Athenry Environmental Network spring meetings

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

The Athenry Environmental Network will begin its spring series of meetings on Saturday March 13.

Help the Lifeboat at Salthill table quiz

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

A table quiz in aid of Galway RNLI Lifeboat will take place in the Salthill Hotel, Galway, on Monday next February 22, commencing 8pm.

Pope’s blame misplaced as Irish faith was at its strongest when abuses were carried out

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

Abuse victims are hurting again this week at the apparent disregard of the Vatican for their suffering at the hands of paedophile priests and religious over decades in Ireland. While they may have been naive in thinking that the Church would change the habits of a lifetime and stage some sort of public lynching, the lack of any obvious compassion or regret by the world’s senior churchman has struck a sour note, not only in the minds of victims, but among all those who were viewing this meeting as a turning point for the Church.

While the main focus in the media was on whether there would have been any sanctions taken against bishops on the grounds of reckless endangerment, surely it would have been hypocritical of the Vatican to fire bishops on the basis of what they knew and when.

A complete sham and a charade

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

Insider has to ask ‘Has Fine Gael councillor Hildegarde Naughton fallen for this charade?’ Maybe by this stage, she’s figured it out. If she hasn’t, somebody close to her, who has been around for a while will hopefully have pointed it out.

Should Galway arrest Bertie?

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

Bertie Ahern was the “Teflon Taoiseach” from 1997 to 2008. He was nearly impossible to dislike, the ordinary Joe you could enjoy a pint of Bass with in the local boozer, the right man to lead us through the good times.

To Hell or Commies — Hail the People’s Republic Of Connacht?

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

Communism as a major political force in Europe may have disappeared with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, but, as someone once said about another organisation, ‘They haven’t gone away you know’!

Between the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the end of the Cold War, there were always suspicions of “Reds under the bed!” and some people thought they could see them everywhere.

Arts Council allocates almost €4 million to Galway

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

Galway is to receive almost €4 million in funding from the Arts Council to support theatre, dance, music, exhibitions, readings, and other performances across the city and county.

Galway Film Centre courses

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

The Galway Film Centre is running courses in filmmaking, writing, and animation for beginners and those with some knowledge.

Grealish welcomes progress on Milltown and Claregalway sewerage schemes

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

Plans for the long awaited Claregalway and Milltown sewerage schemes are now at an advanced stage and construction is expected to start next year.

Galway Film Centre offers new courses for beginners

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

The Galway Film Centre is running courses in filmmaking, writing, and animation for beginners and those with some knowledge.

Galway harpist thrilled and surprised by Meteor nomination

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

Galway harpist Kathleen Loughnane was “surprised and delighted” to find herself in contention with Christy Moore and Sharon Shannon for a Meteor Award.

Securing Seamount College’s future offers solution to school places crisis, says umbrella group

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

The securing of Seamount College’s future will now offer a solution to south Galway’s secondary school accommodation shortage, according to RESCUE, the umbrella group established to campaign for the retention of secondary education in Kinvara.

Help the Lifeboat at Salthill table quiz

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

A table quiz in aid of Galway RNLI Lifeboat will take place in the Salthill Hotel, Galway, on Monday next February 22, commencing 8pm.

Athenry Environmental Network spring meetings

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

The Athenry Environmental Network will begin its spring series of meetings on Saturday March 13.

Aran Island’s charity half marathon celebrates tenth birthday

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

One of the most successful charity athletic events, the Aer Arann Half Marathon, celebrates its 10th anniversary this year.

Heritage and drama at Coole Park

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

The Coole Park series of cultural events is well under way with great attendances at all the events. There are just a few arts events left in the programme with only one taking place this week. The heritage course entitled reading and understanding the landscape which is funded by Galway Rural Development, started this week and takes place on Mondays and Thursdays until mid March. See Coole Park website and the spring cultural programme 2010 brochure for details of the course.

TG4 documentary Ó Bhearna go Cárna to be aired this weekend

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

A new four-part documentary series which has captured the stories of five people living between Barna and Carna is to be aired on TG4 this weekend.

Visiting restrictions at nursing home after winter vomiting bug outbreak

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

Visiting restrictions have been put in place at Aras Mhic Dara Community Nursing Unit in Carraroe due to an outbreak of the winter vomiting bug.

Management at the nursing home advised on Tuesday that visiting restrictions have been put in place due to the presence of the winter vomiting bug Norovirus. They have confirmed that all appropriate infection control measures are being taken to deal with this situation.

Galway sustainable community project meeting in Westside

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

The development of the first ecological community in the west of Ireland will be discussed at a public meeting hosted by the Galway Sustainable Community Project in the Westside Library this Tuesday.

EPA gives city water the ‘all clear’

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

For the first time in three years there was actually good news in relation to Galway city’s water supply when the Galway City Council received the “all-clear” from the Environmental Protection Agency.

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