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President Catherine Connolly said she has a responsibility to “always speak truth to power” as she accepted the Freedom of Galway City last Friday, while using her address to defend Irish neutrality and warn against the normalisation of war.

Former president Michael D Higgins has said he is “deeply distressed” over the University of Galway’s participation in a research project with ties to defence contractors involved in the attacks in Palestine.

Former president Michael D Higgins has strongly criticised the University of Galway for its collaboration with an Israeli university that allegedly maintains close ties to defence contractors contributing to the ongoing genocide in Palestine.

There have been four by-elections in the Galway West constituency since the foundation of the State. They took place on June 19, 1935; August 8, 1936; May 30,1940 and March 4, 1975.

The point-blank gunshot to his head cemented Helen Ogbu’s crushing fear her husband had been assassinated. He was not the random, tragic victim of a robbery gone wrong.

Former President of Ireland, Michael D Higgins, has returned a total of €2.6 million to the taxpayer over the course of his fourteen years as head of state.

Meteorologists tells us wetter, warmer winters and summers are the new norm, but against all the momentum of man-made climate change, Eyre Square shall remain dry.

Former President Michael D Higgins has called for a root and branch reform of the presidency.

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

Helen Ogbu was formally endorsed by the Labour Party at a heavily attended selection convention this week, to chants of “Gaillimh Abú, Gallimh Ogbu” by almost 100 supporters.