Galway-born celeb hairdresser apologises for racist comments at BAFTAs
Thu, Jun 02, 2011
Galway-born celebrity hairdresser James Brown has apologised for repeatedly calling a black TV presenter a 'n*****' at the TV Baftas.
Read more ...Nolan appointed to Dáil committees
Thu, Jun 02, 2011
Labour’s Galway West TD Derek Nolan has been appointed to two of the most powerful committees in Dáil Éireann.
Read more ...An afternoon with two famous whistleblowers
Thu, Jun 02, 2011
Mordechai Vanunu and Bradley Manning. To some they are traitors, to others they are courageous whistleblowers.
Read more ...Beauty and fashion workshops to take place in Galway this month
Thu, Jun 02, 2011
Two evening beauty and fashion workshop workshops will be held in June for women who want to learn more about the secrets of dressing and cosmetics.
Read more ...Abu Dhabi tourists to preview Galway ahead of Volvo finish
Thu, Jun 02, 2011
Middle Eastern visitors to next year’s Volvo Ocean Race Stopover in Galway will be treated to a sneak preview of what’s on offer in the city.
Read more ...Schoolgirls kicked and robbed by violent attackers
Thu, Jun 02, 2011
An 18-month sentence has been handed down to a woman who, along with an accomplice, viciously assaulted and harassed two schoolgirls, knocking them to the ground and kicking them in the stomach and face.
Read more ...Galway to mark a century of trade unionism in the city
Thu, Jun 02, 2011
In June 1911 the Irish Trade Union Congress held a meeting in the Town Hall and from that meeting came the establishment of the Galway United Trades & Labour Council.
Read more ...Tullamore Gospel Choir to perform at special exam Mass
Thu, Jun 02, 2011
Ireland’s largest gospel choir is coming to Galway for a special exam Mass next Tuesday at 8pm in the Cathedral. The Mass will place special emphasis on Junior and Leaving Certificate students but anyone taking exams or supporting students through this turbulent time is invited to attend. The Mass is an opportunity to show exam students that everyone wishes them well and is including them in their prayers.
Read more ...UHG first to use ground-breaking cardiology technology
Thu, Jun 02, 2011
The Cardiology Department in University Hospital Galway has become the first department in Ireland to use ground-breaking cardiology technology, which will significantly improve the detection of cholesterol build narrowings within the coronary artery.
Read more ...NUIG among the winners at Royal Academy Annual Doctor Awards
Thu, Jun 02, 2011
NUI Galway was among the award winners at the recent Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland Annual Doctor Awards in Dublin. Andrew Murphy, Professor of General Practice at NUI Galway, and his SPHERE team were awarded both the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland Award for Best General Practice Paper, and the overall Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland Award for Best Research Paper published by an Irish doctor in 2011.
The SPHERE study was published in the British Medical Journal and focuses on the secondary prevention of heart disease in General Practice; it was funded by the Health Research Board and the Irish Heart Foundation.
Read more ...Feargal Quinn’s retail therapy at Standún to air this weekend
Thu, Jun 02, 2011
Standún of Spiddal, which is to celebrate its 65th anniversary this month, is to feature in this weekend’s episode of RTÉ’s Feargal Quinn’s Retail Therapy.
Read more ...€4.5 million settlement for Newcastle man
Thu, Jun 02, 2011
A High Court judge has approved a €4.5 million settlement for a man who is severely brain damaged after suffering viral encephalitis as a result of a viral infection, herpes simplex.
The settlement includes payments for Martin O'Brien's family and was made without admission of liability.
Read more ...Fraud conviction against Galway councillor quashed
Thu, Jun 02, 2011
A conviction against Galway County Councillor Michael Fahy for obtaining €7,000 from the local authority by false pretences was quashed by the Court of Criminal Appeal earlier this week.
Read more ...People's history talk in museum
Thu, Jun 02, 2011
The Galway City Museum will host a ‘show and talk’ session this Saturday at 1pm to discuss some of the Museum's upcoming exhibitions.
Read more ...It’s barbeque time at Martin Divilly's Butchers
Thu, Jun 02, 2011
Today sees the launch of the new Martin Divilly's Barbeque Range - their biggest yet! They have everything you need for the summer barbeque, from their succulent Aberdeen Angus Burgers to their homemade pork and chive sausages.
Read more ...HSE West could be €100 million over budget by December
Thu, May 26, 2011
A member of the HSE West’s regional health forum warned this week that the health authority could be €100 million over budget by the end of the year.
Read more ...UHG appointments made because it did not compare with other hospitals
Thu, May 26, 2011
The HSE’s decision to appoint an additional three-person management team at Galway University Hospitals was taken because the existing management structure did not compare with other Irish teaching hospitals, the health authority’s regional director of operations said this week.
Read more ...Allegations regarding Ahascragh priest to be investigated
Thu, May 26, 2011
A priest based in Ahascragh is among a number of clerics facing investigation following claims made in a Prime Time Investigates documentary earlier this week. The programme alleged that he raped a girl and fathered her child while serving as a missionary in Kenya nearly 30 years ago.
Read more ...Something new to be good at...
Thu, May 26, 2011
In the same way that pre-Michelle Smith, the Irish Olympic swimming team used to hail a competition a success if none of them was drowned, let’s be honest, weren’t we glad when both the Queen and Obama got out of Ireland alive? Not that there was ever a serious threat to their respective healths while they were here, but there was always the fear that a member of the South Offaly-North Tipperary branch of Al Qaeda might attack him with a hurl or that that dissy-dent republicans might savage the Queen with a Turbot snatched from the shelves of the English Market. We all breathed a sigh of relief when their planes left the ground and rose into that part of sky that Cork radio presenters know as non-indictable international airspace out of our jurisdiction.
Read more ...Kyne concerned at delay in Civil Registration Act review
Thu, May 26, 2011
Fine Gael’s Galway West Deputy Seán Kyne has expressed concerns at the delay in amending the Civil Registration Act to allow for the registration of the deaths of Irish people who die abroad. In May and June of 2010, the Galway-based Bring Them Home campaign group met with the then Minister for Social Protection, Éamon Ó Cuiv, who committed to a review so the legislation could be changed.
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