Getting to know...

Thu, Mar 16, 2023

WHAT IS YOUR EARLIEST MEMORY?
I remember spending a lot of time on the beach as a child with my brothers. That is my earliest memory.

Galway choir changing the definition of choral singing

Thu, Mar 16, 2023

A Galway-based singing group, RISE Choir is changing the definition of choral singing by celebrating diversity, empowering different voice types, and promoting positivity and connectivity through singing.

Lyons welcomes Clybaun Heights public lighting upgrade

Thu, Mar 16, 2023

Galway City Council has appointed a contractor in conjunction with Electric Skyline to undertake ground works and install a complete new public lighting in Clybaun Heights.

Galway City West and Knocknacarra councillor Donal Lyons said that in mid February, the public lighting had to be turned off in Clybaun Heights due to a serious fault on the network.

Walk in Pink for breast cancer research this Sunday

Thu, Mar 16, 2023

This Sunday, Mother’s Day, ‘Walk in Pink’ takes place for the National Breast Cancer Research Institute. The charity is asking everyone to help make a difference for the many Irish women suffering from breast cancer by taking part.

Crime World show coming to Galway

Thu, Mar 16, 2023

Crime World, the weekly Sunday World podcast about criminals, drugs and the sins of the underworld hosted by investigative journalist Nicola Tallant, is coming to life with Omertà: A journey into the dark heart of Ireland’s criminal underworld – and the murders that shatter its sacred code.

Saw Doctors to rock Tuam this summer with reprise of West’s Awake concert

Thu, Mar 16, 2023

In 1991, on the crest of their wave, The Saw Doctors played an iconic concert in their hometown at Tuam Stadium that has stayed in the memory of their fans. In the interim, there have been many calls for the gig to be repeated — and finally it is going to happen.

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.

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