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This week saw the official opening of Galway City Partnership’s rooftop balcony garden on the Headford Road by Minister for Social Protection, Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht, Dara Calleary.

The Conamara Sea Week Festival takes place in Letterfrack in northwest Connemara from October 18 to 27.

The Irish Professional Footballers Benevolent Association (IPFBA) will host its second annual golf classic at Galway Bay Golf Resort at Renville, Oranmore this Friday, September 12.

Douglas Berg (aged 59) from Wisconsin, USA but with Irish connections is the owner of a magnificent 3-bedroom luxurious duplex apartment in Clifden, after winning the hugely exciting Win a Home in Clifden fundraising draw. He was the first ticket out of the drum at the big finale at the Clifden Station House Theatre on Thursday night.

Galway City Rapparees take on Emo of Laois in the All-Ireland Intermediate Rounders Final this Sunday, August 31 at the Meath GAA Centre of Excellence.

Niamh Madden, Chairperson of the Fine Gael South-East Galway branch has called on the Government and the Tánaiste, Simon Harris for an urgent review of the safeguards in place for older people who grant Enduring Powers of Attorney (EPOA), warning that current oversight is dangerously inadequate and leaving vulnerable individuals open to abuse.

The Marine Institute has appointed Dr Glenn Nolan as Director of Marine Environment and Food Safety Services (MEFSS).

Many children will sadly, early in their lives, face the devastation and heartbreak caused by the death of a loved one. The “Growing Up in Ireland” study revealed that 2.2 per cent of nine-year-olds have lost a parent, one per cent, a sibling, and 28 per cent have experienced the death of a grandparent. Previous reports suggest that 30 per cent of adolescents have had at least one sudden loss in their lifetime.

The last remaining artworks by the late and gifted Galway painter, Angeline Cooke, will be shown at the Coole Gallery in Gort over the August Bank Holiday weekend. ‘The Gift’ exhibition celebrates Angeline’s luminous talent, and all proceeds from the sale of her paintings will be donated to the Irish Kidney Association (IKA) and the Strange Boat Donor Foundation Circle of Life Garden in Salthill, Galway.

In his Galway Advertiser article of July 25, John Connolly TD sets out his arguments that the proposed Galway Ring Road is needed to move the traffic out of the city centre, so that public transport solutions can be implemented.