THIS year the new three-day Galway Races October Festival takes place from Saturday October 27th through to bank holiday Monday 29th. It will have an exciting new look and feel with something for everyone.

As part of this new festival and with October being Breast Cancer Awareness month, Galway is partnering with the National Breast Cancer Research Institute to host a dedicated fundraiser for the organisation on Sunday October28th called ‘Race in Pink’. The Institute is an Irish charity that raises funds in support of the research team lead by Professor Michael Kerin at NUI Galway.