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Galway’s Patricia Forde was announced as the seventh Laureate na nÓg, Ireland’s Children’s Literature Laureate last weekend at a special event at the Arts Council. An award-winning children’s author from Galway, Ms Forde will hold the title from now until 2026, taking up the position from the outgoing Laureate, Áine Ní Ghlinn.

itag’s Digital Women Forum, a leading community-driven forum dedicated to empowering women in the technology industry, successfully hosted an engaging and thought-provoking event on the topic of Equity of Opportunity. The event took place in the Victoria Hotel May 11 and used innovative and collaborative unconference techniques to foster inclusive discussions and drive meaningful outcomes.

Brendan Lavelle, chair of Keenagh Development, has issued a call for rural communities to support the call by Michael Fitzmaurice, TD, for a political party focused on representing rural communities.

Companies in the medtech sector who wish to do business in China are invited to a Business Breakfast event at Clayton Hotel next Wednesday May 17 at Clayton Hotel Galway.

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.

Galway-based massage therapist Giada Labrecque has been named Ireland’s Remedial Therapist of the Year for 2023 in the Travel & Hospitality Awards.

As the Department of Education releases its guidelines for the new Free School Books Scheme for primary and special schools, Bookselling Ireland welcomes their publication, and bookshops throughout the country are already working with local schools to in assisting them with the purchasing of schoolbooks for their pupils.

Music for Galway last night (Wednesday) launched an exciting three-year strategy document that will see it broaden its remit into encouraging emerging talent, enabling access for Galway audiences to the highest quality performances and continuing to work with the biggest national and international partners.

His Serene Highness, Albert, Prince of Monaco made an official visit to Newport, last week where he unveiled a specially commissioned sculpture of his mother, Princess Grace of Monaco.