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Planing permission is being sought for a major residential and commercial development at Oranhill, Oranmore that will include a hotel, more than 160 residential homes, a swimming pool, gymnasium, and public park.

Galway Mountain Rescue Team will be on the streets of Galway this Saturday for its annual fundraising collection. Members of the team will be on Shop Street and in the Galway Shopping Centre on the Headford Road throughout the day. Ronan Concannon, team leader, says it takes approximately €30,000 per year to run the team covering costs such as insurance, transport, and rescue and safety equipment. Much of this has to be raised by the team itself and often members have to cover their own costs associated with callouts and training. He said that the annual bucket collection is hugely important to the team in terms of fundraising and that they get a fantastic response from the people of Galway every year.

A special information meeting for stay-at-home fathers who find themselves more involved with raising their families will be held in Galway on November 17.

Galway will once again host the opening event of Science Week Ireland, in conjunction with the Marine Institute, and Galway Atlantaquaria.

The announcement last week that Galway is to gain 90 new IT related jobs in two separate announcements by Hewlett Packard and Buy.com is a timely reminder that, despite all the doom and gloom, Galway and the western region still has a strong and thriving technology industry.

GALWAY HAS inspired many songs, poems, and stories, all of which have been great for tourism and for romanticising the city and county. Now one American artist will examine this through a clever and quirky exhibition for TULCA.

ACCLAIMED FRENCH and German films, Galway made shorts, and workshops in radio and digital animation are all part of this year’s Junior Galway Film Fleadh, which runs from Wednesday November 11 to Saturday 14 in the Town Hall Theatre.

Local Galway driver Neil Pierce and co-driver Enda O’Leary have recently been crowned Dunlop class 11 National Rally Champions.

Ready to walk into, this modern family home is located in the prestigious Thornberry development in Barna. No 19 is an impressive home with high quality finishes and fittings and large, bright, and airy rooms. It's a short walk or drive to the centre of Barna village and the services it offers, including The Twelve hotel, SuperValu supermarket, and local primary school. The pier and sea front are beside the village and Galway city centre is approximately six miles away.

Connacht’s most successful rugby player Eric Elwood is tipped to take over the reins from Michael Bradley next season.