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Scoil Íosa was delighted to welcome the newly appointed Minister for Education and Youth, Hildegarde Naughton, marking her first official school visit since taking up the portfolio.

Scoil Íde, located in Ard na Mara, Salthill, is a long-established primary school with proud traditions rooted in the local community. Founded alongside Salerno Secondary School by the Sisters of Jesus and Mary, Scoil Íde remains true to its founding values offering a nurturing, holistic education in a vibrant and inclusive environment.

Situated in the tranquil cul-de-sac of Ard na Mara, Scoil Íde along with Salerno Secondary School was founded by the Jesus and Mary sisters. Scoil Íde is a thriving and welcoming primary school with more than 250 students. The school has a strong reputation for excellence in academics, music, and sport.

Renowned sean-nós singer Orla Ní Fhinneadha has been appointed 2025-2026 Sean-Nós Singer-in-Residence at University of Galway’s Centre for Irish Studies.

An Active Travel scheme for Shantalla is essential to curbing speeding motorists and to create an environment “less hostile to pedestrians”, says Fianna Fáil Galway West TD, John Connolly.

Parents and residents in Bearna will stage their third walking protest on Monday May 12 from 8am until 8.45am along the R336, calling on Galway County Council to urgently provide road safety measures for children walking to Scoil Sheamais Naofa who must navigate the busy R336 with no protection from fast-moving traffic.

There are weeks that pass without much notice — ordinary days strung together in the rhythm of life. And then there are weeks like this one in Galway, when time itself seems to pause, heavy with grief, as two vibrant lives were lost on our roads.

There was a celebratory atmosphere at Wildlands, Moycullen, on World Poetry Day when 177 children from five Gaeltacht schools just outside Galway city came together to launch a poetry book of their own.

There are three Sarah McInerneys: the gregarious Drivetime radio presenter with a hearty laugh, the tough TV interviewer regularly skewering politicians, and – surprisingly – the shy, Galway-accented woman who considers herself a country girl at heart.

Scoil Chaitríona Junior, Renmore, Galway, has been crowned the national winner of the Explorers Ocean Champion School Awards 2023 for their Healthy Ocean project, ‘Caring for our Ocean’.