Midlands North West – Focus on Connaght

Midlands North-West is shaping up to be a huge field for the upcoming European Parliament Elections – With 28 Candidates declaring from across the political spectrum. There are names and political groupings that are familiar to Irish voters, and there are some new names emerging as both independents and as…

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Social Justice Matters 2024

Social Justice Ireland today launch Social Justice Matters 2024 Guide to a fairer Irish Society report – thier annual socio economic review. We spoke with Michelle Murphy, research and policy analyst about some of the key points of the review. The entire review is available to read here

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Flirt FM Election Policy – Midlands North West

Flirt FM is a community Radio station based in Galway city, operating under a community licence, is a member of Craol and operates under the principles of the AMARC Community Radio Charter for Europe and is licenced for FM broadcast by Coimisiún na Meán.Due to the unprecedented number of candidates…

Galway Theatre Festival: Yaqui and Béal

Yaqui and Béal is showing at Galway Theatre Festival on Sunday 5th of May and Monday 6th of May at Galway Theatre Festival – Esther and Raphaël joined us in studio to talk about the piece, it’s origins and the similarities it explores between cultures across the globe through storytelling.

Overcoming Homesickness at University

For many students, their first time living away from home is when they move out foruniversity. It was for me when I moved from Cork to Galway to study Arts. Leaving home onthat cold morning in September was very hard. I cried all the way to the county bounds! I…

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A Student Meal Prepping Guide

My name is Áine Ní Shíocháin. I moved to Galway from Cork to attend the university this year. Ihave learnt a lot after moving away from home, one of the most important things being howto cook and prepare all of my own meals. To be honest, I find cooking a…

Students’ Union Raises Record €53,275 for Charity

University of Galway Students’ Union today presented the proceeds of their year of
fundraising events to Galway Rape Crisis Centre and Cancer Care West. The unique
charity events held throughout the academic year raised a total of €53,275 for the
two charities – the most ever raised by the Students’ Union.

National Register To Vote Day April 30th

A new campaign to create an annual National Voter Registration Day on Tuesday, 30th April has been launched. The aim of the initiative is to establish a national day in Ireland to promote voter registration among people who are eligible to vote. The three founders of the initiative, Liliana Fernandez, Programme Manager at Common Purpose Ireland, Leon Diop, Co-Founder of Black…