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Why I fight and yearn for the sensation of a day without pain

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I was born with a genetic condition called “Hurlers Syndrome,” which most people are unaware of, it’s because of this condition that I have this hip problem and why at the age of nine months old, I underwent a stem-cell bone-marrow transplant. Throughout my childhood, people told my parents that I wouldn’t amount to much in life and that I would always struggle with walking and will end up in a wheelchair, so why should I try my best in everything I do; I’ll tell you why – I am a very determined person and I hate being told I can’t do something so I do things to prove people wrong because they don’t get to be the judge of what I do, I’m the only person who can judge that.

Irish documentary telling the story of John F. Kennedy’s visit to Galway to be showcased at major museums

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A new, Irish documentary directed by Galway native Pamela Finn will be showcased at the JFK Hyannis Museum Cape Cod, Massachusetts United States and Galway City Museum this summer.

City native makes fiction debut with stunning rural noir whodunnit

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It was a sort of homecoming for Galway-native writer Michelle McDonagh last week as she savoured the atmosphere of Cuirt the week in which her debut novel was launched in her native city.

Could Athlone be the host of Ireland’s next big tourist attraction?

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TG4 series, Beidh Mé Ar Ais’, is travelling the country looking for the next big attraction and they have set their sights on Athlone.

University of Galway announce 2023 Alumni Award winners

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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.

‘Ghosts should be laid peacefully to rest, and wrongs righted’

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Week VI

Clutching a candle, Tom Casey withdraws his evidence

The horrific Maamtrasna murders, the arrest of 10 men, the rush to ‘justice’, the evidence of the Cappanacrehas (known to be bitter enemies of the murdered Joyces), the two informers Anthony Philbin and Thomas Casey (whose false evidence led to penal servitude for life for five innocent men, and the execution of one innocent man), was followed in minute detail not only throughout Ireland, but in Britain and among the Irish communities in America. Yet nowhere did it impact more than on the mountainside community of Maamtrasna .

Restorative justice for historical slavery – A role for Ireland

by Dr Michael M. O’Connor

Three Galway businesses win at the National Digital Awards

Digital Business Ireland, the country’s leading representative body for the digital commerce sector, and permanent tsb, Ireland’s leading provider of SME and retail banking announced the winners and runners-up of the annual National Digital Awards at a Luncheon ceremony last week.

 

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