Many thanks for your entry in this year’s Tidy Towns Competition. Thank you for participating In Ireland’s biggest community project. Well done on submitting a very neat and well thought-out entry. Thank you for the picture-book and for the summary of projects and plans. Your entry in this category shows us what you about as… Read more »

Dear Fellow Gardeners,   We have just received our onion sets.  I’m delighted with the quality – they are all firm round bulbs and ideal for planting out now and until the end of October.  The variety is ‘Troy’ – an excellent variety that can be planted both in a polytunnel or outdoors.  The bulbs… Read more »

Need a Laugh? Well we’ve got four nights of the best laughs in town. Compantas Lir Drama group present their well anticipated annual Autumn Theatre Festival, as they have done now, for over three decades. They will be putting on two hilarious one act comedies, that will run over four nights, from the 17th to… Read more »

A force majeure…. unforeseeable circumstances that prevent someone from fulfilling a contract; a greater force. It begs the question for the hundreds of building sites in Doha, does the Qatar Crisis constitute a ‘force majeure’ when looking at the reality of delivering on a contract when you’re land locked, air restricted and import reliant desert… Read more »

The idea for Fusion was born following one of our annual International Evenings held within the school. Traditional and favourite dishes from parents, children and teachers are cooked at home and sampled at our pop-up restaurant in a school classroom. During the evening recipes are shared and our love of food is evident in our… Read more »

The long-awaited Gort to Tuam M17/M18 motorway will be officially opened today (Wednesday) by Transport Minister Shane Ross. The various agencies involved aim to begin opening the motorway to the public between 3pm and 4pm, although it may take slightly longer if heavy rain persists, as is forecast. The ‘rolling’ opening to the public will… Read more »

By Mark Walsh, Tuam Herald. COLÁISTE Bhaile Chláir was recently honoured for its efforts in promoting a mental health awareness at a ceremony for the annual Cycle Against Suicide Ambassador School Awards. Link teacher Shirley Hanley travelled to Dublin to the Royal Hospital in Kilmainham on Tuesday September 12, along with students Mark Slevin, Vanessa… Read more »

  Lily-Mae & Evan’s school, Claregalway Educate Together held a super event for Childhood Cancer Awareness last Friday. The whole school made a ‘human gold ribbon ‘ & one of the teachers took this picture with a drone! All the students & staff did there best to source yellow or gold clothing, we made gold… Read more »

  Fr John O’Gorman (PP Menlough 2007 – 2017)   Fr. John O’Gorman  Last weekend Fr.John O’Gorman took up his new ministry as parish priest of Lackagh. Fr.John has served the people in the parish of Menlough and Skehana for the previous ten years. A native of Tuam, Fr. O’Gorman was ordained in 1980 and… Read more »

A tribute night was held in Lackagh Parish Centre on Friday last to honour Fr. Des Walsh, who is retiring as parish priest at the end of the month. For the past nine years, Fr. Des has been leading the pastoral duties of the parish, having come to the area from Williamstown. It was working… Read more »