As a first year student of Marine Science in what was then UCG, Vinny Hyland learned about "cutting up fish in laboratories". He subsequently decided the discipline wasn't for him but has since returned to the sea, his first love, in a very different capacity.

Galway RNLI Lifeboat rescued two people and towed their broken down vessel to safety last Sunday, 18 November.

A grant of €317,000 has been sanctioned by Éamon Ó Cuív TD, Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, to enable various improvement works to be carried out on the islands off Galway's coast between now and the end of 2007.

Upcoming events for the Galway Bay area.

Galway RNLI Lifeboat rescued three young men who became stranded on Hare Island, Galway Bay, during the rising tide last Wednesday, 7 November.

A Salthill native who has had a keen interest in rowing since attending school at 'the Jes', Ray Carroll has decided to put his skills to good use in a Guinness World Record Attempt.

Éamon Ó Cuív TD, the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, has sanctioned a grant of €1.88 million to carry out works on the main pier on Inishbofin, Co. Galway.

A mild-mannered Corkman with no maritime ancestry would appear to be a strange choice for Captain of the Irish Navy's LE Aisling, twinned with Galway city, but it is immediately clear to anyone speaking to him that Neil Manning is well suited to his job.

The Annual Laying Up Supper will be held in the Ardilaun House Hotel, Taylor's Hill on Saturday 24 November starting at 8pm.

This year Science Week Ireland explores the theme 'Surrounded by Science' and illustrates just how much science surrounds us every day.