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Can cancer be prevented? "Yes", in some cases, is the answer. It is estimated that two in five cancers are preventable if we make healthy lifestyle changes.

Up to 30 concerned business owners and representatives met at a private meeting in Galway city this week to discuss crime and policing issues in the city centre.

“When there is no light, shine forth. When there is apathy, show caring for another. When there is a famine, be bread to the hungry soul. When there is despair, inspire someone. When there is a drought, be a wellspring of hope. Where there is war, please make us all instruments of peace.” (Ronan's prayer for help).

STEPHANIE KLAPP, MA Culture and Colonialism NUI Galway, history teacher, and local historian, recalls the story of a fellow German who made Galway his home, but found himself caught up in the 1916 Rising and wrongly humiliated on the streets of Galway.

Music and song can soothe the soul. Something we can all do with during this time. Galway based platform Inspiring You has gone one step further and organised a song competition for school students of all ages with the iconic Dublin balladeer Damien Dempsey. The theme of the competition is "sing all your cares away," with the winning entry receiving a class visit from Dempsey.

Students at NUI Galway are reaching out to residents in the county this Christmas by way of pen and paper in the spirits of solidarity and friendship.

Well, here we are again, with regard to the US Presidential race.

Connemara native and well known GP, Dr Maitiú Ó Tuathail, Medical Director of Heroes-Aid, has gained international media attention after posting a video on social media to debunk the myth that face masks lowers the wearer’s oxygen levels. Dr Ó Tuathail posted a video of himself to his Twitter page wearing six face masks while connected to a monitor displaying no change in his oxygen levels, to demonstrate that face masks have no effect on a wearer’s blood oxygen levels.

The saga pertaining to the installation of the ‘Mask of the Shannon’ sculpture at Custume Place is gathering momentum with each passing day, and has garnered much national media attention courtesy of an editorial relating to the topic which appeared on TheJournal.ie as well as being featured on Newstalk’s Sean Moncrieff Show.

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