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The Byrne Hotel Group has announced the development of Galway’s tallest hotel and restaurant. After an 18-month appeal process, planning permission has been officially granted for the ambitious development of the Victoria Hotel, Victoria Place, Galway.

Tuesday November 20, 1984, was a sad day in Galway. It was the day Jimmy Cranny died, and though he had no family, his extended family of many thousands of people he had taught to swim mourned him and marked the passing of a legend. He could be seen at the seashore virtually every evening of the summer for many, many, years teaching children the basics of swimming, and as some of them progressed to competitive swimming, he provided early morning training sessions for them at the canal on a daily basis.