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University of Galway is inviting families living in Gaeltacht areas to take part in a new study focused on everyday life in multilingual households. The researchers are particularly interested in families raising children with languages other than Irish or English.

It might seem a bit early to start thinking about Christmas and winter travel, but certain tours and dates sell out quite quickly, says Caroline O’Toole, head of cruises and luxury holidays at JWT Travel.

First plays third in front of the TV cameras on Saturday night, when Galway United entertain Athlone Town in a crucial league encounter in Eamonn Deacy Park.

Galway City Council chief executive, Leonard Cleary, and staff from economic development/tourism attended the Latin Quarter business association AGM, to discuss opportunities for collaboration and growth in this vibrant and dynamic part of Galway city centre.

Top employer Lidl Ireland has announced the winners of its annual National Achievement Awards which acknowledge and celebrate the achievements of Lidl team members across its stores, distribution centres and offices across the island of Ireland.

Busking is the practice of performing in public places, such as on the street, for tips or gratuities or voluntary donations. It comes from the Spanish word Buscar—to seek (fame and fortune) or the Latin word Buscare – to procure, to gain. Busking could take many forms, clowning, dancing, singing, fortune telling, mime, living statue, one-man band, puppeteering, juggling, reciting poetry, even Christmas carolling. One’s ‘pitch’, where one performed, was very important. It had to be a place where there was a lot of traffic, lots of people, high visibility and little background noise.

JWT Cruises experts share their insights on the popularity of river cruises and select some of the most stunning destinations to explore in Europe and beyond.

Expectations that a bypass for Claregalway would be funded this year were dashed when the traffic bottleneck was not included in a €633 million allocation for new national roads announced this week.

There was great excitement at the Claregalway Hotel last week when 155 children from five Irish language primary schools in Gaeltacht areas around Galway City came together for the launch of a new book of poetry.