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Galway has been named the fourth-best city in the world to visit in 2020 by Lonely Planet – coming in ahead of Bonn, Vancouver Denver and Dubai.

Galway Weekend is a weekly series where city dwellers from near and far give us their take on a great weekend in the city. Mary McKeown is an Interfaith Minister based in Co. Galway. Interfaith [...]

English comedian Ross Noble will perform at this year’s Vodafone Comedy Festival in the Black Box, Fri 26th Oct, and we have two tickets to the show plus post-gig cocktails in Massimo Bar [...]

Espresso 44 have been chosen to host one of Ireland’s three Facebook Cafés on Wednesday the 23rd of October next. Facebook invites people in Galway to come along to Espresso 44 for a [...]

WORLD CUP 2019 DIARYLast weekend was another wild one and again filled with Welsh people making their way down to Oita for the Fiji game on Wednesday night, and to be fair to them they were a [...]

The Claddagh area of Galway City was once an ancient fishing village dating back to the 5th Century. Up until the 20th Century it was totally separate from the city, and even had its own king who [...]

A baby loggerhead turtle found on Dolan’s beach in Roundstone, Co Galway, is being prepared for a flight back to The Canaries where she is believed to be from. The turtle was discovered by [...]

EMPOWER, the women’s entrepreneurship programme delivered in GMIT’s Innovation Hubs to women in Galway, Mayo and Roscommon, has been allocated over €300,000 in funding to extend delivery of the [...]

Fáilte Ireland announced a record €6.64 Million investment to redevelop the Galway City Museum and rename it as Atlantic Museum Galway. A total of €10 million is to be spent on the project [...]

Galway Weekend is a weekly series where city dwellers from near and far give us their take on a great weekend in Galway. Originally from Italy but living in Galway since 2002, Elena Toniato is [...]