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Rooney Auctioneers, Estate Agents & Valuers has announced the opening of its new Galway city office, officially launched this week by the Mayor of Galway, Peter Keane. Located in The Cornstore, this new branch marks a proud milestone in the ongoing expansion of one of Ireland’s most respected property firms.

Almost 80 activists opposing the slaughter and starvation of Palestinians greeted Taoiseach Micheál Martin as he unveiled the €550 million Crown Square development in Mervue last Friday afternoon.

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.

Cllr. Peter Keane, Mayor of Galway City has launched the Mayor’s Charity Ball 2025, which will take place on Friday, June 13 at the Ardilaun Hotel, Galway. The much-anticipated annual event promises a memorable evening of celebration, entertainment, and community spirit — all in aid of four exceptional local charities.

In 2024, more than 300 apprentices graduated across Galway and Roscommon. On Friday, May 10, Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board (GRETB) was delighted to host 106 of these apprentices to officially mark their graduation.

One of the most enduring of Galway's institutions is this band which has given pleasure to its own members and countless thousands of members of the public since it was formed in Forster Street in 1896. Thanks to dedicated leaders and teachers, this group of musicians continues to entertain. The founders were Peter Rabbitt, a Forster Street publican and grocer, Paddy Walsh, the station master and Michael Spelman of Moon’s staff.

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.

Byrne (1917-2004), for decades a senior nurse in the Regional Hospital (now UHG), lived her entire life on Henry Street and nearby on St Mary's Road.

The Lord Mayor of Dublin, Emma Blain, together with Dublin City Council, is honoured to announce that Dublin is serving as the host city for this year’s Oireachtas Rince na Cruinne.

Michael Grealish served his apprenticeship (it cost him 100 guineas) in Garret’s Saddlery in Eyre Square, roughly where the Imperial Hotel is today. When he finished, he decided to set up his own saddlery business at the beginning of the last century at Number 2, Eyre Square. At the time, the horse reigned supreme. There were regular horse fairs in Eyre Square at the time and this obviously helped his start-up.