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Inis Meáin has lots of amazing geographical features, mostly thanks to its connection to the Burren landscape.

The Order of Malta Ambulance Corps was established in Galway in October 1937 by Dr Conor O’Malley. The first meeting took place in the old Central Hospital when Dr O’Malley commenced a series of first aid lectures to a group who finally did exams and became members of the Order of Malta, generally known as the Knights of Malta.

Galway’s two local authorities required a multi-million bailout to cover the cost of Storm Éowyn which ravaged the west coast last January.

The future of the iconic Galway Hooker sailing vessel – once at risk of extinction and an important part of Ireland’s maritime heritage – has been secured thanks to support from the Fisheries Local Action Group (FLAG) West programme administered by Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM).

Out on the Atlantic, beyond the curve of Galway Bay, something shifted this week—not just on the radar screens, but in the collective sense of where we stand in the world. For generations we believed that the ocean was a buffer, a vast blue reassurance that whatever madness consumed continents would lose its force long before it reached our western edge. That confidence now feels quaint. That mass of water over which JFK ran his ‘on a clear day’ speech here in Galway now seems different.

Independent Ireland councillor Noel Thomas has said the outcome of the latest EU fishing quota negotiations has triggered deep anger and distress among fishermen in Galway and along the west coast, many of whom have contacted him directly in recent days.

Independent Ireland councillor Noel Thomas has said the outcome of the latest EU fishing quota negotiations has triggered deep anger and distress among fishermen in Galway and along the west coast, many of whom have contacted him directly in recent days.

There are gifts that delight for a moment, and then there are gifts that stay with someone long after they have been opened. This season, as anticipation grows around the arrival of The Hawthorn by Galway Bay, opening in 2026, there is a rare chance to give something genuinely remarkable.

If Storm Éowyn had hit Galway at high tide last January, lives would have been lost. This is the brutal conclusion of a new report from the government’s National Directorate of Fire and Emergency Management (NDFEM), quietly published last week.

On this day, October 23, 1928, Coláiste Éinde (St Enda’s College) opened in an old house belonging to the Blake family in Furbo. It had been founded by the State shortly after the State itself was founded. The aim of the college was to teach boys through the medium of Irish so that they could go on to third level at St Patrick’s Training College, get a secure job as an Irish language teacher and then, in turn, educate a new generation of boys as Gaeilge. The college did not last very long in Furbo as there was some kind of domestic dispute between members of the Blake family and the school had to be evacuated by Christmas 1930, so they moved it to Dublin, to Talbot House on Talbot Street.