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Alexandria Wilson, aged 18, from Abbeyknockmoy, Sadhbh Mechan, aged 19, from Portumna, and Nicole Hargaden, aged 21, from Galway city have been selected for the Irish Youth Choir for 18- to 25-year-olds.

The Galway branch of the Community Action Tenants Union (CATU) took action this week to highlight the effect short-term lets are having on the community.

The history of the 14 Tribes of Galway is the subject of an event taking place in Galway this weekend.

There is something quietly absurd happening in Irish accommodation right now. Across the west of Ireland, residential properties are hosting tourists on Airbnb while hotel beds in regional towns are occupied by long-term residential placements, including emergency and refugee accommodation. Houses built for families are full of visitors. Hotels built for visitors are, in many cases, no longer available to them. We have inverted the entire logic of how accommodation is supposed to work.

It seems tourists have the high ground in Galway while the residents are Anekin Skywalker. In a study by the Galway Advertiser, one-third of shops in the main shopping district are geared towards tourists.

A new exhibition, Survivor Stories: Tuam and Ireland's Institutional Past, which opened yesterday (Wednesday) in Galway City Museum, is the first dedicated museum installation to focus on Mother and Baby institutions and their impact on Irish society.

A staggering 130 years after three Galwaymen started up a fife and drum band in 1896, St Patrick’s Brass Band is still blowing strong.

“It’s amazing to be back in Ireland, I don’t know about saints, but it’s definitely the land of scholars, and writers, and just to be around that kind of energy again is amazing.”

A walking tour and a Ulysses-inspired brunch are among the events taking place in Galway city next week during a day-long celebration of James Joyce and his Galway-born wife and muse, Nora Barnacle.

As summer sweeps into Galway Bay, Stiúideo Cuan, one of the finest recording studios in Europe, is once again opening its doors to the public with a stellar line-up of gigs curated to showcase Ireland’s emerging and established musicians.