Eat healthy foods - older people urged

Thu, Oct 08, 2009

The HSE West’s health promotion department is urging older people to make healthy food choices.

Athenry to become Department of Agriculture HQ in the west

Thu, Oct 08, 2009

Athenry has been chosen as the location for the regional headquarters for the Department of Agriculture in the west it was announced this week.

Help fundraise for local breast cancer institute, urges Grainne Seoige

Thu, Oct 08, 2009

Broadcaster and patron of the National Breast Cancer Research Institute Gráinne Seoige is urging people to organise a fundraising event at their home or workplace in aid of the National Breast Cancer Research Institute.

Alexander Technique workshop to take place in Galway

Thu, Oct 08, 2009

A one day course in the Alexander Technique, aimed at musicians and actors, will be given in Galway by Richard Brennan, in the Alexander Technique Centre, Kirkullen Lodge, Tooreeny, Moycullen on Friday October 16.

The Alexander technique is an alternative medicine and educational discipline focusing on bodily coordination. It is applied for purposes of recovering freedom of movement in the mastery of performing arts, and for general self-improvement affecting poise, impulse control, and attention.

Ladies gym at Hipkidz

Thu, Oct 08, 2009

The ladies gym at the Hipkidz complex is unique in what it offers busy mothers and health conscious women.

Get reading and help raise money for MS

Thu, Oct 08, 2009

The MS READaTHON, which takes place this month, is a chance for Galway schoolchildren to help raise money for Multiple Sclerosis by reading books.

Galway choirs to perform on National Mental Health Day

Thu, Oct 08, 2009

Galway choirs will present a concert in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church tomorrow at 8pm to mark National Mental Health Day.

INO nurses to be balloted for industrial action to protect against further pay cuts

Thu, Oct 08, 2009

Local nurses, who are members of the Irish Nurses’ Organisation, are being balloted for industrial action in a bid to protect them from further cuts in pay and conditions, says their union.

Russian flights of fancy at Halo

Thu, Oct 08, 2009

Join Halo on its Russian adventure, as the team transform the club into Moscow Madness tomorrow night. As we approach the last quarter of the year and begin to feel the bite in the air, the club turns to the east for its latest themed spectacular, which promises to be the best event to date.

With iconic Russian landmarks frozen in time a cast of performers from the KGB to defecting cosmonauts and Russian spies, it promises to be a night to remember. Halo will also have a few surprises in store for its customers.

City workers try their hand at volunteering for a day

Thu, Oct 08, 2009

Teams of volunteers were busy all over the city recently as part of “Give it A Swirl Day - Ireland’s national day of volunteering.

Calling all cowboys

Thu, Oct 08, 2009

If you have ever dreamt of living and working like a cowboy now is your chance, while at the same time supporting the fight against heart disease

Children asked to get painting for Sightsavers Ireland

Thu, Oct 08, 2009

Sightsavers Ireland is calling on Galway primary school children to paint ‘The sight they would most like to see’ for the first Sightsavers Ireland Junior Painter of the Year Awards.

Find out about placenames in East Galway

Thu, Oct 08, 2009

Placenames do not just identify a location, they say something about its geography, history, and folklore. Understanding placenames helps us to understand more about our locality.

Rural bus service a lifeline for older people

Thu, Oct 08, 2009

A local TD is appealing to the Government not to abandon the vital rural transport scheme which is a lifeline to many older people.

Musicians come together for the Galway Rape Crisis Centre

Thu, Oct 08, 2009

Dublin band Identity Parade, managed by former Saw Doctor John ‘Turps’ Burke, will release a new single to help fund a new project run by the Galway Rape Crisis Centre.

RNLI charity gig

Thu, Oct 08, 2009

Kimber’s Men, one of the finest sea-shanty groups in Britain, will perform a fundraising concert for the RNLI in Clarenbridge tomorrow.

Association of Nigerians in Galway event

Thu, Oct 08, 2009

The Association of Nigerians in Galway will hold an intercultural event to celebrate the Nigerian Independence Day.

Get fit, and relax at the Ardilaun

Thu, Oct 08, 2009

The Ardilaun Leisure Club is one of Galway’s longest serving leisure facilities. The leisure club is now celebrating its 10th year in operation and has grown considerably.

Forty five new toll jobs when Dublin to Galway motorway opens on January 4

Thu, Oct 01, 2009

The Galway to Dublin N6 motorway which has been under construction for the past 33 months will officially open in the first week of the new year.

Have we any answers yet why Barry was free to kill?

Thu, Oct 01, 2009

It is a week 30 years ago this week that should stand out as the most endearing image of Galway. On that day, the eyes of the country, if not the world, were on Galway for all the right reasons. It seemed that the youth of Ireland were all attracted here. The event at Ballybrit was a magnet, the pulling powers of which have managed to stay active for the three decades since. Go west, young people, seemed to be the message and this message resonated around the country and around the world.

However, it was two years ago this week, that our perception of the city changed forever. At this time of the year, with the first touches of winter evident and the sun going down over the bay a smidgeen earlier every night, Galway is a lovely place to be. As the seasons meet, ours is the ideally-sized city for finding a nice cosy pub or restaurant, a book or a paper, and nestling yourself in the corner, and pretending you’re someway intellectual.

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