn graduated medicine from Semmelweis University in Budapest in Hungary and has worked in NCHD Mater Hospital as a general practitioner. Dr Quinn has always shown interest in aesthetic medicine, hence why the role of a lead doctor of SISU Galway was a natural progression of his career in aesthetic medicine.

LITTLE MORE than two years on from the State’s historic vote to repeal the controversial 8th Amendment, a new exhibition at the Galway Arts Centre will examine societal and religious attempts to suppress reproductive rights in Ireland.