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Galway's National Hurling League campaign continues this Saturday against last season's All-Ireland runners-up Cork at Pearse Stadium.

Galway get their Allianz Hurling League campaign underway this Saturday against All-Ireland champions Tipperary at Semple Stadium.

“It’s been a long time coming, but it’s been fantastic..” — The words of round-Ireland sea swimmer Daragh Morgan (27), who is on the home stretch of his circumnavigation around Ireland.

Titans Galway Wheelchair Basketball player, Stephen Melvin will captain Ireland at the upcoming Wheelchair Basketball European Championships in Samakov, Bulgaria next week.

Sunday will be the eleventh time that Cork and Galway have clashed in the headline match of the senior camogie season. While the Leesiders hold the upperhand in terms of wins, some of Galway's most notable victories have come against the women in red.nHere are two examples — the 1996 final which was Galway's first title. And the 2021 final, the first post-lockdown final played in sunshine in Croke Park.

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Leaping silkily from the sea, a pair of dolphins pause mid-air to nod at the seven-strong crew of the MV Saoirse na Farraige, as she steams past Mutton Island, after departing Galway Harbour last Friday, April 4.

Lynsey McKey has long been a stalwart of the domestic women’s game. She has been involved in the top flight since its very inception in 2011. That she sat in front of the assembled media in The Connacht Hotel on Tuesday and joked about nerves for her first press conference tells you everything about the trajectory of the women’s game and her team.

Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water as a form of recreation, exercise or survival. It has numerous health benefits and is good for all ages and all levels of fitness. It is among the top public recreational activities. One can swim in the sea, the lake or river.

Eyebrows were raised when one of the most decorated League of Ireland players ever joined a First Division side, but the opportunity to take Galway United back to the big time under former manager John Caulfield was equally as exciting as it was challenging.