Galway voices to feature at Thriveabetes 2026

Thriveabetes 2026, Ireland’s only volunteer-led national Type 1 Diabetes conference, is organised by volunteers from across the country. Galway has a significant presence at this year’s Thriveabetes conference, with both speakers and volunteers contributing lived experience, advocacy and professional expertise. The event takes place on Saturday, 18 April 2026 at the Crowne Plaza Dublin Airport, … Read more

How to have a healthy 2026

It’s mid January and by now, after the excesses of Christmas, your thoughts may be turning to a healthier lifestyle. If you were one of the unlucky people to be struck down with the flu and are still wiping your fevered brow and coughing and spluttering or are slowing regaining your energy, then good health … Read more

Tell-all book on Ozempic gets Galway launch

The inside story of the pharmaceutical industry’s efforts to tackle and monetise obesity with Ozempic and other drugs will be revealed by a Galway-based journalist. Off The Scales by Reuters columnist and former Sunday Times correspondent, Aimee Donnellan, is a new book on the multi-billion Euro weight-loss industry to be launched at Kenny’s bookshop in … Read more