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Marking a significant milestone in Nicholas Heneghan’s 28-year career at the five-star luxury hotel, Ashford Castle has appointed him head sommelier.

Sister Margaret Coyne, a Galway native who spent decades working to save the sight of thousands of people in Ethiopia, at times in the face of famine and war, passed away on August 15 in the loving care of the Daughters of Charity in Southport, England.

The Nissan Qashqai e-Power set a new world record for the longest journey completed by a non-plug-in extended-range electric vehicle SUV without external charging or refuelling.

In his review of a biography of a County Galway fighter ace, military historian PADRAIG LENIHAN finds both local interest, and a welcome counterweight to the notion that aerial dog fights were anything but bloody and brutal

Salthill writer and journalist Colin Sheridan has been named one of just twelve winners of an international writing competition which attracted 804 submissions from 38 countries.

Fahy Travel will welcome the top river cruise and touring companies to Galway on Sunday, August 30, at the Connacht Hotel from 12pm to 4pm.

Three anglers from Loughrea were part of the Irish Trout Fly Fishing Association (ITFFA) Youth Team that made history by winning an unprecedented sixth consecutive gold medal at the 2026 Youth International Fly Fishing Championships.

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.

The inspiration for this race, which was run for the first time on August 15 1986, came from that great sports man Jack Mahon who had attended a number of such races in different parts of the country. It was run under the auspices of Clare River Harriers with a B.L.E. licence. It was a race designed for all the family with a central theme of “Sport for All” and was described as a ‘fun run’; there were no elite prizes but local businesses sponsored right down the field. There was a big display of the medallions for all the category winners in the window of The Great Outdoors.

With less than one month to go until the Bluebird Care Galway Summer Rally, the maximum 150-car entry limit looks set to be hit.