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It was in 1979 when PJ Coen first put down roots in Clarinbridge. So when the time came to establish his own business, it seemed only natural that the local area would become its home.

When someone we love is no longer with us, having the right person beside you can make all the difference.

The family of the late Larry Durack of Portumna, County Galway, who passed away on March 2, has made a generous donation of €2000 to the Kidney Day Ward at Portiuncula University Hospital.

The ancestral village of Menlough, East Galway, will once again become the focal point for the global Mannion diaspora when it hosts the Thirteenth Annual International Mannion Clan Gathering from Friday, 14 August to Sunday, 16 August 2026. Coinciding with the opening of National Heritage Week, the three-day celebration promises a rich programme of history, culture, genealogy and traditional Irish heritage.

Two hundred years ago, in October 1826, the Warden of Galway wrote to the Superior of the Patrician Brothers asking him to send at least one Brother to Galway to take over a school which had been moved from near the Shambles Barracks to a disused barrack in Lombard Street. Brother Paul O’Connor and Brother Dawson were sent to Galway. Cash in hand was one shilling. Social conditions were very bad, but the Brothers went ahead and established the Monastery School, known as The Mon. Before the school had been a year in operation, the improvement in the youth of the city was so evident that a public meeting was held in the school to vote thanks to the teachers, “whose zeal, attention and excellent arrangements had produced such happy results”.

The exceptional corporate partnership that was formed between the National Breast Cancer Research Institute (NBCRI) and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), supported by CURAM Research Ireland Centre for Medical Devices and the College of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences, has enabled the installation of a cutting-edge multiplex imaging scanner at the Lambe Institute, part of University of Galway. This state-of-the-art scanner can analyse up to 100 markers in a single tissue sample, dramatically reducing diagnostic time from days to hours.

Stephen Faller was born in Germany and came to Galway as a young man. Our first photograph, c1890, shows him at the door of the business he set up in Dominick Street in 1879.

World Kidney Day, which takes place today (March 12), marks a worldwide initiative aimed at raising awareness of kidney disease and the importance of prevention and early detection. This year’s theme, 'Kidney Health for All: Caring for People, Protecting the Planet', highlights the connection between environmental sustainability (air pollution, heat stress) and kidney disease, promoting eco-friendly, equitable, and accessible kidney care.

Care About You is a 100 per cent Irish-owned home care company, founded in 2012 and headquartered in Shannon, Co Clare. Since its establishment, the organisation has grown steadily, with offices now operating in Athlone (Midlands), Galway, Cork and Dublin. An approved HSE provider of Elderly and Disability Care, Care About You delivers high-quality, person-centred services to older people and individuals with disabilities through both HSE-funded and private care arrangements.

The fear of looking back on his life as he breathed his last and realising that he had not lived it being true to himself was one of the main reasons why Adrian Varley (33) stopped drinking. That fear was far greater than giving up alcohol, says the former Galway Senior footballer.