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Medtech leaders from across Europe and beyond have gathered in Galway this week for a major international conference calling for regulatory reform to protect patients, support innovation and strengthen Europe’s competitiveness in the global medical technology sector.

Neil Johnson has received the 2026 World Heart Federation Advocacy Award in Cardiovascular Health, recognising more than three decades of work to improve cardiovascular health in Ireland and internationally.

The Tribes in Hungary: Walter Lynch and Ferenc Martyn, now open, is free to attend and hosts a range of photographs, art prints, personal objects, and audio.

Connemara is to examine its links with Europe through a new Galway County Council initiative focusing on the environment, culture, education and migration.

Galway will welcome senior European policymakers, business leaders, regional authorities, researchers and enterprise agencies this autumn as it hosts a flagship conference examining the future of regional competitiveness, innovation and sustainable economic growth across Europe.

Galway will soon welcome leading ocean researchers, policymakers, innovators and industry representatives from across Europe when Atlantic Summit Galway 2026 takes place at the University of Galway on 8-9 October.

Airbnb are encouraging Galway organisations to apply for the second year of Ireland’s Rural Tourism Fund, doubling its support to locally led projects and organisations that help visitors discover rural Ireland, and strengthen rural communities, to €200,000. The Fund is open to community groups, rural tourism organisations, small businesses and local enterprises across the Republic of Ireland, with the application portal closing on 16 September 2026.

PorterShed has this week announced the launch of an ambitious new programme, Galway–Estonia: Europe in Our Daily Lives (Innovation, Culture and Connection), as part of Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2026.

The unanimous election of Councillor Andrew Reddington as Cathaoirleach of Galway County Council marks an important moment for County Galway. It is a recognition not only of his work as a public representative since his election to the council in 2019, but also of a lifetime spent immersed in community, voluntary activity, rural life and youth development.

On July 1, Ireland takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the next six months, and for the first time, housing will sit near the top of that agenda. That is not a coincidence, and it is not just an Irish story. Across Europe, the conversation about housing shortages has shifted. It is no longer framed primarily as a social issue. It is now being framed as an economic competitiveness issue, and that change in framing is hugely significant.