Gardai back poker challenge for charity
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
A group of 20 Galway gardaí are joining the public in a ‘poker run challenge by car’ on Sunday in aid of UNICEF.
Read more ...McCambridge’s food and wine fair to raise €15,000 for local organisations
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
McCambridge’s seventh annual food and wine fair, which takes place on Thursday next, aims to raise €15,000 for a number of local organisations.
Read more ...Grant for Ballinasloe area flood relief
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
A grant of €900,000 has been allocated for additional flood relief works in the Derrymullen and Ashfield areas of Ballinasloe.
Read more ...Abusive teen pokes garda in chest to get Buckfast back, court hears
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
A young man who was so determined to get a bottle of Buckfast back that he poked a garda aggressively in the chest has been given the benefit of the Probation Act.
Read more ...The House Hotel voted best in New York Times
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
Galway’s House Hotel as been named as one of the best places to sleep by The New York Times newspaper, in a recent travel column by journalist Matt Gross.
Read more ...Joint Policing Committee to meet next week
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
The Galway City Joint Policing Committee will hold its next meeting in the Ballybane Community Resource Centre on Monday at 10am.
Read more ...Musgrave invests in Galway site
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
Musgrave in Galway has undergone a transformation with a €1 million investment in its MarketPlace cash and carry outlet in Galway.
Read more ...New motorway signs for Oranmore to be erected
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
New signage on the M6 Dublin to Galway road, indicating the turn off to Oranmore, as well as signs for B&Bs, shopping, services, and tourist activities in the area are to be erected.
The signs will be located before junction 19 on the M6. The signs are currently being designed and will be erected in the coming weeks.
Read more ...Dress Me Up in The Dáil Bar
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
As any Galwegian will testify, the women in this city will use any excuse to dress up. On the night of November 23 The Dáil Bar will provide just the occasion for them to find glamorous frocks for the winter party season with Dress Me Up, a sale of new or nearly new party dresses, which will take place at 8pm. All proceeds from the sale will go to COPE Galway. Entry to the event is free with drinks from West Coast Cooler and canapés being served while buyers feast their eyes on the dresses, which will be priced from €10 to €50.
Read more ...Gala charity Christmas shopping event at the Carlton
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
The Carlton Hotel, Dublin Road, Galway, will hold its December charity Christmas shopping event on Thursday December 9 from 7pm to 9pm. Tickets are priced at €10 and all proceeds of tickets sales will go directly to the Galway Hospice
Read more ...Ballybane man stuffs alcohol down pants and calls gardai scumbags
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
A young Ballybane man who stole alcohol by stuffing it down his pants before being caught in an intoxicated state, and abusing gardai by calling them scumbags, will have to wait another three months before he knows his fate.
Read more ...Two hundred works to go under the hammer at weekend art auction
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
Dolan’s Art Auctions will return to the Marriott Hotel, Galway, this Sunday, when more than 200 paintings will go under the hammer at the new earlier start time of 3pm. As always, this is likely to be a very popular and well received event.
Read more ...Galway schools get 20,000 tickets for Science and Technology Festival exhibition
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
The Galway Festival of Science and Technology is the biggest single free event for youngsters in the West of Ireland and this week 20,000 tickets went out to schools all over the county for the festival exhibition, which is to be held at NUI, Galway on Sunday, November 21.
Read more ...Cancer Care West launches 2010 Christmas cards
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
Cancer Care West held the launch of its 2010 Christmas card collection on Thursday last at its Cancer Support Centre on Seamus Quirke Road. The cards feature a wonderful collection of images of Galway city and county.
Read more ...Celebrating the centenary of Coláiste Chonnacht
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
Coláiste Chonnacht will celebrate its centenary on Saturday evening with the launch of a new book.
Padraig Ó hAoláin, the chief executive officer of Údarás na Gaeltachta, will launch the new book, Coláiste Chonnacht 1910-2010, which commemorates the centenary of the Spiddal Irish College/
Read more ...Visit Santa and his deer at Glendeer Pet Farm
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
It is not every day that you arrive at a farm decorated with thousands of twinkling lights, meet Santa and his live deer Dancer and Prancer, or see an illuminated crib with a live cow and donkey, except of course when you visit Ireland’s Lapland at Glendeer Pet Farm.
Read more ...Salthill history and magical tales at the museum
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
Storytelling sessions for children and for adults and a talk about the history of Salthill take place in the Galway City Museum next week.
Read more ...Ardilaun receives white flag award
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
The Ardilaun Leisure Club has recently been awarded the White Flag Award, a quality award which recognises high standards of excellence in health and leisure facilities.
Read more ...Survival of Irish craft workers tops agenda
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
A two-day conference for craft workers in Ireland begins in Galway tomorrow.
Read more ...Aggressive taxi passenger squeezes garda’s throat in headlock, court hears
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
A garda who confronted an aggressive passenger of a taxi over the non payment of a fare was suddenly punched in the face twice and had his throat squeezed while being held in a tight headlock before a colleague was forced to use pepper spray and a baton to free him, the Galway District Court heard this week.
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