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Uachtaráin na hÉireann, Catherine Connolly will be the honorary guest at a very special North /South Organ Donation Transplantation Event at the Circle of Life Garden in Salthill, Galway on Saturday, May 23, the last day of Organ Donor Awareness Week. This will be the first time organ donor families, organ recipients and representatives of the medical profession and health services from both the North and South of Ireland will come together for an event to promote the cause of organ donation on an all-island basis.

Last month, city councillors were sent to spend two days over the border, in County Galway, to Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta, in the South Conamara Gaeltacht, and their immersion in spoken Irish clearly paid off, with “the amadán from the Advertiser” forced to rely on a translation service to report.

The International Human Rights Desk (IHRD) this week launched its third Annual Report on the Persecution of Ahmadis (2025) at the Irish Centre for Human Rights at the University of Galway, following the report’s initial launch in Dublin on Monday.

Galway City Council has launched a new initiative designed to encourage conversation and engagement ‘trí Gaeilge’ in City Hall. Staff and Elected Members wearing a lanyard featuring icons of Galway City and the phrase “Tá Gaeilge agam”, are showing in a simple and visible way that they are open to engaging in Irish – with both fluent speakers and those with a cúpla focail taking part. The initiative encourages the everyday use of Irish across the organisation and supports the Galway City Council Irish Language Scheme to ensure that those seeking provision of services in Irish in Galway City Council are facilitated.

The Ukrainian Ambassador to Ireland, Larysa Gerasko attended the launch of a new Ukrainian book collection at Galway City Library on Thursday last.

On 20 January 2026, Israeli forces stormed the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Headquarters, a United Nations site, in East Jerusalem. Bulldozers entered the compound and demolished its offices and warehouses under the watch of Israeli Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, who described it as “an historic day, a day for celebration”. The UN flag over the UN site was removed and replaced by an Israeli flag.

Galway City Council’s Bóithrín na Saoirse, the City’s new Traveller Specific Group Housing Scheme on Circular Road, has been shortlisted for two categories at the Irish Building and Design Awards 2026:

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.

After years of determination and dedication, the doors of the Pawel Edmund Strzelecki Polish House have opened, offering a cultural centre, a true home of memory, pride, and belonging.