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A Shantalla native is one of 1,000 activists, medics and war crime investigators to have set sail from Italy to deliver aid and challenge an Israeli naval blockade of Gaza.

The Green Party’s Galway West by-election candidate is considering selling shares worth €40,000 in the IT firm he works for because of its links to the Israeli military.

People Before Profit’s candidate in the Galway West by-election says he supported the blockade by protesters of Galway Port last week.

As a Galway native, Sarah Clancy has grown up with Cúirt and believes it is a space where you do not have to apologise for creating or thinking anew. Bringing this motto to her lecture, she will give her audience space to think about the genocide in Gaza in a space of equality, to reflect on the Global Sumud Flotillas, and explore our lack of agency as a subversive society.

The Galway Residential Market in 2025 experienced another active year of healthy sales, characterised by strong demand and weak supply. The number of second-hand residential properties that came to the market in 2025 had fallen by approximately 10 per cent on 2024, which in itself was a year of very tight supply. Tony Kavanagh commented, “This has resulted in creating a very competitive marketplace for potential buyers, often resulting in properties attracting multiple bidders and continuing capital price growth in the order of 8.2 per cent for 2025 in Galway.”

One of the reasons Taoiseach Micheal Martin will visit the White House this year is to secure employment linked to medical technology companies clustered around Galway.

I believe it is imperative in order for Ireland to adhere to its constitutional obligation that it pursues an independent foreign and military policy, at the UN, and at meetings of the EU. This is possible, and we see many larger EU countries acting unilaterally on foreign and defence policy when it suits them.

Michael D is back home, and he’s not holding back.

On 20 January 2026, Israeli forces stormed the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Headquarters, a United Nations site, in East Jerusalem. Bulldozers entered the compound and demolished its offices and warehouses under the watch of Israeli Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, who described it as “an historic day, a day for celebration”. The UN flag over the UN site was removed and replaced by an Israeli flag.

Left-wing councillors failed to convene an emergency sitting of Galway city council this week to discuss military neutrality and the Occupied Territories Bill before year end.