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The concluding ‘action day’ meeting of ‘Women Together for a Better World’ development course took place in Ballybane Library, this Tuesday, May 23, seeing a diverse group of Galway’s women meeting to discuss the challenges they face and how to confront and change them.

University of Galway was yesterday (Wednesday) designated as a national Sustainable Development Goal Champion for 2023-24 by Minister for the Environment, Climate, Communications and Transport Eamon Ryan T.D.

University of Galway has announced the winners of the 2023 Alumni Awards to be presented at a gala banquet on Friday June 16, 2023. The Alumni Awards recognise individual excellence and achievements among the University’s 128,000 alumni worldwide. These awardees are leaders who have demonstrated impact and excellence in their fields on a local, national, and international level.

After 20 years of research into the role of nutrition for eye health, a team at Nutrition Research Centre Ireland (NRCI) has discovered an exciting link between nutrition for the eye and nutrition for the brain.

Imagine if every child and young person in Ireland could grow up as part of a community where they could experience inclusion, creativity, diversity and empowerment through music.

The discussion of Ireland's refugee population has been dominating on every social media platform for months now, culminating in protests against refugees and migrants to Ireland both online and person. With hashtags like #irelandisfull trending on Twitter every fortnight, it has evolved into a kind of detached parasocial dismissal of very real people, ones who are often not given option to discuss their lives, experiences and very real fears all which had driven their need to move to Ireland.

Athlone student, Rebeccca Norris, was among the students from University of Galway to receive scholarships as part of Johnson & Johnson’s Women in STEM2D (WiSTEM2D) Undergraduate Award Programme, recognising outstanding female students in STEM2D disciplines: Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, Manufacturing and Design.

Insider understands the job of opposition politicians: it is to make you feel miserable. Their thinking is as follows; no matter what condition the country is in, we must give the impression that things are a lot worse than they are, and if we can convince enough people that the country is ‘gone to hell in a handcart’, then we can pick up some extra votes which will help us at the next election.

Margaretta D’Arcy, Lelia Doolan, Dr Jerry Cowley, and Ronan Scully will receive honorary degrees at next week’s winter conferring ceremonies, University of Galway has announced.

Athlone Church of Ireland Parish are hoping to raise awareness about Gender Based Violence (GBV) and Domestic Abuse by participating in the United Nations’ 16 days of activism against GBV and Domestic Abuse, starting on Saturday, November 26, at 12.45p.m.in St Mary’s Church, Church St. Athlone.