Flashback Fridays at The Dáil Bar
Thu, Jan 21, 2010
Dust off those ra ra skirts and legwarmers and head into The Dail Bar on Friday January 22 for the launch of the all new Flashback Fridays. Join Galway Bay FM DJ Padraic Flaherty as he plays the very best in music from everyones favourite decade — the 1980s.
Read more ...New Inn mummers’ festival a significant traditional event
Thu, Jan 21, 2010
The annual mummer’s festival which takes place in New Inn, Ballinasloe, on Saturday night has been hailed as a significant traditional event in the country’s entertainment calendar which has developed over the past three decades.
Read more ...Julie Feeney and sean nos star Emma O'Sullivan to feature in free Coole Park Spring programme
Thu, Jan 21, 2010
THE Spring element of the Coole Park Cultural Programme was launched this week and includes a wide range of lectures as well as performances by singer songwriter Julie Feeney and All-Ireland talent show star Emma O'Sullivan.
Read more ...Arts group proposes innovative way to use vacant buildings in the city
Thu, Jan 21, 2010
Vacant and disused buildings around Galway city should not be allowed to lie empty and idle. Instead they could be transformed into temporary art galleries and exhibition spaces.
This is the view of Average Arts Initiative, an artist-led initiative which is interested in using the growing number of vacant buildings around Galway for the purpose of displaying short-term exhibition spaces.
Read more ...Acclaimed Galway novelist to receive NUIG Alumni Award
Thu, Jan 21, 2010
The Booker Prize nominated Galway author Gerard Donovan is among those set to receive the NUI, Galway Alumni Award at a gala banquet in March.
Read more ...GPO to hold special nights for GOAL in Haiti
Thu, Jan 21, 2010
The new GPO nightclub in partnership with GOAL have organised two charity event nights in the next week in aid of the charity's work in Haiti.
The first of these nights will run this Saturday Jan 23, while the second one, scheduled for Thursday Jan 28, is a themed ‘999’ party where patrons can all dress up as doctors, nurses, firemen and police officers to have a great night and raise money for a very important cause.
Read more ...Galway Bay Hotel to host a bridal couture evening like no other
Thu, Jan 21, 2010
Galway Bay Hotel’s wedding coordination team invites brides and grooms to join them on Thursday next January 28 for an extremely exciting wedding fashion event. The hotel in association with Brown Thomas and Eileen Boulger Couture Bridal will be showcasing the most beautiful designs that will guarantee lots of fabulous ideas for wedding days.
Brown Thomas Galway will be showing key pieces from their 2010 Spring/Summer collections and Eileen Boulger Couture Bridal will display amazing couture gowns from designers such as Amy Michelson, Monique L’huillier and Amy Kuschel.
Read more ...One thousand sick teddy bears to be admitted to hospital
Thu, Jan 21, 2010
The fifth annual Teddy Bear Hospital, the largest ever in Ireland, will take place at NUI Galway from January 28 to 29.
Read more ...Menlo Park Hotel first with fantastic new inclusive wedding packages
Thu, Jan 21, 2010
If you are planning your big day and want a professional yet personal touch, then look no further than the award winning Four Star Menlo Park Hotel.
The Menlo Park Hotel which recently received the award “Best New Product” for its innovative and cost effective wedding packages from the Marketing Institute of Ireland, has been delighted with the phenomenal response to its new packages. The prestigious award was sponsored by Trade Secret, Oranmore.
Read more ...It’s Galway East you have to watch
Thu, Jan 21, 2010
In the aftermath of last year’s local elections much attention has focused on Galway West and in particular on Fine Gael’s chances of gaining a seat there, but Galway East has been the subject of comparatively little attention.
Read more ...Walsh lambasts Labour’s ‘double standards’
Thu, Jan 21, 2010
Labour cannot “deny families the opportunity to build homes on family owned land” and at the same time call for “large scale rezoning” of land in the city.
This is the view of Fine Gael FG councillor Brian Walsh who has accused Labour of “double standards” in its approach to the draft Galway City Development Plan.
Read more ...City council response to big freeze to cost €600,000
Thu, Jan 14, 2010
Gritting and salting of roadways, the repairing of leaks and burst mains, and other actions taken to reduce the disruption caused by the big freeze, and now the thaw, are expected to cost the Galway City Council in excess of €600,000.
Read more ...Our weather woes will encourage us to help Haitians
Thu, Jan 14, 2010
Over the past three months this region has suffered at the hands of mother nature — first with the floods which devastated and continues to devastate lives in parts of South Galway and in and around the Claregalway area where many people are still to return to their homes.
Read more ...Fahey calls for outright ban on head shops
Thu, Jan 14, 2010
An outright ban on the operation of head shops and their products should be given serious consideration, that is according to Galway West Fianna Fail TD Frank Fahey.
Read more ...Work begins on JCI Galway City and County Tourist Guide
Thu, Jan 14, 2010
Work has commenced on the JCI Galway City and County Tourist Guide for 2010, which is celebrating its 43rd year, and is an ideal platform for businesses to reach the thousands of visitors to the west in the summer months.
Read more ...Galwaywoman who died in Africa to be buried tomorrow
Thu, Jan 14, 2010
The body of a young Galway woman discovered in Cameroon almost a week ago, was flown home to Ireland yesterday.
Read more ...Slips on ice see local hospital admissions double, reveals HSE
Thu, Jan 14, 2010
The HSE is counting the cost of the Big Freeze with a large number of hospitals reporting increases of up to 70 per cent in the number of people presenting with fractures recently.
Read more ...Irish NGO appeals for aid and volunteers to rebuild Haiti
Thu, Jan 14, 2010
Irish based international NGO Haven is calling on Galway people to volunteer to build houses for Haitian families experiencing extreme poverty. The organisation, which works to provide houses and community development schemes in the impoverished country, will hold a meeting in Galway this evening (Thursday). The group has also appealed for donations to help stricken communities following this week’s devastating earthquake in Haiti.
Read more ...Anglo lent millions to Galway businessmen for New York properties
Thu, Jan 14, 2010
An investigation into the loan dealings of Anglo Irish Bank during the height of the boom has revealed that hundreds of millions of dollars was provided to some of Ireland’s wealthiest people, including Galway businessmen, to buy luxury apartments in New York.
Read more ...Yorkshire racecourse awards scholarship in honour of tragic jockey Jamie Kyne
Thu, Jan 14, 2010
The young Claregalway jockey who lost his life in a house fire in the UK last year is to be remembered with a scholarship from a UK racecourse.
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