Performing arts for children with Dramatastic

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

After a very successful season one Dramatastic will resume classes for season two from January 14. Dramatastic was established by Ciara Doyle (B Ed primary teaching, ALCM, LLCM, FLCM musical theatre, MA music education) to make the performing arts accessible to children in Galway and give children the opportunity to develop confidence, make friends, and nurture their own talents in a safe and comfortable environment. With a maximum entry of 15 pupils per class, each child is guaranteed expert tuition.

A trained primary school teacher as well as a trained classical singer with the Royal Irish Academy of Music, Ciara Doyle studied musical theatre with the London College of Music (Thames Valley University) and completed all three teaching diplomas as well as studying piano at all grades with the Royal Irish Academy. She recently completed a masters in music education at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, giving her all the natural talents and qualifications to teach every aspect of music, dance, and drama.

Become a professional interior designer

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

The Connacht College of Design is offering a diploma course in professional interior design. It begins on Wednesday January 11 in Galway, and bookings are being taken now.

Cambridge exam testing centre opens at Bridge Mills Galway Language Centre

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

Bridge Mills Galway Language Centre, a Department of Education-recognised training institute now in its 25th year of business, has just become a Cambridge examination testing centre offering FCE, CAE, and CPE testing facilities as well as a range of other Cambridge exams. Students can now complete their Cambridge examination preparation courses at the centre on a full-time basis in the morning or part-time in the evening and take their exam at the centre throughout the year.

Bonne année, bonne santé from Alliance Française

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

May this year bring you peace, joy, and fulfilment. Speaking of which, why not join Alliance Française Galway on January 14 at its offices in The Plaza, Headford Road, from 10am to 5pm for a fun open day combining registration for the new term and enjoying a slice of the popular French galette des rois celebrating the Epiphany.

Interested in pursuing a career as a carer?

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

Are you looking for a change in 2012? Are you interested in working with older people and becoming a carer? HealthSET is a locally based healthcare training company specifically targeting new and existing carers. As a FETAC centre, HealthSET provides jobs information, professional career advice, and accredited FETAC courses to adults seeking work in the care sector.

Connacht based training provider to bring FETAC course in drug and alcohol addiction to Galway

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

Nationally renowned training and education provider The Learning Curve Institute has announced that its popular FETAC Level 5 component certificate in drug and alcohol addiction will run at the Westside Resource Centre, Galway, at the end of this month.

Learn the art of make-up at the International School of Make-Up Artistry

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

The International School of Make-up Artistry is currently taking enrolments for part-time and full-time make-up artistry diploma courses, which commence in February.

Learn to dance sean-nós in Club Árus na nGael

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

Monday January 16 will see the return of Conradh na Gaeilge's popular sean-nós dancing classes under the expert and patient tuition of Conamara sean-nós dancer Pádraig Ó h’Oibicín.

New Year’s Irish classes at Conradh na Gaeilge

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

Visit www.cnag.ie and have a look at Conradh na Gaeilge’s new schedule of intensive Irish classes to suit beginners, refreshers, and intermediate levels.

New food clinic and raw food classes at Health and Herbs

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

The new food clinic at Health and Herbs, Sea Road, was set up by Yvonne Duffy O’Shaughnessy, a raw food specialist, nutritionist, iridologist, and reflexologist, in order to offer people the opportunity to heal different medical conditions with different foods or diets. Basically this clinic is a natural, drug free approach to treating illness using food as medicine. Diet is a major factor when it comes to health and wellbeing and different foods can have helpful or harmful effects on different illnesses. Certain foods exacerbate or even trigger different conditions. The ability to identify the foods to include and exclude from your diet can have a profound effect on your health and overall wellbeing.

Government must press for USA E3 visa says Crowe

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

All diplomatic channels must be used and explored by the Government in order to convince US senators to pass legislation to legalise the status of undocumented Irish emigrants to the USA.

Zumba and Zumba toning will see those resolutions work

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

Getting fit for the New Year? It Is easy to keep your New Year’s resolution if your resolution is to party. Attending regular 60 minute Zumba(r) classes and better still add another (optional) 30 minutes of Zumba Toning(r) for the ultimate muscle toning and calorie burn session.

Mockingbird and Book Thief are Galway’s favourite books

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

Galway readers have shown that they prefer a more classical taste in literature by choosing To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee and Book Thief by Markus Zusak as their favourite books, in a survey undertaken to mark the 125th birthday of bookseller Easons.

Cameron demands bus companies outline future plans for services

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

Bus Éireann and City Direct must go to City Hall this month and outline their plans for furthering and improving their services for bus users across the city.

This is the view of Labour city councillor Billy Cameron, who has invited both companies to address councillors at the next Galway City Council meeting in City Hall.

Late drama as the race into Abu Dhabi sees rivals split by seconds

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

Team Telefónica secured overall victory in Leg 2 with a strong second place but there was joy too for Groupama sailing team last night as they notched their first win of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, snatching top spot ahead of their rivals in the dying moments of the sprint into Abu Dhabi.

A little bit of Galway arrives for Irish Day

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

Yesterday the near century old Galway hooker Nora Bheag, (Little Nora in English), was finally taken out of her container in perfect condition in Abu Dhabi. She arrived safely after an historic voyage that set out from Galway more than eight weeks ago.

Say no to dieting with Therapie’s Sureslim

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

Did you know that dieting simply doesn’t work? When you start to restrict and lower the amount of calories you consume, your body enters starvation mode, and starts to store fat and consume less energy. Lowering your calories by 25 per cent severely impacts your metabolism. It also slows down the heart, lowers body temperature, lowers blood pressure and actually makes you feel more hungry and burn fewer calories. You also experience irritability and inability to focus. So dieting makes you grumpy and does not actually work.

Large crowds expected for New Inn Mummers Festival

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

Large crowds from throughout the country will converge on the East Galway village of New Inn this weekend for the annual mummers festival which takes place on Friday and Saturday nights January 6 and 7 at 7.30pm at the local leisure centre.

Local ISPCC recruiting Childline volunteers

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

The ISPCC Galway is embarking on a campaign of recruiting new volunteers with which to staff their Childline services in the region.

President sympathises with bereaved Attorney General

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

President Michael D Higgins attended St Colman’s Church, Kinvara on Tuesday night to sympathise with Attorney General Maire Whelan on the death of her mother.

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