Dr Mike Hynes hosted 15 German-speaking students from the Educational and Study Tours to Ireland, coordinated by Eckhard Ladner. The Further Education students visited the School on Friday the 11th of October from 11 am until 1 pm for a wide-ranging talk on social, political, and environmental issues in Ireland. The subject or heading for their one-week stay in Galway was "Galway between Tradition and Modernity". Throughout their stay they dealt with a variety of Environmental Issues (Climate Action Plans on local and national levels, the Ring Road debates in Galway), the situation of the Trade Unions, the Travelling Community, Racism, and Refugees, but also the importance of the Arts and Tourism for Galway and the surrounding regions. They also have several talks with politicians to get a national and local perspective and for some of the students it was their 3^rd and 4^th time to participate in an educational tour of this nature to Ireland.