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Real estate investor, developer and asset manager, Firethorn, has broken ground at its Sackville Place development in central Dublin, with Galway’s Stewart Construction appointed to deliver the 138 bedroom site.

Volunteers and community groups from across County Galway were honoured at the annual Cathaoirleach’s Awards, which took place on Friday at the Raheen Woods Hotel in Athenry.

University of Galway Rugby Club will hold a star-studded black-tie event at the Galmont Hotel this October to mark their 150th anniversary.

The Survivors Integrated Service at the London Irish Centre recently received a letter from a survivor of St Anne’s Orphanage, Lenaboy, Taylors Hill — The centre thought it would be nice to share this anonymous letter with the people of Galway as they want to recognise that not all survivors’ experiences of institutions were the same. This letter is only meant to reflect one person’s experience of their time at St Anne’s and their memories of how the community of Galway came together to give them a magical Christmas experience every year.

This game was not actually played until September 1924 when Galway faced Limerick in a ‘dour hour’s hurling’. “Physical strength, fitness and courage were the dominating factors. The play was strenuous if fitful and an exciting period followed the interval when Limerick made determined efforts to wipe off the arrears. Galway finished with great dash and were clearly superior on the day’s form.” These were the words of PD Mehigan who reported on the game for the Irish Times.

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Now in its ninth year, Poetry Day Ireland is an annual island-wide celebration of poetry which invites the nation to read, write, and share a poem on Thursday, April 27.

Having already booked their place in the Walsh Cup final thanks to last weekend’s nine-point win over Dublin, the Galway senior hurlers will travel to the Darver Centre of Excellence in County Louth this coming Saturday afternoon to take on Antrim.

For the first time since their remarkable run of unbeaten county final appearances began in 2012, St Thomas left Pearse Stadium on Sunday without the Tom Callinan Cup in their possession.