Grealish welcomes confirmation that work on Oughterard footbridge will start this Autumn

Thu, Apr 13, 2023

Work on designing a pedestrian bridge across the Owenriff River in Oughterard is finally expected to start in the Autumn of this year, Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) has told Galway West TD Noel Grealish.

The Independent TD has welcomed the news, but added that it has taken far too long for a solution to be implemented.

Evictees must have full clarity on evidence, says McNelis

Thu, Apr 13, 2023

Labour City Councillor Niall McNelis said people from Galway facing eviction from their homes must have full clarity on the evidence used by Government to make that decision.

­Through the glass darkly

Thu, Apr 13, 2023

People grow less self-aware the more self-absorbed they become. An explanation for this apparent incongruity would be that genuine self-awareness entails the overcoming or transcendence of the self. The principle of self-denial, so foundational to Buddhism or asceticism more broadly, exemplifies this ancient piece of wisdom. Enlightenment demands a degree of perspective or proportion that brings with it an eclipse of the self and invites a humbling and liberating self-awareness.

As Simone Weil wrote, “The self is only the shadow cast by sin, which blocks the light of God”.

Top Galway artists go undercover for the mystery art auction Incognito 2023

Thu, Apr 13, 2023

Galway artists have once again illustrated their hearts of gold with 48 local artists taking part in Incognito 2023, Ireland’s most mysterious online art sale taking place on Wednesday, April 26, in aid of the Jack and Jill Children’s Foundation.

Getting to know...

Thu, Apr 13, 2023

WHAT IS YOUR EARLIEST MEMORY?
Playing hurling on the family farm when I was about four years old

New Connemara-based TG4 drama series to premiere tomorrow at Eye Cinema

Thu, Apr 13, 2023

A brand new TG4 six-part teenage drama series will be premiered tomorrow (Friday April 14) in the Eye Cinema ahead of its first broadcast on TG4 at 5pm on Thursday April 20.

Full of the thrills and spills of teenage life, Saol Ella is centred on the story of teenage girl Ella who is growing up in the Connemara Gaeltacht. Bursting with excitement to be getting out of school, hanging out with her friends and three months of summer adventures, boyfriends, first kisses and all the fun of a carefree teenage life ahead of her, Ella is numbed to find out her family have decided to take in Gaeilgóirí – Irish College Students for the entire summer.

No need for people to be suffering in pain, says city businesswoman after Spanish surgery

Thu, Apr 13, 2023

People who endure constant pain while on long waiting lists for procedures could save themselves the agony and the time by availing of the EU Cross Border Health Directive, said a well-known Galway city businesswoman.

Galway Simon Community concerned despite decrease in Emergency Accommodation numbers in the West

Thu, Apr 13, 2023

Local homeless charity Galway Simon Community has welcomed the decrease in the number of people living in Emergency Accommodation in the West, and also expressed concerns about what lies ahead over the coming months.

According to the latest figures released by the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, 490 people, including 94 families with 179 children were recorded as living in Emergency Accommodation in the West of Ireland at end of February. This is a decrease of 32 people, including 22 children since the previous month. The number of adults aged 65+ however increased by 4 in the past month.

Mayor’s Ball is back and will benefit four local charities

Thu, Apr 13, 2023

BY DECLAN VARLEY
Mayor of Galway City, Clodagh Higgins has confirmed that the City’s Mayoral Ball will take place on Friday May 12 at the Ardilaun Hotel.

Mayor of Galway City, Clodagh Higgins has confirmed that the City’s Mayoral Ball will take place on Friday May 12 at the Ardilaun Hotel.

Croí Corrib Charity Cycle returns in June

Thu, Apr 13, 2023

The 29th Croí Corrib Charity Cycle makes a return to Galway City, on Sunday June 18 and registration is now open.

School offers family chance to live rent free in beautiful Cloghbrack for a year

Thu, Apr 13, 2023

A school in a picturesque area of county Galway is offering a five-bedroom house rent free for a year to a family if the children of the family are of schoolgoing age.

Cheevers calls for increase in youth projects funding

Thu, Apr 13, 2023

Cllr Alan Cheevers has called for more Government funding for outreach programmes and youth services across Galway city to help discourage young people from forming gangs.

Time to comfort a grieving generation

Thu, Apr 13, 2023

The shape of the way we have grieved has changed over the generations. The way we handle it, the way we position it in our lives, the way that the pandemic has shaped the way we pass along our condolences; the manner in which over time, we have changed how we burden some of the pain of others; how we communally become part of the collective arm to wrap around those in most pain.

We are all grieving this week at the sad loss of life in Headford at the weekend. Since Monday morning, we all have an ache in the pit of our stomach at the sadness of it all. We think of the parents and siblings of those who have died or are injured and hope that they find the strength to face the reality that has been visited upon them.

Inis Mór half marathon taking place next week to buy Mater ventilators

Thu, Apr 13, 2023

With the Aer Arann Islands Half Marathon set to take place on April 22, the Mater Public Hospital is calling on people to walk, jog or run on the beautiful island of Inis Mór and help raise funds for critical care facilities at the hospital.

‘Shock, numbness and a feeling of despair’ hangs over Headford

Thu, Apr 13, 2023

The area of Headford has been described as a place filled with ‘shock, numbness and a feeling of despair’ following the deaths of two young teenagers, Lukas Joyce and Kirsty Bohan in a road traffic accident on Monday.

Galway Wind Park to host climate-smart EU rewilding project

Thu, Apr 13, 2023

Galway Wind Park has been chosen as one of eight sites across Europe to host an ambitious new €8.5 million rewilding project which aims to find solutions to the threats caused by climate change and biodiversity loss.

The wildE project, funded by the Horizon Europe research and innovation programme, aims to develop climate-smart rewilding initiatives in eight sites across the European Union.

Communities united in grief after teenagers die in Headford crash

Thu, Apr 13, 2023

The communities of Headford and Corrandulla will be joined in grief this evening (Thursday) for the first of the funerals of two local teenagers who died in a road collision near Headford early on Monday morning.

Urgent steps needed at UHG to avoid post-Easter trolley surge, says INMO

Thu, Apr 06, 2023

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) last evening urged the HSE to take immediate action to avoid a post-Easter trolley surge.

A quarter century of hope and peace

Thu, Apr 06, 2023

My house was full of radios in my childhood. Television did not appear in our house until my mid-teens, apart from one we would borrow for Christmas while its owner was gone away. As such, what was rare was wonderful and the ability to see other worlds was a major part of the fascination of that time.

So too with the radio. I still have the Pye radio set that sat in our kitchen and went on at 7 am daily as we set about getting ready for school and work and the travails of the day ahead. Based on a set of valves, there would be a few minutes when the radio light would go on, and then a pause while the valves warmed up enough to allow the sound of the broadcaster to come through.

University of Galway-led study finds people with sleep problems may be more likely to have a stroke

Thu, Apr 06, 2023

A global study into causes of stroke, co-led from University of Galway, has identified that sleep problems can increase the likelihood of having a stroke.

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