Kevin Higgins' final poem ' I Always Thought I'd Live'

Wed, Jan 11, 2023

Galway's literary community has been shocked this week with the passing of poet and writer Kevin Higgins.

Co-option expected after shock resignation by Hanley

Thu, Jan 05, 2023

A co-option to Galway City Council by the Social Democrats seems imminent following the decision yesterday of its first ever city councillor to resign.

Cllr Owen Hanley tendered his resignation from the Council following what he said were a number of very serious allegations made against him online in recent days.

Emerson on How to Trust Yourself and What Solitude Really Means

Thu, Jan 05, 2023

Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882), was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, abolitionist, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society He remains among the linchpins of the American romantic movement, and his work has greatly influenced many thinkers, writers and poets that followed him. Emerson is also well known as a mentor and friend of Henry David Thoreau, a fellow transcendentalist.

As a group, the transcendentalists led the celebration of the American experiment as one of individualism and self-reliance. They took progressive stands on women's rights, abolition, reform, and education. They criticized government, organized religion, laws, social institutions, and creeping industrialization.

Community collection of Aran folklore available online for the first time

Thu, Jan 05, 2023

A new website featuring extracts from Bailiúchán Béaloidis Árann (the Árainn Folklore Project), a community folklore collection that is more than twenty years a-growing, will be launched next month in Inis Mór, the largest of the three Aran Islands. Partnering on the project are Gaois, Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge, DCU, and the National Folklore Collection at UCD, the co-creators of the website dúchas.ie.

Distinguished WHO role for ACT for Meningitis founder

Thu, Jan 05, 2023

ACT for Meningitis founder Siobhan Carroll has been invited to serve as a member of the World Health Organisation Strategy Support Group for the global road map to defeat meningitis by 2030.

Major cut in childcare fees welcomed by O’Reilly

Thu, Jan 05, 2023

Parents in Galway will potentially save thousands on the cost of childcare thanks to increased subsidies that kick in from yesterday (Wednesday) Senator Pauline O’Reilly has said.

The reduction was made possible after the Green Party Minister for Children, Roderic O’Gorman, secured funding in Budget 2023 to increase the minimum subsidy for registered early learning and childcare from €0.50 per hour to €1.40.

City and County Councils had below average planning approvals, overview finds

Thu, Jan 05, 2023

Galway City and County Council had below-average rates of planning approvals in 2021, according to the Annual Overview of the Planning System for 2021, published by the Office of the Planning Regulator.

Galway City Council had an approval rate of 86 percent for planning applications, while the figure for Galway County Council was 82 percent, compared to a national average approval rate of 88.5 percent.

Death of Peter Pringle at his home in Connemara

Thu, Jan 05, 2023

An 84 year old man who was sentenced to death for the murder of two gardai in 1980 and served almost 15 years in jail before his conviction were overturned, has died at his home in Connemara.

TG4 documentary on Galway Travellers breaking education boundaries

Thu, Jan 05, 2023

A documentary filmed over the course of one academic year, telling the story of a group of Irish Travellers as they make their way through university life will air on TG4 next week.

Property prices in Galway have risen by €5k in last three months

Thu, Jan 05, 2023

Property prices in Galway have risen by €5,000 during the quarter, according to the latest MyHome.ie Property Price Report.

O’Flaherty welcomes €120,000 allocated towards east side projects

Thu, Jan 05, 2023

Independent Councillor Terry O’Flaherty has welcomed the allocation of €25,000 towards floodlighting for O’Sullivan Park, Mervue, and €20,000 towards public lighting along the new walkway around Mellows pitches in Ballyloughane.

She also expressed satisfaction with her successful securing of funding, as the only member of the ruling pact on the east side of the city, in Galway City Council’s 2023 budget, for a series of other projects.

Ghostbuster star’s round sees Galway Bay Golf Resort feature on Amazon Prime

Thu, Jan 05, 2023

Galway Bay Golf Resort features on Links Life: Murray Edition, the show which features Bill Murray and his family traveling around some of Ireland’s top golf courses.

Diaspora links are key to 2023 Global Invitation Initiative

Thu, Jan 05, 2023

Reconnecting with our diaspora will be an essential strand of a new tourism project which will be tasked with attracting international tourists to Ireland.

The Global Invitation Programme will be charged with stimulating international demand and features as a recommendation of the Tourism Recovery Plan 2020-2023. It’s crucial that we engage with families and people with Irish connections living abroad. There is a wealth of goodwill for Ireland and now is the time to ask for that boost for 2023.

Galway emigrant celebrates 101st birthday at historic Michael Collins table

Thu, Jan 05, 2023

A UK-based Galway emigrant older than the Irish State itself has celebrated his 101st birthday at the same table that Michael Collins reputedly sat at with the first Irish Cabinet in 1922.

Gort shocked by sad death in farm accident

Thu, Jan 05, 2023

A south Galway farming community is plunged into sadness following the tragic death of a young man in a farm accident on Monday.

Bishop Duignan pays tribute to late Pope as Rome comes to standstill for today’s funeral

Thu, Jan 05, 2023

Bishop of Galway Michael Duignan has paid tribute to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI who will be laid to rest in Rome this morning.

Public lecture on Galway farming history

Thu, Jan 05, 2023

A free public lecture in the Harbour Hotel Galway, on next Monday, 9th January, at 8 pm will examine the history of agriculture and rural development in Co. Galway.

722,000 used Ireland West Airport

Thu, Jan 05, 2023

2022 has proven to be a strong year of recovery at Ireland West Airport, with passenger numbers increasing by 314% to 722,000 compared to 174,000 passengers in 2021. Compared to pre-covid levels, passenger numbers recovered to 89% of the record 2019 level of 807,000 passengers.

The number of passengers traveling on services to and from Mainland and Continental Europe hit a new high for the airport, surpassing 2019 levels, increasing by 9% to 138,621, with a particularly strong performance recorded on services to and from Cologne, Barcelona and Milan which in turn generated significant economic benefits for the West, North West and Midlands regions through increased overseas visitors from these regions.

New speed limits for city to come before council next week

Thu, Jan 05, 2023

Proposed new speed limits for Galway City will come before the City Council on January 9 — after the councillors modify and approve the proposal at that meeting, it will go for public consultation. The set of changes to be considered includes a 30kph zone for the city centre.

Let’s be having you for Galway’s big century

Thu, Jan 05, 2023

When Galway was on the cusp of becoming an EEC city fifty years ago this month, it had yet to attain the cultural and technological economic status that has defined it in the interim, plucking it from being a large provincial rural town to a city.

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