Fine Gael to dominate county mayor posts

Thu, May 19, 2011

Former PD and now Fine Gael councillor, Michael Mogie Maher, will be elected as the next Mayor of County Galway in June.

Fine Gael to dominate county mayor posts

Thu, May 19, 2011

Former PD and now Fine Gael councillor, Michael Mogie Maher, will be elected as the next Mayor of County Galway in June.

Recession busting ten-day Irish summer course for only €450

Thu, May 19, 2011

Coláiste Cholumba, an Irish summer college located in the Connemara Gaeltacht, has come up with this fantastic offer in these difficult economic times. For only half the price of the typical summer course (normally almost €900) you can experience all the spraoí, spóirt, craic agus ceol while learning Irish, which has made Coláiste Cholumba a huge success for more than 40 years.

GMIT delivers new Six Sigma course for local employees

Thu, May 19, 2011

Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology has commenced its new Six Sigma course with a group of employees from local companies including Boston Scientific, Creganna, and Celestica.

A beautiful new career

Thu, May 19, 2011

The Georgina Price College of Beauty is currently enrolling for its new 2011 schedule of classes.

New language classes at The Granary Learning Centre

Thu, May 19, 2011

The Language Institute at the Granary Learning Centre has launched its packed spring and summer language programme for adults, and a special programme for teenagers. The ever popular practical Spanish courses will run throughout the spring and summer with a new class beginning each month. German classes will also start in the middle of May for beginners and improvers, as will courses in Chinese, Portuguese, and Russian. The Spanish for teens short summer courses begin again in June, and the foreign language teacher training course will be repeated in May and June.

GMIT fine art students present final year exhibition

Thu, May 19, 2011

Final year students on the BA fine art degree at GMIT Cluain Mhuire will present their third year ceramic undergraduate exhibition in Galway city this month. Called Crank It Up, the exhibition will run from May 19 to 24. The exhibition can be seen from 11.30am to 6pm, and is closed on Sunday.

Summertime — enjoy sun, sea, and speaking French

Thu, May 19, 2011

The brilliant sunshine we have been enjoying in recent weeks cannot be guaranteed, but one thing that is certain this summer is that there is a great opportunity to brush up and practise your French at a range of classes on offer at the French Institute in the Bridge Mills.

The life of a nutritional therapist with Maev Creaven

Thu, May 19, 2011

Maev Creaven is the director of Maev Creaven Nutrition (www.nutritioncentre.ie) and director of studies at the College of Naturopathic Medicine in Galway. She divides her time among the college, her centre in Galway, running healthy eating and yoga weekends, and teaching yoga.

What do you do as a nutritional therapist?

Pint and shoot — McGinns becomes a new concept — the Photo Pub

Thu, May 19, 2011

Mc Ginn’s, Bar & Restaurant are moving away from what was the small ‘early house’ pub on the Docks in Galway, and are adapting to an ever changing market. Tomorrow (Friday) sees the launch of Mc Ginn’s as a ‘Photo Pub’; a marriage of the traditional pub with photography. The launch on Friday night is entitled ‘Six of the Best’, an exhibition by six Galway-based photographers; Joe Geoghegan, Sean Tomkins, Sean Mc Cormack, Pat O Connor, Conor Ledwith, and John Smyth who have each created six landscape studies for the opening of Mc Ginn’s as the first dedicated Photo Pub in the world !

New society seeks to strengthen bonds between Chinese and Irish

Thu, May 19, 2011

Two new organisations have been set up in Galway and they aim to get the city’s Chinese community to both embrace their heritage and integrate into Irish society, while also providing advice to Galwegians who wish to do business in China.

The Irish Chinese Society Galway and the Galway Chinese School were officially launched last week at a meeting attended by Li Chengyuan, the First Secretary of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Ireland.

Book launched in honour of Professor Nicholas Canny

Thu, May 19, 2011

In honour of the retirement of Professor Nicholas Canny of NUI Galway, Reshaping Ireland, 1550-1700: Colonization and its Consequences is being launched in the Moore Institute in NUI Galway on Wednesday June 1 at 5.00pm.

Ó Cuív condemns slashing of home energy grants

Thu, May 19, 2011

Slashing 20 per cent off the Better Energy grants scheme will disincentivise home owners from having energy saving projects carried out and cause job losses in the retrofit sector.

Varadkar ‘impressed’ by harbour plans and may provide funds if required

Thu, May 19, 2011

The ambitious plans to completely redevelop Galway Harbour have taken a step closer to reality following Transport Minister Leo Varadkar giving his approval for the plans to seek planning permission.

Clifden finally gets new water treatment plant

Thu, May 19, 2011

Clifden has finally received confirmation of a new waste water treatment plant to upgrade the town’s sewerage system. The announcement was made on Monday by Phil Hogan, Minister for the Environment, Community, and Local Government.

The new plant had been planned and promised for years and its delay has resulted in a number of problems in the area. Clifden Beach has lost its prestigious blue flag status indicating quality sanitary and safety standards and the bathing waters have failed to meet minimum EU standards over the last few years. Clifden has been suffering from negative publicity incurred from the annual announcement of the Environmental Protection Agency’s water quality results. Following the announcement, the project is now ready to go out to tender.

City to honour Che Guevara

Thu, May 19, 2011

The Galway City Council made a commitment at Monday evening’s council meeting to honour Che Guevara.

Obama, O’Connell, and Douglass

Thu, May 19, 2011

It is customary on St Patrick’s Day for the US president to speak glowingly of Ireland, invoking the name of the national saint and smiling when handed a bowl of shamrock. However, when President Obama this year made his remarks on St Patrick’s Day, he gave his audience a brief history lesson linking two remarkable men, one Irish and the other African American. The Irishman was Daniel O’Connell (1775-1847), the African American, Frederick Douglass (1818-1895).

O’Connell is one of the giants of Irish history and, together with Parnell, represents one of the two traditions in the movement for Irish independence, the other tradition, of course, being that of Tone, Emmet, the Young Irelanders, and the Easter Rising of 1916.

ME documentary to stroke a chord with local sufferers

Thu, May 19, 2011

A documentary about ME/chronic fatigue, which will be screened in Galway later this month, will strike a chord with local sufferers, according to Orla Ni Chomhrai, the co-ordinator of the Galway ME/CFS support group.

Public lecture on Obama and US foreign policy

Thu, May 19, 2011

In advance of US president Barack Obama’s visit to Ireland, an American academic will deliver a public lecture in Galway entitled Obama: Warlord of the US Empire.

Brian Kelly, originally from the United States, and now a lecturer at Queen’s University, Belfast, will deliver the lecture this Saturday upstairs in Richardson’s, Eyre Square, at 8pm.