Galway Bay fm newsroom:
The Chicago mayor has arrived in the city for a series of official engagements.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel, a former White House Chief of Staff in the Obama administration, is leading a major trade delegation to Galway this week.
The mayor will receive an honorary doctorate of laws at NUI Galway in the next half hour.
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He'll then travel to Salthill where he'll visit the Circle of Life garden to mark Organ Donation Awareness Week.
At 4pm, Mayor Emanuel will be honoured at a civic reception at the Galmont Hotel.
