The work of pupils from Carrabane School has featured in an online magazine.

It features the work of primary school pupils across Ireland taking part in this year’s Our World Irish Aid Awards.

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Global Goal Getters features Fifth Class pupils who wrote and performed a rap on Sustainable Development Goals.

Here is a snippet of the rap.

Conor Noone, a fifth class pupil and a member of the rap group spoke to our reporter Caoimhe Killeen about how it all came together:

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Over four hundred organ donor recipients and their families will be celebrated at a special ceremony in Salthill tomorrow(April 27th.)

The event will take place at noon in the Circle of Life Commemorative Garden to mark the final day of Organ Donor Awareness Week.

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Organ donor families and transplant recipients across the country are expected to attend tomorrow’s event.

It will also mark the anniversary of the garden which was set up ten years ago by the Strange Boat Donor Foundation.

Co-Founder Martina Goggin has spoken to our reporter Caoimhe Killeen about the gardens formation and tomorrow’s ceremony:

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Galway’s Boston Scientific and Merit Medical have been awarded best in class for Workplace Wellness.

At an event held today to mark National Workplace Wellbeing Day today, Merit Medical received recognition for Best in Class Mental Health and while Boston Scientific was awarded the title of overall large company of the year.

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The event, hosted by Brendan Courtney was hosted by Ibec, the group representing Irish businesses.

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An Interim CEO has been appointed at Galway Chamber.

Deirdre Mac Loughlin is currently a member of the Galway Chamber’s Policy & Strategy Committee.

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She’s currently a member of the National Research Ethics Committee for clinical trials.

Deirdre served as Head of Data Analytics for HP International for 20 years, where she was a recipient of a CEO award for cost savings.

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Neylons Facility Management, based in Loughrea, has been aquired by a leading pharmaceutial and life sciences company.

Apleona is a European market leader in integrated facility based near Frankfurt, and has a global customer base.

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Neylons Facility Management is headquartered in Loughrea, and is one of the largest owner-managed integrated facility management providers in Ireland.

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A Glenamaddy student has taken home the top prize at SciFest@TUS Athlone, one of Ireland’s largest regional science fairs for second-level students, held this week at the Technology University of the Shannon (TUS), Athlone Campus.

Michaela Gillooly, fifth year student at Glenamaddy Community School, took home the overall award for her investigation into the relationship between the menstrual cycle and female athletic performance.

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A rugby player with a big interest in sports, Michaela’s idea for the project stemmed from her own experience of tracking the menstrual cycle to see if she, herself, noticed a big difference on the days when she had a match or was training.

Michaela Gillooly will now go forward to compete at the SciFest National Final in November for a chance to represent Ireland at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair in May 2025 in Columbus, Ohio.

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Two Galway schools have taken home awards at the Kinia Creative Technology Week.

The event,now in its 11th year, focuses on bilingual events focusing on digital media and computer science.

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Colaiste Chroi Mhuire in Spiddal won an award for their podcast ‘An Comhrú Conspoideach’ which covered contreversial conspiracy theories As Gaeilge at an award ceremony in Dublin.

The school’s Junk Kouture group also won an award for their project called ‘Flora’, a dress inspired by plant biodiversity and climate action.

Colaiste an Eachreidh in Athenry also won ‘Eagraíocht na Bliana Kinia’ -the Organisation of the Year Award at the Kinia Tech Feile event for their active participation in the network.

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An appeal has been lodged with An Bord Pleanala over considerable expansion plans at Galway Clinic.

The project is a two-storey expansion with extra assessment and diagnostic facilities, as well as a new ambulance bay.

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Permission for the project was granted last month by city planners, though a number of objections had been lodged by local residents.

They claim the existing entrance layout is unsafe and a serious traffic hazard, and extra capacity would only make the problem worse.

They’re also taking issue with the planned removal of almost 50 parking spaces.

One local resident claimed the move will “aggravate” the existing problem of visitors parking along the adjacent public roads.

A survey carried out as part of the planning application found that during its busiest times, the hospital has almost 70 car parking spaces free – around 10 percent of the total capacity.

It concluded the extra spaces lost to the expansion project could be restored in the near future – as more people use public transport and other sustainable travel options.

Following the green light from city planners, an appeal has now been lodged with An Bord Pleanala, with a decision due in August.

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Casla Resource Centre, which provides tri-lingual day services in Connemara, has been nominated for Day Care Centre of the Year in the Irish Healthcare Centre awards.

The Centre offers programmes through English, Irish, and Irish Sign Language and advocates for service-user autonomy, active citizenship, and social inclusion.

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Gráinne Fogarty, Director of RehabCare says they believe in empowering individuals to lead fulfilling lives and contribute positively to their community.

Programmes include horticulture, yoga, and fundraising initiatives, to enhance the skills and well-being of the people in the service.

The Irish Healthcare Centre Awards take place on Friday 10th May in the Royal Marine hotel in Dun Laoghaire.

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