Sentencing of former Christian Brother represents ‘end of 50-year journey’ for city businessman

Thu, Mar 16, 2023

A 77-year-old former Christian Brother has been sentenced to 27 months in prison with the final seven months suspended after being convicted of the abuse of a schoolboy 50 years ago.

Pitch battle as Rahoon-Newcastle hail Salthill-Knocknacarra move as ‘violating spirit of the GAA’

Thu, Mar 16, 2023

Two long-established GAA clubs in the city areas are at loggerheads over plans by one to construct a state of the art playing facilities to within a short distance of the other.

Spring into St Patrick’s weekend with special musical concert

Thu, Mar 16, 2023

Oranmore soprano Helen Hancock will present The Lark in the Clear Air in the Mick Lally Theatre this Saturday March 18 at 8pm.

Have your spake at Speak Outs in Galway City and Gort

Thu, Mar 16, 2023

What’s wrong with Galway? What’s right with it? University of Galway’s UrbanLab invites members of the public to share their thoughts through a series of Speak Outs in Galway City and Gort. These Speak Outs offer an opportunity to explore the question, ‘How can we make better places?’. People who wish to present at the Speak Outs are asked to give a short five minute talk on a local issue of their choice.

University of Galway appoints new Traveller Education Officer

Thu, Mar 16, 2023

University of Galway has appointed its second ever full-time Traveller Education Officer to lead on the recruitment of and support students from the Irish Traveller community.

New technology will enable Tuam exhumation to match to wider group of relations

Thu, Mar 16, 2023

Relatives as distant as half nieces and half nephews will be able to be matched to remains recovered in the exhumation at the Tuam mother and baby homes, as €4m worth of state of the art DNA technology is to be acquired by forensic investigators.

Connolly calls for urgent action to protect fish stocks

Thu, Mar 16, 2023

Deputy Catherine Connolly has called on the Government to take urgent action to protect fish stocks within the six nautical mile zone and to provide for the sustainability of our indigenous inshore fishing community.

Highlighting the challenge of living with an acquired brain injury

Thu, Mar 16, 2023

by Dr. Denise O’Dwyer, Principal Psychologist, National Learning Network (NLN) and Ciara Hennigan, Senior Instructor, Quest Brain Injury Services, Galway.

Learning to live with the impact of ABI presents significant challenges even in the best of circumstances (Jumisko et al, 2005). Survivors may suffer chronic impairment across cognitive, physical and psycho-social domains (Wilkie et al, 2021). There is a general consensus among practitioners in favour of a community based holistic model of neuro-rehabilitation (Prigitano, 1999), which considers the dynamic relationship between a person and their environment. The holistic model of rehabilitation, examines the psychological, social, cognitive and physical impacts of the injury on a person, as well as the reciprocal relationship between these domains (Ben-Yishay & Diller, 2011).

Ros na Rún to broadcast 2,000th episode tonight

Thu, Mar 16, 2023

Long running Galway based Irish language TV drama series, Ros na Rún will broadcast its 2000th episode on the eve of St Patrick’s Day, Thursday, March 16 at 8:30 on TG4.

‘Literally no place for tenants to go’ says Threshold at Féile Housing Festival

Thu, Mar 16, 2023

A first of its kind housing festival, Féile Housing, took place in the city last weekend, looking at the realities of the current housing emergency and possible solutions over the two-day event.

Editorial

Thu, Mar 16, 2023

On this day three years ago, all our worlds turned upside down. All of those things that we were told were previously impossible suddenly became possible and we were thrown headfirst into a sort of life for the guts of the next two years. In that time, we gave up everything we held sacred. Freedoms were curtailed, lifestyles were changed; the way we viewed each other was altered; the suspicions grew.

And for a while it was a novelty, this new way of being restricted. The idea that we were being conscripted into a way of living was new to us all. The 5km walks, the €9 meals, the safe distance at which to converse, the new decorum when walking on the footpaths.

GH agri wins top county enterprise award

Thu, Mar 16, 2023

A Tuam-based manufacturer of natural animal healthcare products is this year’s winner of the County Galway Enterprise Award for 2023, Local Enterprise Office Galway has announced.

40 percent of female execs in Galway experience gender disparity, Chamber survey shows

Thu, Mar 09, 2023

Four out of 10 female executives in Galway believe they have missed out on a raise or promotion due to their gender, according to a new survey conducted by Galway Chamber.

Annual Drama Festival returns to Claregalway

Thu, Mar 09, 2023

Theatre returns to Claregalway again this week with the annual Claregalway Festival of Drama which commences this Saturday March 11 and will see eight of the country’s top amateur drama groups compete for qualification to the All Ireland finals in Athlone and Glenamaddy.

Galway Bay Against Salmon Cages group concerned about new bacterial fish disease

Thu, Mar 09, 2023

The Galway Bay Against Salmon Cages (GBASC) group says it is very concerned about a new emerging bacterial disease called salmonid rickettsial septicaemia (SRS) also known as Piscirickettsiosis which is causing huge mortalities on Irish salmon farms, including in the west.

Síle Seoige to MC Rosabel’s Ball in aid of worthy charity

Thu, Mar 09, 2023

Rosabel’s Ball in aid of Rosabel’s Room in collaboration with Irish Hospice Foundation is back on Saturday April 22 in the Hardiman Hotel, Eyre Square, Galway.

Mervue GP honoured for commitment to and advocacy for patients

Thu, Mar 09, 2023

Galway GP Dr Niamh O’Brien has been announced as the winner of the Dr Fiona Bradley national award. The presentation was made at a Joint Annual Meeting of the Association of University Departments of General Practice in Ireland and the Irish College of General Practitioners, hosted by the University of Galway.

Galway initiatives set to benefit from STEM funding

Thu, Mar 09, 2023

A number of Galway initiatives are among more then 40 projects set to benefit from over €6 million in government funding aimed at increasing and diversifying engagement with STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths).

The investment under the Science foundation Ireland (SFI) Discover Programme will be used to reach less represented voices and people who would not typically engage with STEM subjects.

NTA review of city bus routes next month

Thu, Mar 09, 2023

Fine Gael Councillor Eddie Hoare has this week received confirmation that the National Transport Authority will be completing a review of the Galway city bus routes in April. As part of the review there will be public consultation.

United senior women’s team to be ambassadors for Galway Rape Crisis Centre

Thu, Mar 09, 2023

Galway United’s groundbreaking senior women’s team have lent their support to the Galway Rape Crisis Centre text donate campaign which goes to provide essential services offered to victims of sexual abuse.

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