Salthill Village Festival launched in style
Thu, Aug 12, 2010
There will be lots of family fun and entertainment to be had during this year’s Salthill Village Festival which will take place between August 21 and 22.
Read more ...Galway’s Best Awards night to be a glitzy affair
Thu, Aug 12, 2010
The inaugural Galway’s Best Awards 2010 will be presented on Friday, September 17 in the newly refurbished Central Park nightclub.
Read more ...City man enlists 100 marathon runners to remember his late daughter
Thu, Aug 12, 2010
A local man has enlisted a 100-strong team of family, friends and colleagues to take part in this year’s Galway marathon in aid of the Meningitis Trust.
Read more ...‘Appalling’ looting of houses shows need for social housing changes - Higgins
Thu, Aug 12, 2010
The vandalism and theft of boilers causing more than €100,000 worth of damage at a Galway City Council-owned housing estate has been described as “appalling” by local TD Michael D Higgins.
The Labour president said that the break-in to houses in the Sliabh Bhán estate in Ballybane is “an appalling development” but one that underlines the urgency of transferring empty finished houses to social housing.
Read more ...Young activists gather in Galway in preparation for a new Ireland
Thu, Aug 12, 2010
As the latest statistics showed Ireland's unemployment rate continues to rise, 20 young people from across Ireland gathered in Galway last weekend determined to highlight their desire for much needed change.
Read more ...Aran Islands celebrate 40 years of air travel
Thu, Aug 12, 2010
The Aran Islands celebrate 40 years of air travel this weekend — honouring an invaluable service and life-line which began with a letter.
Read more ...GMIT seek permission for engineering school
Thu, Aug 12, 2010
The Galway Mayo Institute of Technology has lodged a planning permission application with Galway City Council for the construction for a new engineering school.
Read more ...Gardai investigate robbery by false HSE caller
Thu, Aug 12, 2010
Gardai are warning the public to beware of bogus callers and to request ID following an incident at the weekend where a house was robbed by a woman claiming to be from the HSE.
Read more ...Chamber CEO lashes ‘heavy handed’ crackdown on sandwich boards
Thu, Aug 12, 2010
Galway Chamber of Commerce CEO Michael Coyle has criticised the “heavy handed approach” taken by the City Council and the Gardaí for their joint operation in removing signs in the pedestrianised area of the city earlier this week.
Read more ...People urged to join hands to save Portiuncula Hospital
Thu, Aug 12, 2010
A local action committee is urging businesses, clubs, organisations and individuals to take part in a “Hands Around Our Hospital” protest aimed at highlighting concerns over future services at Portiuncula Hospital.
The event takes places at the 197-bed Ballinasloe facility on Tuesday at 1.30pm amid growing fears that the county hospital may suffer as the health cuts continue to bite.
Read more ...Review announced of the Coole Park Cultural Programme
Thu, Aug 12, 2010
The Friends of Coole has announced a review of its biannual Coole Park Cultural Programme.
Read more ...NUIG special maths exam offers Leaving Cert students a second chance
Thu, Aug 12, 2010
The College of Engineering and Informatics at NUI Galway has announced details of a special entrance maths examination which will give students a second chance to pursue a career in engineering. The exam, which takes place on Wednesday August 25, is for students who achieve the CAO points for an undergraduate engineering degree course at NUI Galway but who have not met the obligatory maths requirement.
Read more ...Survey on Galway’s ‘ghost estates’ due next month
Thu, Aug 12, 2010
A survey, due to be completed next month, is expected to give a full picture of the extent of the problems caused by ‘ghost estates’ - 26 such estates are believed to be in Galway alone.
Read more ...Broaden your mind at new city courses
Thu, Aug 12, 2010
Are you interested in dreams? Would you like to learn how to explore their meaning? If so, you may be interested in attending a one-day dream workshop which takes place on Saturday October 2 from 10am to 4pm.
Read more ...The senator who cried wolf and other short stories
Thu, Aug 12, 2010
Good evening and welcome to an open interview to introduce this evening’ s main event in the Arts Festival — An Evening of Anecdotes with Senator Ronan Mullen. (polite applause from audience of luvvies.)
Read more ...HSE pay out €90k for health cuts report
Thu, Aug 12, 2010
As jobs in the health sector continue to be under threat it was revealed this week that the HSE paid a staggering €90,000 to a consultancy firm for a cost-containment report.
Read more ...Walsh hits out at ‘unethical’ inference over his role in seminars
Thu, Aug 05, 2010
County councillor Seamus Walsh has hit out at media coverage this week of his role in two companies which organise seminars for local authority members, claiming there is nothing unethical in the enterprise.
Read more ...Edward Lee photography exhibition in Galway city library
Thu, Aug 05, 2010
Today an exhibition by talented photographer Edward Lee will begin in Galway city library running until Monday August 30.
As well as being a successful photographer Lee is also a writer and painter originally from Dublin, but now living in Galway. This is his first photography exhibition. He has exhibited his paintings in many venues in Dublin and Galway, with many of his works in private collections. His photographs have appeared in magazines on both sides of the Atlantic. He is currently working on two photography collections "Lying Down With The Dead" and "Naked". His poetry and short stories have appeared in magazines in Ireland, England, America and Canada. His debut poetry collection, Playing Poohsticks On Ha'Penny Bridge, was published last year by Spider Press.
Read more ...Deportation of ill woman is death sentence, warns Galway consultant
Thu, Aug 05, 2010
A Galway consultant has criticised the deportation of a seriously ill Nigerian woman describing it as a death sentence.
Read more ...Ivor’s biggest sin — getting caught
Thu, Aug 05, 2010
Sssssh. Listen. Can you hear the patter of hundreds of tiny trotters as the piglets sprint away from the massive swill trough before the bold pig spills it over. Off they run lest they be splashed with any of the muck-spreading that has been caused by the bould pig Ivor. They’ve all known for a long time that the bould pig Ivor had been lashing up the swill with all four trotters, but sure, they let him carry on because they just didn’t want the farmer to come over and see what was going on at the trough. ‘Cos then he might look at them all, and see the muck on the trotters from the fumbling in the greasy swill.
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