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There was something quietly appropriate about COPE Galway this week marking its 60th anniversary within the historic walls of Druid, in the heart of Galway city. Those stones have witnessed generations of stories — triumphs, struggles, laughter and loss. In many ways, the work of COPE Galway belongs to that same long narrative of the city. After six decades, the organisation is as much a part of Galway as the streets and buildings that surround it.

Galway is preparing for a welcome surge of visitors over the coming days as tens of thousands are expected to descend on the city for the build-up to St Patrick’s Day next Tuesday.

TG4 presents Against All Certainty – Ceiliúradh ar Mhicheál D. Ó hUiginn, a powerful and uplifting celebration of poetry, music and performance honouring President Michael D. Higgins and the release of his debut spoken-word album Against All Certainty, on Claddagh Records. The programme airs on TG4 on Saturday 3 January at 9.00pm and will be available to audiences worldwide on TG4.ie.

Hot Press has announced a major event, History In The Making: The Concert, featuring many of the leading lights in Irish music, to take place at 3Arena, Dublin on Friday, 6 February.

It has been a strange week in Galway. The sun set on the Higginsian era. The sun rose on The Connolean Era. We lose one mainstay of our public representation over the past three decades, and welcome back one who has shaped the city for the past four. How fortunate are we, as a nation, to be able to replace one president with another and ensure that both destinations — the Áras and the city by the Corrib — are equally enriched for the exchange.

"A Thaoisigh, A Phríomhbhreithimh, Airí, Baill Chomhairle an Stáit, Baill an Oireachtais, Ambasadóirí, Ceannairí Eaglaise, agus dhaoine uaisle ar fad, chomh maith le an Chéad Aire an Tuaiscirt, Michelle O’Neill, agus ceannairí eile ó gach cairn den Tuaisceart.

As the festive season approaches, Zhivago Gifts on Shop Street is once again ready to make Christmas shopping easy, fun, and full of cheer. The Galway favourite is stocked with the brightest and best albums of 2025, making it the go-to destination for music lovers and gift-givers alike.

Tradition dies hard in Galway. On a rain-swept weekend that saw the familiar swirl of a Macnas parade, another proud Galway ritual unfolded — the election of one of its own to Áras an Uachtaráin. On November 11, Catherine Connolly will be inaugurated as Ireland’s tenth President, the second Galway-based person in succession to hold that office. As she steps into her new role, President Michael D. Higgins and Sabina return to the west — welcomed back into the community that launched his political and cultural journey. It is a fitting circle: Galway gives, Galway welcomes back, and Galway once again finds itself at the heart of Ireland’s political life.

If the polls are right, then in seventy-two hours, Ireland may be saluting its next President — and hearing a familiar Galway accent echo through the national count centre at Dublin Castle. Catherine Connolly stands on the brink of a historic victory. Analysis suggests she is comfortably ahead of her main rival, Heather Humphreys. Yet, as every seasoned watcher knows, politics has a habit of humbling the confident.