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Archaeologists have rediscovered a ‘lost’ Neolithic tomb and located a second, previously unidentified, tomb during excavations at a prehistoric site revealing new evidence about the earliest farming communities in the west of Ireland.

There is an old saying that sport can be wonderfully uplifting one week and brutally unforgiving the next. Galway hurling experienced both ends of that spectrum in the space of a fortnight.

Galway enter Sunday’s All-Ireland showpiece as firm underdogs. But history suggests there are few sweeter things in life than an underdog success story.

The second half of Galway’s All-Ireland quarter-final defeat to Tipperary last summer made for painful viewing. The eventual Liam MacCarthy champions swept aside the Tribesmen with an ease that was as alarming as it was sobering in front of a sea of Tipp support.

A civil engineering firm specialising in enormous public infrastructure projects is expected to confirm a multi-million euro investment in the University of Galway today, Thursday May 28.

Young creatives are being invited to explore storytelling through printmaking in Memory Lines: Print, Connect, Belong — a unique series of lino-print workshops led by Galway-based artist Róisín Doherty, culminating in a large-scale collaborative artwork at Fr Burke Park as part of Cruinniú na nÓg 2026.

We knew from the outset last Friday that Momentum Festival 2026 has firmly etched its name into the cultural fabric of the west of Ireland, delivering an inaugural event that not only met expectations but surpassed them in scale, ambition, and impact.

Not since 2018, when Galway entered the championship as Liam MacCarthy holders, has there been this level of excitement and optimism surrounding the senior hurlers ahead of championship.

The safety nets no longer exist in the Galway Senior Championship from this point on, with every team that takes to the field fully aware that their season rests on the outcome of this game.

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