Career seminar for secondary schools

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

A seminar and workshop for secondary school students who are thinking about careers and courses at third level takes place in the Victoria Hotel tomorrow.

Anthony Ryans to showcase latest Communion wear at annual fashion show

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

Anthony Ryan’s special annual fashion show devoted exclusively to communion wear will take place at Anthony Ryans on Wednesday next January 11 at 7.30pm.

HSE says get out and get active this winter

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

The HSE is urging people to resist the temptation to stay by the fire or watch television for long periods and instead get active as we settle into the New Year.

Paws 4 Thought

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

If you are looking for a pet, check out these gorgeous animals looking for homes. While we can only show you a sample here, please check our website www.galway-spca.com and have a look at all our animals. Please note home checks are carried out for all our animals, and a donation is required.

Forster Street bus lane blamed for business closures

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

The bus lane on Forster Street has made it “impossible for businesses to successfully trade” there, and is the chief reason so many premises on the street have closed over the last month.

Spriocdháta do scrúduithe TEG

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

Beidh scrúdú C1 Teastas Eorpach na Gaeilge ar siúl in Ollscoil na hÉireann Má Nuad ar an 27 agus 28 Eanáir 2012. Is cáilíocht é seo do dhaoine gur mhaith leo cruthúnas a bheith acu ar a gcuid ardscileanna teanga.

Bheadh cáilíocht C1 ina bhuntáiste do dhaoine atá ag obair leis an nGaeilge cheana féin nó gur mhaith leo a bheith ag obair le Gaeilge sa todhchaí, ar mhian leo cruthúnas a fháil ar a gcumas sa Ghaeilge. Ba mhór an buntáiste an cháilíocht seo chomh maith do mhúinteoirí gur mhian leo cúrsaí ag leibhéal C1, agus leibhéil eile TEG, a mhúineadh amach anseo.

Imní faoi scoileanna beaga Gaeltachta

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

Tá tréimhse dhúshlánach roimh phobal na Gaeltachta más mian leo cosaint a dhéanamh ar an gcóras oideachais ar an mbunléibheáil. Tá an ghéarchéim nua ag eascair as cinneadh an tAire Brendan Howlin, mar chuid den cháinfhaisnéis.

Sraith ranganna Gaeilge an earraigh

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

Cuirfear tús leis an gcéad shraith ranganna Gaeilge eile in Áras na nGael ar oíche Luain 23 Eanáir. Tá ranganna á gcur ar fáil ag 7 leibhéal éagsúla agus is féidir clárú ar líne do na ranganna tríd an suíomh www.cnag.ie

Galwayman leads Dublin campaign to occupy empty NAMA buildings

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

A 27-year-old Galwayman is leading a campaign to occupy houses and buildings owned by NAMA to highlight the fact that thousands sleep rough while there are thousands of empty homes across the country.

Conneely accuses council of ‘failing’ to tackle flooding

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

The Galway City Council’s roads department has been accused of “ignoring” the “serious levels of flooding” on the Seamus Quirke Road.

Engineers Week landing in Galway next month

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

Engineers Week 2012, this year themed ‘Connecting our lives’, is ‘landing’ in Galway and across Ireland on Monday, February 27 and will run until Sunday, March 4, Engineers Ireland has announced.

The week-long series of activities across the country is run by Engineers Ireland and is a campaign held annually to promote engineering as a career and the importance of the profession to Ireland. Highlight events over the week include an “ethical hackathon” highlighting security issues for third level technology students on Tuesday February 28 as well as the annual Volunteer Day on Thursday, March 1, when engineers go into schools across Ireland to help explain the importance of maths to students. To see a full list of events taking place during the week log onto www.engineersweek.ie

Funeral tomorrow of NUI Galway student who died after Mullingar assault

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

A night out celebrating turned into a nightmare when a NUI Galway student died as a result of a horrific assault days earlier in Mullingar, Westmeath.

Eyre Square left ‘as naked as Jesus’ over Christmas, claims Conneely

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

Eyre Square was left “as naked as Jesus when he was born” over the Christmas, making the area “dull” and lacking in “Christmas atmosphere”.

This is the view of Fine Gael councillor Pádraig Conneely who has criticised City Hall, accusing them of leaving Eyre Square “without any Christmas colour” once the Continental Christmas Market finished on December 18.

Vote to help Athenry model become face of German clothing company

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

A County Galway model is one of the finalists in an international modelling competition.

A wheelchair in Galway

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

Saturday December 3 was the UN International Day of Persons with Disability. We marked it in Galway by holding what we called a ‘Speakout,’ at one o’clock outside Brown Thomas’s, where the Christmas shopping crowds were thickest. Ten of us, men and women in wheelchairs, all ages from late twenties to over eighty, spoke in turn about the need to combat our social exclusion in the city, letting the public know the everyday obstacles we face to our mobility and ease of access.

Wanted, men and women to take part in white collar boxing for heart charity

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

A local heart charity is seeking men and women to take part in a white collar boxing fundraiser in the city on the eve of St Patrick’s Day.

Meeting on archaeological excavations in Claregalway

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

A public meeting discussing the most recent archaeological finds in the Claregalway area will take place in the Harbour Hotel, Dock Road, on Monday at 7.30pm.

The lecture, entitled Recent Excavations at Claregalway, will be given by Brian Mac Domhnaill, survey manager for Rubicon Heritage Services Ltd.

Funding of more than €347,000 approved for St Brigit’s Garden and Letterfrack astro turf pitch

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

More than €347,000 in funding has been allocated for the development of an astro turf pitch in Letterfrack and the development of a sustainable garden at St Brigit’s Garden in Rossachill.

Council takes months to turnaround local authority houses, report reveals

Thu, Dec 29, 2011

The average turnaround time for making vacant houses ready for occupation in Galway City is between two to five months, it was revealed yesterday in a national survey of local authority housing stock.

2012 — a spaced-out odyssey?

Thu, Dec 29, 2011

There is no doubt that 2012 will be hard pressed to be half as interesting as 2011, but taking a look into my crystal ball, I can see some fascinating developemnts in the months ahead.

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