Glittering Their Lives Matter Ball in city to support work of Tanzanian cancer charity

Thu, May 04, 2023

The work of a paediatrician who worked in Galway some years ago and who went on to set up a childhood cancer charity in Tanzania will be honoured and supported by a glittering Ball to be held in the city this weekend.

The Big Wedding Rehearsal at Galway Bay Hotel – Galway’s newest wedding event

Thu, May 04, 2023

Galway Bay Hotel’s location along the shores of Galway Bay is enchanting and picturesque, setting the scene for you and your guests to create memories that will last a lifetime.

With breath-taking views overlooking the bay, a reputation for excellence and 25 years of experience in the industry; Galway Bay Hotel is the perfect destination for your dream wedding day.

Hair-raising Evan experience benefits Cancer Care West

Thu, May 04, 2023

Galwayman Evan Kilmartin allowed the razor near his generous locks when he volunteered to be shaved for Cancer Care West last weekend.

Surround yourself with love in the heart of Galway City at The Galmont Hotel & Spa’s Exclusive Wedding Showcase

Thu, May 04, 2023

Happily ever after begins at The Galmont Hotel & Spa Galway this May with a stunning wedding showcase planned for loved-up couples searching for the perfect venue to tie the knot.

Taking place from 2pm-5pm on Sunday May 28, the luxury hotel in the very heart of Galway City will give couples an exclusive glimpse of all its top tier services alongside some of Galway’s award-winning wedding suppliers.

University of Galway named national Sustainable Development Goals Champion

Thu, May 04, 2023

University of Galway was yesterday (Wednesday) designated as a national Sustainable Development Goal Champion for 2023-24 by Minister for the Environment, Climate, Communications and Transport Eamon Ryan T.D.

€1.9 million school maintenance and improvement funding for Galway schools

Thu, May 04, 2023

by Róisín Kilroy
Some €30 million has been allocated nationwide for school maintenance and improvements with nearly €2 million to be shared between schools across the county.

South Connacht Citizens Information service webinar series

Thu, May 04, 2023

South Connacht Citizens Information Service (SCCIS), provides an independent, non-judgemental, and confidential information, advice/assistance and advocacy service to the public. In 2022, the service responded to over 56,000 queries regionally via phone, email and face-to-face consultations.

The service also delivers, in response to public needs, a community education programme. The programme is delivered both face to face in a community setting and also online.

Three Galway charities to receive ‘Cost of Living Fund’ donations

Thu, May 04, 2023

Ardaun Roscam Doughiska Family Resource Centre, Ballinasloe Social Services, and the Galway Rape Crisis Centre,are to receive part of a €500,000 Cost of Living Fund donations from Bank of Ireland.

Author discusses her dyslexia and dyspraxia at Kenny’s book event

Thu, May 04, 2023

Former Rose of Tralee Hannah Daly is on a mission to spread awareness about dyslexia, dyspraxia, sensory processing disorder and other learning differences that neurodivergent people experience, in a world that doesn’t value them.

A woman of many talents, Daly is a paediatric occupational therapist with multiple university degrees, a former actor and model and an author, all while having the reading age of a seven-year-old. Her path to receive an education was not an easy one, navigating both the complexities of dyslexia and dyspaxia as well as a school structure that was woefully unprepared to help her. She attended five primary schools navigating a barrier system that excluded rather than included her.

Author discusses her dyslexia and dyspraxia at Kenny’s book event

Thu, May 04, 2023

Former Rose of Tralee Hannah Daly is on a mission to spread awareness about dyslexia, dyspraxia, sensory processing disorder and other learning differences that neurodivergent people experience, in a world that doesn’t value them.

Let Darkness Into Light help create the possibility of hope

Thu, May 04, 2023

There is not one of you reading this article this morning who has avoided the impact of suicide in Ireland. Right across the country, there are empty chairs at kitchen tables; there are bedrooms left preserved and unoccupied; there are football boots and hurls and rolled up club jerseys, reminders of camaraderies lost; there are siblings and parents left decimated, stunned into surviving life, walking around in a daze, never forgetting the pain that sits at the pits of their stomach. They exist and meet the sympathetic eyes of those who try to share their obvious agony.

City to have first ever 24-hour bus service

Thu, Apr 27, 2023

Galway city is to have its first ever 24-hour bus route, running through the heart of the city at 15-minute intervals.

Minister and guests visit Mercy Primary School for Active School Flag ceremony

Thu, Apr 27, 2023

We began the Active School Flag process in September 2021 and got our second flag in January 2023. We were recognised as an “outstanding” school by our Inspector Ita Seoighe. She liked what we had done with our school so much that she decided to invite Minister Hildegarde Naughton to come and see our school.

g, you look good to me

Thu, Apr 27, 2023

An outstanding style icon on the west of Ireland hotel scene, Galway’s g Hotel has upped the style stakes even further in a dramatic one-million-euro refurbishment of its spacious foyer, signature lounges and opulent restaurant and cocktail bar.

London launch tonight for book on Galway’s best kept secret

Thu, Apr 27, 2023

One of Galway’s best kept secrets was the extraordinary double life led by a quiet, well brought up girl, who became the first and youngest professor of German at Galway University, only to abruptly resign her post to accept a challenge from the British Secret Service to enter the strange world of silently listening to the enemy’s conversations.

Are you making your house more eco-friendly?

Thu, Apr 27, 2023

Are you looking to make your house a more eco friendly ‘Green’ home?

Claddagh Credit Union have teamed up with industry experts from Ecowise Insulation, The Door Centre & Solar Panel Homes – all local Galway businesses, for a Green Home Solutions afternoon this Saturday April 29, 2-4pm in The Clybaun Hotel.

City native makes fiction debut with stunning rural noir whodunnit

Thu, Apr 27, 2023

It was a sort of homecoming for Galway-native writer Michelle McDonagh last week as she savoured the atmosphere of Cuirt the week in which her debut novel was launched in her native city.

Next generation of placemakers - Radharc na Mara students shape local community at Crown Square

Thu, Apr 27, 2023

The newly developed Crown Square Development in Mervue, Galway City, is set to become a hub for the local community, with amenities such as cafes, a food-hall, a walking track, a pharmacy, and a medical centre. To encourage collaboration and creativity among locals, the JJ Rhatigan & Company, the developer of Crown Square, has initiated a community engagement programme.

Joyous celebrations for Loughrea centenarian Fr Ambrose with Mass and party

Thu, Apr 27, 2023

Fr Ambrose McNamee O.C.D. recently celebrated his 100th birthday when a Mass of celebration was held in the Carmelite Abbey Loughrea followed by dinner in The Lough Rea Hotel & Spa.

Deaths of five children on Galway roads this year has changed roads policing, Chief tells JPC

Thu, Apr 27, 2023

The deaths of five children on the roads of Galway city and county this year has changed the way that Gardai are looking at roads policing, the Galway City Council Joint Policing Committee meeting was told this week.

While expressing his sympathy to all the bereaved in the recent road traffic incident at Headford, Chief Supt Gerry Roche said that the road deaths have concentrated his mind in the city and county and now road safety is an even bigger priority that it has ever been.

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