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A quickfire run-through of cultural events across the country.

Today’s parade in Galway city is to be its biggest ever, with almost 3,000 people taking part in the festivities. Meanwhile, parades will be taking place right across the county throughout the day. Galway city’s parade will have two grand marshalls, Connacht Rugby’s Andy Friend, and 11 year old Toy Show star Saoirse Ruane. Some […]

More than 5.6 million passengers travelled on Bus Éireann city services last year as patronage returned to pre-Covid levels. The city’s six Bus Éireann bus routes had around 26,500 fewer customers in 2022 compared with 2019, which was a negligible drop of about 0.5%. Popularity of the 401 (Eyre Square to Salthill) and 404 (Newcastle-Eyre […]

Students will take to the streets in Galway tomorrow (Friday ) as part of an international movement that will see students across 150 countries strike in a demonstrative response to what they consider a lack of action by global leaders when it comes to climate change.

Bohermore was the main route in and out of Galway City as far back as medieval times – but, as historian William Henry reveals in this week’s reflections on old Galway, its darkest days were in famine times. The name Bohermore is made up of two Irish words, Bóthar, or road – which in turn […]