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Composer and musician, Bill Whelan, the man behind some of the most well known Irish productions and bands, including Plantxy and Riverdance, is set to release his memoirs.

The Road to Riverdance spans from Whelan's childhood through to the 1994 Eurovision, an event which completely changed the course of Irish dancing on an international stage.

The Naughton Foundation Scholarship which is worth €20,000, was awarded to two Galway students, Rachel Harris and Alex Haugh.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin launched the second phase of the cross border Irish Clinical Academic Training (ICAT) programme with an investment of €21.3 million to train 42 fellows in medicine, dentistry and veterinary medicine.

What's that old adage about if you need a job done, to give it to a busy person. Well, that is what Galway Chamber has done by electing as their President for the next term a man who has a real passion for his native city.

Dermot Nolan has been elected the new President of Galway Chamber. Mr Nolan is the Group Finance Director of the Headspace Group and has previously served as Deputy President of the Chamber as well as Chair of the Evolving Galway Committee.

Three Galway primary schools have been named top of the class in a national competition showcasing randomised trials.

Declan Clarke’s solo exhibition The Last Broadcast opens on 29th April at Galway Arts Centre. A special screening of the exhibition’s central work What Are the Wild Waves Saying? takes place in Galway Arts Centre’s Nuns Island Theatre at 5pm, followed by Q+A with the artist in conversation with author Emilie Pine- author of the bestseller Notes to Self and Professor of Modern Drama at UCD.

The Veterinary Council of Ireland (VCI), the independent statutory body responsible for the regulation of the practise of veterinary medicine and veterinary nursing in the public interest and in the interests of animal health and welfare, has appointed Vivienne Duggan as President of the Veterinary Council and Rachel Brown as Deputy President of the Veterinary Council.

The rugby community throughout Ireland has been saddened this week at the death of legendary Connacht player Ray McLoughlin.