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Fourteen students from Archbishop McHale College in Tuam made a debut at the Technovation Ireland Regional Pitch Event (RPE) at AMD’s Headquarters in Dublin, marking the school's first-ever participation in the international tech entrepreneurship competition. After 12 weeks of after-school sessions supported by Teen-Turn, the students pitched a series of creative, socially minded apps they coded themselves, including a standout Irish language learning app that earned praise for both innovation and relevance.

The 23rd annual Gradam Sheosaimh Uí Ógartaigh gala awards ceremony was held on Monday at the Galway Bay Hotel, celebrating excellence in bilingual service among businesses and organisations across Galway City. Finalists, their families, colleagues and friends, together with members of Cairde Ghaillimh le Gaeilge, turned out in force to honour this year’s achievements.

Anticipation is building as the final days approach before the announcement of this year’s Gradam Sheosaimh Uí Ógartaigh winners. The prestigious bilingual business awards will culminate in a special awards ceremony this Monday, at the Galway Bay Hotel, where Minister for the Gaeltacht, Dara Calleary TD, will reveal the New Tribe of Galway City.

Last month, a transformative announcement by Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Peter Burke TD, alongside Minister for Further Education, Research, Innovation and Science, James Lawless TD, brought welcome news to the Connemara Gaeltacht.

In a time when rural depopulation and cultural erosion continue to pose challenges to traditional communities, Údarás na Gaeltachta stands as a beacon of sustainable development, innovation, and heritage preservation.

Údarás na Gaeltachta, in collaboration with EY, hosted a workshop titled ‘AI na Gaeilge san Earnáil Phoiblí’ (Irish Language AI in the Public Sector) on May 8, 2025, at the Hardiman Hotel in Galway City.

The Irish Writers’ Centre in Dublin recently hosted the launch of Géarchéim Dhomhanda agus Slí na Síochána—the Irish translation of World Crisis and the Pathway to Peace by His Holiness Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, head of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. The book, a compilation of addresses promoting peace and justice, was welcomed as a powerful interfaith contribution to Irish society.

‘Dathanna Geala Amháin/Bright Colours Only’ is a wickedly funny one-woman show, resurrected for the first time for the Galway Theatre Festival. The legendary Irish wake show has toured from Belfast to Brazil in a hearse, and An Taibhdhearc presents the premiere of its translation into Irish. Enjoy a drop of the hard stuff and join in on this heartwarming journey to the edge of oblivion. This show is only suitable for those dying to live.

Ireland South MEP, Cynthia Ní Mhurchú, has said native Irish speakers are being pushed out of Gaeltacht areas because local authorities are refusing planning permissions to build on family lands.

Gaillimh le Gaeilge has this week announced the 15 businesses and organisations that have been selected as finalists for Galway's prestigious bilingual business award, Gradam Sheosaimh Uí Ógartaigh.