Three primary schools from Galway were shortlisted as finalists in the annual Schools Teaching Awareness of Randomised Trials (START) competition, which is run by the Health Research Board-Trials Methodology Research Network (HRB-TMRN). START is held in celebration of International Clinical Trials Day and the anniversary of the first clinical trial carried out in 1747 in … Read more
US medical device manufacturer Biomerics has announced the opening of a new facility in Galway, with plans to create 40 jobs over the next five years. The new 2,000 sq ft site is Biomerics’ first facility in Europe and the second facility outside of the US after Costa Rica. The new base will focus on the development … Read more
The body of a Galway man who had been missing for the last five months was discovered on Saturday. Stephen Cunningham was reported missing on November 7, 2021, from his home in Tir na gCapaill, Ballybrit, Galway. There was a renewed focus in the search for 32-year-old Stephen Cunningham after some of his belongings were … Read more
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation, and Science, Simon Harris, has today announced the expansion of Atlantic Technological University through the purchase of a 10-acre site in Galway. The site was funded with support from the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation, and Science through the Higher Education Authority (HEA). On … Read more
A woman has been injured after being struck in the face by a firework in Galway last night. The woman in her 20s is now being treated in hospital for serious facial injuries. According to the report, the firework hit her face while she was sitting at a bus stop in Eyre Square. It is … Read more