Taste of the twenties at the Dail

Thu, Oct 22, 2009

Step back in time to the era of prohibition, illegal speakeasies, and bathtub gin, of gangsters and silent film stars. While hot jazz was sweeping the country, hemlines were rising with the heat. Now is your chance to recreate the past, as the Cotton Club arrives at The Dáil Bar this November 5 at 10pm. There is an open invitation to all cool cats, and hot chicks, to go along to the swankiest joint in town.

ConTempo to play Oughterard church fundraiser

Thu, Oct 22, 2009

Galway’s ensemble in residence the ConTempo String Quartet will perform in Oughterard next month as part of the fundraising effort for Kilcummin Parish Church.

Pleasure Planet theme park comes to Galway

Thu, Oct 22, 2009

Pleasure Planet American style theme park will pay its first visit to Galway when it comes to the Headford Road tomorrow (Friday) at 6pm.

Midnight release and party for new Saw Doctors’ album

Thu, Oct 22, 2009

Zhivago Records in Shop Street will open at midnight tonight (Thursday) for a launch party to celebrate the release of To Win Just Once..The Best of The Saw Doctors.

Thirty wedding dresses at just €100 each in Belladonna Bridal

Thu, Oct 22, 2009

An amazing three day sale takes place in Belladonna Bridal this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. There are 30 dresses to take away for just €100 each, more dresses at €400, and some others at greatly reduced prices.

Reusable cloth nappies — a cheaper option

Thu, Oct 22, 2009

Nappies are a huge expense. They are a necessity for parents, so we often take the cost for granted, and because we get used to buying them on a weekly basis, the overall cost is probably never considered. But when you consider that one baby will need upwards of 6,000 nappies over a two-year period, it certainly adds up.

More value for your weight in gold

Thu, Oct 22, 2009

TheGoldRetriever.com has recently topped The Afternoon Show’s poll on five cash-for-gold providers. Carrying out a mystery shopping experiment, The Afternoon Show consumer expert, Tina Leonard approached all the gold buyers with the same piece of gold jewellery to see which buyer offered the highest cash return. TheGoldRetriever.com was the top buyer with a 16 per cent higher cash return than other providers.

Science and technology to help country’s economic recovery

Thu, Oct 22, 2009

The important role being played by science and technology in our economic recovery was highlighted this week at the launch of the Galway Science and Technology Festival.

New security system aims to beat shoplifting

Thu, Oct 22, 2009

A new retail security system uses the latest in communication technology to allow the Gardai and city retailers to work together to beat shoplifting and theft.

Wireless phone service problems in Connemara ‘resolved’ say Eircom

Thu, Oct 22, 2009

Problems with interference to the wireless phone service in a number of areas in Connemara, particularly in Kylemore and Seanaphestin, have now been resolved according to Eircom.

All style tonight as fashionistas gather at Clayton for Cregmore NS style event

Thu, Oct 22, 2009

It’ll be all style in the Clayton Hotel tonight (Thursday) when the Parent’s Association of Scoil Padraig Naofa, Cregmore hold their Fashion Show Extravaganza at 8pm.

This event is the brainchild of Cregmore residents and well known fashion gurus, Geraldine Mullen and Lorraine Casserly ably assisted by school teachers Anna Marie Healy and Orla Gannon.

ITAG Board look to Silicon Valley centre for entrepreneurship

Thu, Oct 22, 2009

Members of the board of Information Technology Association Galway (ITAG) recently visited a world leading centre for technology entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley.

Retired teachers head back to the classroom to learn computer skills

Thu, Oct 22, 2009

The Galway Education Centre and the Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI) at NUI Galway have joined forces to run computer courses for local retired teachers.

GMIT careers and recruitment fair next week

Thu, Oct 22, 2009

Hundreds of third-level students and graduates are expected to visit the GMIT Dublin Road campus next week for the annual GMIT careers and recruitment fair.

ISM — at the forefront in driving excellence

Thu, Oct 22, 2009

Founded in 1961, Irish School of Motoring has been the nation’s leading and most successful driving school for almost 50 years. From its humble beginnings as a two car operation ISM grew quickly to become the largest, longest running, and only nationwide school of motoring in the country.

Call for Gardai to investigate sex trafficking in city asylum hostels

Thu, Oct 15, 2009

A local politician is calling on the Gardai to investigate allegations that women and children are being solicited for prostitution and trafficking outside hostels/direct provision accommodation centres for asylum seekers in Galway.

Bohermore harassment from students caught on tape

Thu, Oct 15, 2009

Following a rise of disturbances in the city, and a call for students to respect their neighbours, a video entitled Galway Students has been uploaded to YouTube. The two minute clip shows CCTV footage of a group of students harassing Bohermore residents early yesterday (Wednesday) morning.

Bull’s hit speech treated us all like gombeens

Thu, Oct 15, 2009

I used to work with a journalist who when he’d receive phone calls from irate mothers bemoaning why their son’s courtcase was splshed across the paper bringing shame to the family, he’d calmly tell her “sure now Ma’am, wouldn’t it be worse if he came in and told ya he had cancer.” It was a ploy that inevitably worked as it proved the first point of agreement between the caller and himself. Always comparing your woe to something far worse is often a way of putting perspective on things. If you crashed your car, you could say, sure’ it’d be worse if someone was hurt, ‘tis only bent metal. If you stole somethng, you could say, arragh the way people are going on, you’d swear I killed someone.

It was a ploy that was often used by former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern when the screws were being tightened and it was one that was used again to great effect on Tuesday, when former Ceann Comhairle John O’Donoghue marked his departure from office by unloading two rounds of lock, stock, and two smoking barrels on everyone really. Everyone, that is, apart from himself.

Farrell gets a visit from the Fuzz

Thu, Oct 15, 2009

Niall Farrell, the spokesperson for the Galway Alliance Against War group has accused the Garda of “harassment” following two plain clothed detectives calling to his home last weekend.

Obama Nobel Prize a ‘bad joke’ says GAAW

Thu, Oct 15, 2009

There were many raised eyebrows at the decision to award President Barack Obama the Nobel Peace Prize, not least the president himself who said it was “surprising” and that he did not “deserve to be in the company of so many of the transformative figures who’ve been honoured by this prize”.

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