From Galway to Greenland — Celtic Explorer in major research survey

Thu, Aug 01, 2024

The Marine Institute’s RV Celtic Explorer set sail to west Greenland last week, to facilitate a collaborative research survey between three American universities. The voyage will take the RV Celtic Explorer to remote locations beyond it’s typical expeditions in Irish waters, for scientists to observe how glaciers are changing using innovative technology.

Roundstone’s Hidden Heritage conference draws capacity crowd to mark milestone

Thu, Aug 01, 2024

The Roundstone Community Centre buzzed with excitement last week as it hosted the Roundstone’s Hidden Heritage 1824 - 2024 Conference, an event that saw people from all parts of the county and the local community gather in remarkable numbers to celebrate a significant bicentennial milestone.

Claddagh Credit Union wishes Olympic Boxing Club best of luck

Thu, Aug 01, 2024

Claddagh Credit Union wishes the very best of luck to the Olympic Boxing Club, especially to their fighters Ruth Dossen and Francis Maughan, who will be traveling to compete in the 2024 European School Championship in Banja Luka, Bosnia, this Friday, August 2nd.

Rabbitte confirms works for three more Galway schools

Thu, Aug 01, 2024

Minister for Disability and Fianna Fáil TD for Galway East, Anne Rabbitte, has received confirmation from the Minister for Education that three schools in Galway have been sanctioned for building works.

Calls for late night bus service to support businesses and get staff home

Thu, Aug 01, 2024

Labour City Councillor Niall McNelis has called for a late night bus service to support businesses and sure staff get home safely.

Diocese needs ‘time and space’ to decide on Bishop Casey’s interment

Thu, Aug 01, 2024

The Galway Diocesan Office has said this week that it needs “time and space” before making any decision on whether to move Bishop Eamonn Casey’s remains. The office — which represents the Catholic Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora — issued a statement at the weekend in response to calls for the disgraced former bishop of Galway to be removed from the crypt at Galway Cathedral.

Jeremy Corbyn to visit Galway this weekend

Thu, Aug 01, 2024

Jeremy Corbyn MP will be visiting Galway this weekend at the invitation of Sinn Féin TD for Galway West Mairéad Farrell. The former leader of the British Labour Party and his delegation, which includes former General Secretary of Unite the Union, Len McCluskey, will be holding meetings with Sinn Féin members in Galway.

Biodiversity youth workshops in the city during August

Thu, Aug 01, 2024

A series of biodiversity workshops for young people will take place in Galway later this month.

Trains could breathe fresh life into our towns

Thu, Aug 01, 2024

The railway station in my home town was taken up and closed down about a decade before I was born, so I grew up with the shell of a cut-stone station that represented a possibility long gone. We played basketball and indoor soccer in the empty goods shed for the station. We looked at the shut-down building, the in-filled tracklines and wonder how that closure could be ever considered as progress.

Funding secured to expand interactive map of traditional Traveller camp sites

Thu, Aug 01, 2024

News of the funding was announced by Galway Traveller Movement (GTM), following the organisation's success in securing resources to expand the scope of its online interactive map of traditional Traveller camp sites in Galway city and county.

NWRA welcomes EU ‘Regional Innovation Valley’ designation for Ireland’s Northern and Western region

Thu, Aug 01, 2024

The Northern and Western Regional Assembly (NWRA) has welcomed the designation of Ireland’s Northern and Western region as a Regional Innovation Valley (RIV) under the European Commission’s New European Innovation Agenda initiative.

Seamie's legacy benefits seveal local causes

Thu, Aug 01, 2024

Seamie Langan passed away tragically on October 5 2022 at the age of 19 after being hit with an aggressive form of bacterial meningococcal meningitis. Seamie grew up on a dairy farm in Ballygar, Co. Galway with his parents and three siblings.

World’s largest Galway hooker donated back to Galway city and county

Thu, Jul 25, 2024

Bádóirí an Chladaigh, the classic boat-building and training group, has announced the official donation and transfer of the Naomh Bairbre, the world’s largest Galway hooker, back to Galway. The handover ceremony took place in the Claddagh Basin on Saturday, July 20, 2024, attended by the new city mayor, Fianna Fáil councillor Peter Keane, alongside notable community figures.

Donal Ryan in conversation event at Kennys Bookshop

Thu, Jul 25, 2024

One of Ireland’s great authors, the award-winning Donal Ryan, will be at Kennys Bookshop for an event on Friday, August 9, when he will join Tomás Kenny in conversation about his new novel, Heart, Be at Peace which is published that week.

Enabling works commence for new elective surgical hub

Thu, Jul 25, 2024

Local TD and Government Chief Whip, Hildegarde Naughton, has revealed that the enabling works for the new Elective Surgical Hub in Merlin Park have commenced. The Hub is an interim measure pending the construction of the new Elective Hospital in Merlin Park, which Minister Naughton has championed since first elected.

Pieta continues to operate as normal in Tuam

Thu, Jul 25, 2024

Pieta in Tuam is continuing to provide its services as normal despite considering a new location at which to support its clients.

A spokeswoman for Pieta told the Advertiser that it continues to operate its service as normal in Tuam.

Reduce VAT rate for restaurants, says Supermac’s MD

Thu, Jul 25, 2024

The Supermac’s Managing Director, Pat McDonagh, has called on the Government to reintroduce the 9% VAT Rate for the hospitality sector in the upcoming budget.

Everything is a bonus now, says local golfer a year after heart surgery

Thu, Jul 25, 2024

He had begun to experience chest pains but still only missed the cut by four shots, Colm Hughes’ open heart surgery would coincide with the final of the South of Ireland just three days later.

Emergency Rally For Palestine in Galway this Saturday

Thu, Jul 25, 2024

An emergency rally in solidarity with the people of Palestine will take place in Galway city centre on Saturday, July 27, from 2.45pm.

Husband’s epic charity cycle of life with dialysis machine in tow

Thu, Jul 25, 2024

On Wednesday next, July 31, Peter Conboy from Ballygar, Galway (on the Roscommon border) will embark on a remarkable five-day 240 km distance charity Cycle of Life across the country, starting at 10.30 am from Temple Street Children’s Hospital in Dublin, where his Donegal wife was a patient more than two decades before.

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