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If you are running behind on your Christmas to-do list, or you just did not expect the time to move so fast, it is okay! You still can turn Christmas gift-giving around by following 'the five gift rule'. Said to be a minimalist gift-giving guideline that focuses on quality over quantity, you can take this rule and make Christmas truly special.

The countdown is on for one of Galway’s best-loved Christmas traditions, as sign-up opens for the COPE Galway Christmas Swim 2026.

Two crew from the Galway Lifeboat Station were recognised for 30 years of volunteering at a recent RNLI volunteer recognition event and a third crew received his 20 year long service medal.

A man who was clocked doing 177kph on the N17 in a rush to get to a Christmas Day service in Galway was lucky he didn’t end up attending his own service, a judge commented.

A DEFENDANT who spent three years in a hospital burns unit as a child was severely reprimanded for putting at risk occupants of an Eyre Square Airbnb by damaging fire alarms and then attempting to set alight a security camera while a trespasser in the building.

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.

For many in Galway, Christmas morning simply is not complete without a trip to Blackrock in Salthill, where hundreds gather to brave the icy waters of Galway Bay and raise funds for COPE Galway.

For nearly half a century, the Samaritans have been a vital source of comfort and connection for people across Galway and the surrounding areas. Operating from Nuns’ Island, with a satellite service in Castlebar, the Galway branch is the third oldest in Ireland and will celebrate its 50th anniversary next April.

Worrying rises in underage drinking, vaping and late-night socialising among young people in Galway were laid bare at the November Plenary Meeting of Galway County Council, where councillors received a detailed briefing on the 2025 Planet Youth report.

In Ireland, we usually eat Christmas dinners filled with the usual suspects of roast turkey, glazed ham, and every variety of potato, but have you ever wondered what dinners around the world look like? From Australia, celebrating in the sun, to Japan back-ordering KFC, families are brought together for the season in a variety of ways. Maybe we can add some of these traditions to our 2025 festive feasts.