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Innovate Together
19 January 2025
23  MINS

A “Sport for Everyone” Approach, from Beginners to High Performance

Mr Des Ryan, Director of Sport and Physical Wellbeing

With two great passions – development and education – Director of Sport and Physical Wellbeing at University of Galway Des Ryan focuses both on guiding elite athletes to fulfil their potential and encouraging as many people from the University community as possible to enjoy the benefit of sport.  As we celebrate the success of our student athletes, Director Ryan explains how the University can better support them and create an inclusive and diverse active environment where everyone is welcome.  

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SDG Champion
18 December 2023
25  MINS

Smart Sustainability at the World’s Largest Sports Air Dome

John Prenty, Kurt Reinhardt, Cathal Cregg

As 2023 SGD Champion, the University of Galway Connacht GAA Air Dome is a beacon of sustainable innovation for Ireland. In this SDG Champion Edition, Cois Coiribe asks the team about its partnership with University of Galway, its dynamic Green Clubs programme and the complexities of managing the world’s largest sports air dome – a versatile indoor facility, accessible to clubs and visitors throughout the region and beyond.

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SDG Champion
24 August 2023
< 1  MINS

2023 in Sports

2023 has been a memorable year for sport at University of Galway. Cois Coiribe takes a look back at our most treasured moments.

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28 April 2021

Cois Coiribe Podcast: Women in Sports and levelling the playing fields

This episode of our Cois Coiribe podcast delves into equality, diversity and inclusion when it comes to women in sport. Host Seán Crosson, lecturer and co-director of the MA in Sports Journalism and Communication at NUI Galway, teases out these burning issues with Clíona Foley, sports journalist and regular on Newstalk’s Off The Bench and Louise Toal, digital sports editor for Galway Pulse.

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