Hello China – new publication aims promote learning of Chinese in locals secondary schools

Thu, May 18, 2017

This week saw the launch of “ Ni hao, Zhongguo / Hello China!”, a new magazine to promote the spread of Chinese language teaching in Irish secondary schools.

Summer comes early to the Wild Atlantic Way with the launch of Bus Eireann’s Route 350 summer service

Thu, May 18, 2017

Bus Éireann has announced the return of its Route 350: Galway - Cliffs of Moher - Doolin – Ennis summer timetable due to popular demand.

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Off to Tralee — Castlegar nurse named as 2017 Galway Rose

Thu, May 18, 2017

There were celebratory scenes in the Clayton Hotel at the weekend when Castlegar nurse Niamh Elwood was crowned the 2017 Galway Rose — and will go on to represent the city and county in the next round in Tralee in August.

Eyre Square Centre scoops the Gradam

Thu, May 18, 2017

One of the largest shopping centres in the west of Ireland, Ionad na Faiche Móire/ Eyre Square Centre, located in the heart of Galway City, was named as the overall winner of Galway’s bilingual business award - Gradam Sheosaimh Uí Ógartaigh which is sponsored by the Galway Advertiser.

First national survey of patient experience includes UHG and Portiuncula

Thu, May 18, 2017

University Hospital Galway and Portiuncula University Hospital are participating in the National Patient Experience Survey, a new nationwide survey asking patients for their views on hospital care.

With an estimated 27,000 patients across 40 hospitals eligible to participate, approximately 2,500 of these in the Galway area, this will be the largest single survey of the healthcare system to be conducted in Ireland. All adult patients who spend at least 24 hours in a public hospital and who are discharged during the month of May will be asked to complete the survey.

NUI Galway Law Professor appointed to Policing Commission

Thu, May 18, 2017

Professor Donncha O’Connell of the School of Law at NUI Galway has been appointed by the Government to the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland.

Free training available for the unemployed on western side of the city

Thu, May 18, 2017

Free training for the unemployed is currently available in Shantalla through the Galway Family History Society West project. The overall aim of the project is to provide skills and related knowledge to further develop and to enable people obtain employment or further education.

The programme is a Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) accredited course. QQI was previously known as the Further Education and Training Awards Council (FETAC). The course offered is a Level 3 in Employability Skills which prepares people gain skills and expertise to prepare for the workplace. Select computer related modules are also offered at Level 4.

Uachtarán na hÉireann praises ‘crucial’ arts festival as event turns forty

Thu, May 18, 2017

As the Galway International Arts Festival was launched this week with events in Galway and Dublin, the event, which also marks its 40th anniversary this year, was praised as “crucial” by Uachtarán na hÉireann michael D Higgins.

Calling all past scout leaders of 1st Galway St Joseph’s Scout Group

Thu, May 18, 2017

Get your neckerchief on and get ready to walk to scouting’s memory lane.

Galway set to host Irish Stammering Association open day

Thu, May 18, 2017

The Irish Stammering Association (ISA) will have an open day in Galway on Saturday May 20. The event aims to bring together everyone who is affected by stammering, whether they be adults, children or the parents of those who stammer.

Stammering is a condition characterised by sound repetitions, prolongations and blocks in its early stages.

‘I don’t care about medals, I want to try different ideas’

Thu, May 18, 2017

Celebrity garden designer Diarmuid Gavin will be bringing his green-fingered wit and wisdom to Galway next month for a one-man show at the Town Hall Theatre where he will explore the world of gardening, with stories of the Chelsea Flower Show, where he has exhibited nine times, winning the Gold Medal in 2011 for his Irish Sky Garden.

Shantalla to hold festival weekend of local musicians, football and food

Thu, May 18, 2017

The Shantalla Residents Association is proud to announce the launch of the first Shantalla Festival Weekend, incorporating the traditional five-a-side tournament held annually in the Sliding Rock Park.

Galway Pro-Choice march to demand TDs support repeal of Eighth Amendment

Wed, May 17, 2017

Galway Pro-Choice will march to the offices of deputies Seán Kyne, Hildegarde Naughton, Catherine Connolly, and Eamon Ó Cuív, to deliver letters demanding the TDs support the repeal of the Eighth Amendment.

Neo-Nazis in Galway will not be allowed 'gain political foothold in this city'

Wed, May 17, 2017

Those responsible for spraying neo-Nazi graffiti in Galway city centre over recent weeks will not be allowed "gain any political foothold in this city" and if they "attempt to organise openly in the light of day, they will be met with overwhelming disgust and revulsion".

Irish Water reiterates request for people on Inis Mór to conserve water

Mon, May 15, 2017

Irish Water has stressed the need to lower water usage on Inis Mór for the foreseeable future, due to the unseasonably dry weather conditions, resulting in historically low water levels for this time of year.

Water restrictions will be imposed on the island from 11pm to 7am daily commencing Monday, May 15. Irish Water has warned that should a dry spell continue they will have to consider extending the restrictions to day time hours.

City air pollution was fives times permitted limit as Cloosh Valley fire devastates forest and wildlife

Thu, May 11, 2017

Recently-installed air monitoring devices deployed in the city revealed last evening that a level FIVE times the normal rate of air pollution was exceeded on Tuesday evening when the city was engulfed in clouds of smoke from the devastating wildfire at Cloosh Valley in Connemara.

Charity event in aid of Blood Bike West in the Galway Plaza on Sunday May 14th.

Thu, May 11, 2017

On the 23rd of September 2014, a little miracle was born in University Hospital, Galway. Juliet Smith was, at that point, Ireland’s most scanned baby according to her mother Gabrielle. The reason little Juliet was a miracle baby was because the condition that threatened to take her before she was born was so rare that it was a 1 in a million chance of occurrence. Gabrielle was told that her baby might not survive and that she should prepare for the worst.

Farrell, Cubbard, Keane - the coming generation?

Thu, May 11, 2017

THE LATE Bobby Molloy clocked in an astonishing 37 years as TD for Galway West, being first elected in 1965, and eventually standing down in 2002. The only other TD to yet come close to that tally is Fianna Fáil's Éamon Ó Cuív who celebrates 25 years in Dáil Éireann this year.

FF comeback continues as survey shows no recovery for Labour

Thu, May 11, 2017

A survey conducted by Ipsos/MRBI for the Galway Advertiser in County Galway, including Galway city, shows the Labour party struggling to recover from its disappointing showing in the 2016 General Election. The survey was conducted in late March and early April 2017.

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