New hospital consultants for Ballinasloe
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
Two new consultants have joined the team at Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe. Dr Niall Gough is a consultant radiologist while Mr Brendan Harding is a general surgeon with a special interest in gastrointestinal surgery.
Read more ...New employment studies course for lone parents
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
Galway City Partnership in collaboration with Blueprint Coaching and Training has developed a new part-time morning course titled Employment Studies Course commencing on March 10. This course is aimed at lone parents and is ideally suited to individuals who began a third level course but were unable to complete it due to family commitments and are now considering further studies, getting back into the workplace, or self employment. Blueprint Coaching and Training provides an extensive range of programmes and services to enhance personal development in the areas of career, motivation, life, and business development.
Read more ...MacHales set the pace at Safety Direct Galway International Rally
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
The 2010 Safety Direct Galway International Rally proved a successful outing for the famed McHale family.
Read more ...Galway to have its own X factor for classical quartets
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
Classical quartets and musicians across Ireland will have the chance to take part in open auditions to become the 2010 Galway Apprentice Ensemble in Residence.
The ConTempo Quartet, Galway’s Ensemble in Residence, is launching the all-Ireland search. The eventual winners will receive dedicated tuition time with ConTempo, be provided with practice space and resources to further their instrumental proficiency, and opportunities for concert performance.
Read more ...Oscar nominated film shot by Galway cinematographer
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
Galwegian Tim Fleming is one of Ireland’s leading cinematographers and two of his previous films have both won Oscars, so could he make it three in a row with short film The Door up for an Academy Award this year?
Read more ...Rail commuters are being ‘ripped off’ by ‘expensive tickets’ says Athenry Greens
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
Rail commuters in the west of Ireland are being “ripped off” by having to pay for “the most expensive commuter rail tickets” in the country.
This is the view of Green Party representative for Athenry Patrick Creed. According to Mr Creed, the cost of an annual rail ticket from Athenry to Galway is €1,230 while “tickets for the same distance” in the rest of the country are “much cheaper”.
Read more ...Galway Christian Community Night Vigil service
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
The inaugural gathering of the Galway Christian Community Fellowship, a multi-denominational group open to all Christians in the city and county, takes place tomorrow.
Read more ...Galway Christian Community Night Vigil service
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
The inaugural gathering of the Galway Christian Community Fellowship, a multi-denominational group open to all Christians in the city and county, takes place tomorrow.
Read more ...Nurses’ union urges Government to open closed beds at UHG
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
A leading local union official is calling on the Government to provide funding on a phased basis to open much needed beds at the west’s flagship hospital.
Read more ...Irish Wheelchair Association celebrates fiftieth anniversary
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
An organisation committed to improving the lives of people with physical disabilities will celebrate its 50th anniversary later this month.
The Irish Wheelchair Association, which was founded in 1960 by a small group of wheelchair users, will begin its celebrations on Friday February 19. Today, the organisation has grown into a vibrant network of 20,000 members and more than 2,000 staff as well as many dedicated volunteers.
Read more ...Enjoy pancakes and help Galway Hospice Foundation
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
Why not get in the pancake mood this Saturday by attending the third annual pancake party at the AGA shop at 6 Centrepoint, Liosbaun Business Park on the Tuam Road from noon until 2.30pm?
Read more ...Website allows students to practice oral Irish at home
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
A Galway based design agency recently launched the latest version of the award winning Abairleat e-learning website.
Read more ...Arthur Scargill to speak in Galway this month
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
Arthur Scargill, the controversial British politician and trade union leader, is coming to Galway at the end of this month to address a public meeting hosted by the James Connolly Forum.
Read more ...Kenny may not be the most charismatic, but he brings electoral success — Flanagan tells college
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
Fine Gael TD Charlie Flanagan has expressed surprise and shock at former RTE economics editor George Lee’s decision to resign from the party. Speaking in NUI Galway on Monday the Fine Gael spokesperson on Justice, Equality and Law Reform said it was a sad day for Fine Gael.
Read more ...The trouble with Hildegarde
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
Fianna Fáil councillors both abstained from and walked out of a recent pact meeting in protest against Fine Gael’s Hildegarde Naughton, placing the future of the FF/FGael/Independent former PD allaince in doubt.
Read more ...Time to rip it up and start again
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
It’s time to rip it up and start again, nothing else will do for the Ireland we currently find ourselves in. Politically, institutionally, and economically, staying wedded to our current ideologies is no longer an option. They have proven to be either failures or past their sell-by date.
In France, after a traumatic episode in the nation’s history - the Revolution, defeats to Germany in 1870 and 1940, the decline of the empire - the French nation sought to reinvent itself, begin again. It did this most recently in 1958. After the Suez Crises France drew up a new constitution, changed its style of government and became The Fifth French Republic.
Read more ...Local Fine Gael ‘shocked’ by curious George’s departure
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
TS Eliot’s memorable conclusion to his great poem The Hollow Men predicts the world will end “not with a bang but a whimper” but it is also a line which sums up the political career of George Lee.
Read more ...Lee debacle punctures holes in parachute strategy
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
The furore and acres of media space allocated to the decision on Monday of George Lee to walk away from his cushy well-paid Dublin South seat back into his cushy well-paid South Dublin media job could signal the beginning of the end for the practice of parachuting celebrity candidates into political life when in most cases they are ill suited to the change of role. The psyche of the politician does not sit well with the psyche of the ego-led media world which we inhabit. The cynicism necessary for the latter means that the former cannot be done with any great integrity. Even the few who have made the crossover from media to politicis are still viewed dubiously as ‘hiding it well’ in the new job.
The Lee resignation is manna from heaven for Fianna Fail-ers as contrary to popular belief, it probably prolongs rather than cuts short the tenure of Enda Kenny at the head of Fine Gael. What Fianna Fail do not want now in the next year is a change of leadership at Fine Gael, a change that would revitalise the party in advance of the general election. Kenny’s recent performances on TV and radio have shown that he is ill at ease when put under the spotlight, and that for all his charm and affability, he is not seen as the safe pair of hands to lead the country.
Read more ...Man threatened to shoot garda after domestic row, court hears
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
A Ballybane man who threatened to shoot an unnamed garda, during an altercation with his wife, has received a three month suspended sentence and was fined €500.
Read more ...Man fined for illegally selling charity lottery tickets
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
A man has been fined €50 for selling lottery tickets for a charity without being authorised to do so.
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