Galway's Community of Interest & Student Station since 1995
The Clean Coasts programme works with communities to help protect and care for Ireland’s waterways, coastline, seas, ocean and marine life – The clean coasts observer program allows people to become citizen scientists in their own locality to help document and inform our national understanding of our marine biodiversity. In…
An international team of astronomers led by University of Galway, has discovered the likely site of a new planet in formation, most likely a gas giant planet up to a few times the mass of Jupiter. Using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) in Chile, the researchers captured spectacular images around a distant young star for the first time in…
Author, Travel Journalist and Columnist Domhnall O’Donoghue lost his sister to an accident during the pandemic. This shook Domhnall to the core, catapulting him into writing The (Wonderful) Life of Connie Maguire, coping with and healing grief by tapping into his sources of creativity. This powerful book which is launching this month…
On June 12th, 2025, people from around the world will participate in the Global March to Gaza from Cairo to Rafah crossing – an apolitical, peaceful, coordinated, civilian action, demanding immediate humanitarian intervention in Gaza. Journalist and Activist Bairbre Flood is one of the Irish people taking part, along with…
On midnight 21st May Sophie Ní Choimín went on Hunger strike until the Occupied Territories Bill is brought into effect by the Irish government. Sophie spoke to us on her 5th Day about what she needs to hear from Government to end the Hunger strike. Sophie has been invited to…
University of Galway Students’ Union presented the proceeds of their year offundraising events to Galway Rape Crisis Centre and Galway Autism Partnership.The unique charity events held throughout the academic year raised a total of€29,443 for the two charities.The Students’ Union held fundraisers throughout the year with the majority takingplace during…
Arsenic & Old Lace, the classic American farcical black comedy, Is being staged at the town Town Hall Theatre this month by the award-winning Galway company KATS – Director Stephen Macken joined us in Flirt FM studio 2 to talk about direction, timing and the power of classic farce in theatre ahead of their…
Love, Rage & Solidarity is a solo exhibition by Treasa O’Brien which runs at Galway Arts Centre until June 29th, featuring a selection of works spanning her practice as an artist and filmmaker that focus on cultures and communities of resistance. Using documentary and narrative forms, essay film, sci-fi, and DIY…
