Get snapping and enter Athenry Credit Union’s photography competition

Thu, Jun 10, 2021

Last year Athenry credit Union received almost 600 entries for their inaugural photography competition. Based on last year’s success and continued requests from the public, Athenry Credit Union has decided to run the competition again this year. With €500 in prizes up for grabs, Athenry Credit Union expects to see huge interest in the competition.

Happy as Larry — GAA president visits his first club and endorses Renville sports project

Thu, Jun 10, 2021

GAA president Larry McCarthy visited the planned Renville Sports & Community Grounds of excellence on Monday and immediately made one local man happy, when he pulled the winning name in the Oranmore-Maree GAA One Club’s fundraising draw.

Campion Insurance arrives in Galway in merger with Future

Thu, Jun 10, 2021

Campion Insurance, one of Ireland’s leading independent insurance broker has this morning (Thursday) announced its arrival in Galway through a merger with leading broker McLaughlin & Greaney Insurances trading as Future. Under the terms of the merger, Future will become part of Campion Insurance. The merger has been approved by the Central Bank of Ireland and the consideration is for an undisclosed sum.

The merger will allow Future customers in Galway to avail of the full range of insurance products offered by Campion Insurance while maintaining the same level of local expertise in customer service as Future staff will continue to be employed in the Galway branch.

Support Hospice - Sponsor a sunflower in memory of a loved one

Thu, Jun 10, 2021

Galway Hospice has launched a special appeal for donations as Covid-19 means the charity’s Hospice Sunflower Days street collections cannot take place again this year.

McNelis to chair online public meeting next week on housing

Thu, Jun 10, 2021

Labour city councillor Niall Mc Nelis is to chair a public meeting online next week with party Spokesperson on Housing Senator Rebecca Moynihan and Karina Timothy from Threshold. It is to take place on Monday June 14 at 7pm on facebook.com/nmcnelisgalway

GMIT becomes academic partner of Lero — SFI’s software research centre

Thu, Jun 10, 2021

Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software, is to expand its research capacity with the addition of GMIT as an academic partner.

Dormant Account Funds boost for Galway sports projects welcomed by Naughton

Thu, Jun 10, 2021

More than €190,000 has been allocated for sport and physical activity projects in Galway from the Dormant Account Fund.

Cruinniú na nÓg on TG4

Thu, Jun 10, 2021

TG4, in partnership with the Creative Ireland Programme of the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, will celebrate Cruinniú na nÓg 2021 with a new creative series for children Cruthaím and a TikTok Drama for teenagers.

Cruinniú na nÓg on TG4

Thu, Jun 10, 2021

TG4, in partnership with the Creative Ireland Programme of the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, will celebrate Cruinniú na nÓg 2021 with a new creative series for children Cruthaím and a TikTok Drama for teenagers.

NUI Galway webinar to discuss proposed increases in State Pension age

Thu, Jun 10, 2021

A policy roundtable on the views of older healthcare and financial sector workers on the proposed increases to the state pension age will take place on today Thursday, June 10.

O’Reilly welcomes €17.3m package to help Ireland’s road network become more climate resilient

Thu, Jun 10, 2021

Galway is to receive €1.2m of a €17.3m climate adaptation investment programme for regional and local roads.

Speaking about the investment programme announcement, Green Party Senator Pauline O’Reilly said that she welcomes the investment in the local roads network.

Crowe calls for Galway Races to have spectators

Thu, Jun 10, 2021

Senator Ollie Crowe wants a minimum of 5,000 spectators each day to be allowed attend the 2021 Galway Races Festival.

180 Galway complaints to Ombudsman last year

Thu, Jun 10, 2021

The Ombudsman received 180 complaints from people in Galway including 21 about Galway City Council and 38 about Galway County Council, according to the Ombudsman Annual Report 2020. Meanwhile, there were four complaints about the National University of Ireland Galway.

New CEO at the helm of COPE Galway

Thu, Jun 10, 2021

COPE Galway has announced that Michael Smyth has been appointed as its new Chief Executive Officer. The local charity provides services across Galway for people who experience homelessness, domestic abuse and for older people requiring nutritional and social supports.

Connacht’s Tom Daly gets ready to race

Thu, Jun 10, 2021

Connacht Rugby’s Tom Daly is the digital ambassador for this year’s Grant Thornton’s Corporate 5K Team Challenge which takes place on September 8.

Connacht’s Tom Daly gets ready to race

Thu, Jun 10, 2021

Connacht Rugby’s Tom Daly is the digital ambassador for this year’s Grant Thornton’s Corporate 5K Team Challenge which takes place on September 8.

Outdoor dining is restoring the heart of our community

Thu, Jun 10, 2021

I have always been fascinated by the audio offerings that come with whatever car I have had. From the first cassette players to the smoothness of the CD drives, sucking in the discs; to the Pioneer speakers which I had drilled into the doors. As times has gone by, what passed as extraordinary in those cars are now de rigeur, the norm. This year when I changed my car in Galway, I discovered that my new car and its complicated audio system had an even newer feature that ordinarily would be like a lighthouse in the Bog of Allen, brilliant but useless.

But in this year, in this time, perhaps this feature had its use. Under the button marked media, comes up on the screen sights and sounds of walking in snow; the crackling of a winter fire, the images of a forest under birdsong...and perhaps the most unusual one, the full sound and clatter of a cafe with the hum of conversation, the banging of cups and saucers, the tinkling of cutlery.

Significant delays for patients at University Hospital Galway

Thu, Jun 10, 2021

Patients attending the Emergency Department, outpatient and other appointments at University Hospital Galway are facing significant delays as the impact of the ransomware attack on the HSE IT systems continues to affect the delivery of hospital services.

Discussions continue as Council looks for way to facilitate outdoor dining

Thu, Jun 03, 2021

Galway City Council hopes to be able to facilitate outdoor dining in Dominick Street, William Street West, and the Small Crane, with discussions ongoing with the emergency services and businesses in the locality. However, it is unlikely that any arrangement will be finalised before this Bank Holiday weekend.

Major redevelopment of Ceannt Station to begin in 2022

Thu, Jun 03, 2021

Tenders will issue later this year for the €24 million upgrade of Galway city’s Ceannt Station. A contractor is expected to be appointed in 2022, with construction expected to be completed by 2024.

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