Best racing season in recent years

Conrad Clancy reviews the horse racing season just gone by. From the time the season begun in earnest last October every racing fan had an eye on the forthcoming clash of Kauto Star and Denman, two of the greats of recent seasons, in the Cheltenham Gold Cup.

Powerboat festival for Galway this June

Galway is bracing itself for another maritime festival this summer. The Galway Powerboat Festival is to take place from June 5th to 12th.

Final Fun Run for June 8th

The final Fun Run of the season will take place on Tuesday June 8th at 1.15pm. The event is taking place here at NUI, Galway, leaving from Moffet's.

NUIG scoop basketball title

NUI Galway men’s basketball team have won their first intervarsity in 23 years with a dramatic last minute win over University of UIster Jordanstown (UUJ) in front of a packed house in the Kingfisher gym at the University.

Golfing mindgames

As Tiger Woods returned to play at Augusta, we all know now what he was thinking about as he walked the fairways of the world’s great courses! Postgrad Paddy Mc Menamin in a previous life was a machine operator in a car factory and he reveals what he thought about as he put in another ‘stimulating’ day in the Opel Empire! The radio alarm screeches through my sleepy brain at 7 am on another wonderful Monday morning as I contemplate my awful fate as a pawn in the Opel Empire.

Ag rith ar son na Gaeilge i nGaillimh

Ar Lá Fhéile Pádraig, ghlac Ógra Shinn Féin, OÉ na Gaillimhe páirt i Rith 2010.

Muay Thai: my first time

Joyce Fahy writes about her experience of competing for the first time in a Muay Thai fight. José Ramirez, Éanna McNamara and myself participated in a novice Muay Thai fight at Hanuman Martial Arts Club in Liosbán Estate, Galway on Sunday February 8th.

Muay Thai becomes more popular

Ireland’s pride and joy Bernard Dunne was stripped of his super-bantamweight world title by the feared number one contender Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym of Thailand on Saturday, September 26th last.

Victory for NUIG cricketers

NUI Galway Cricket Team has won the Indoor Cricket Championships for the second time in the last three years.

NUIG win Fitzgibbon Cup after 30-year wait

NUI Galway's hurlers have won the Fitzgibbon Cup for the first time in 30 years. They beat Waterford IT at Pearse Stadium by a single point in a thrilling match which finished NUIG 1:17 WIT 1:16 after extra-time.