Recognition for years of campaigning as Brendan Smith named as Volunteer of the Year at Mayor’s Awards

Thu, May 04, 2017

Long-time activist and campaigner Brendan Smith was announced on Tuesday night as the Galway City Council Volunteer of the Year, at the fourteenth Annual Mayor’s Awards for Galway City.

Canney meets officials to review progress on Parkmore congestion issues

Thu, May 04, 2017

Minister of State Sean Canney met officials to review progress on the Parkmore traffic congestion.

Tá siad ag teacht — RV Celtic Explorer leaves Newfoundland and heads for Galway

Thu, May 04, 2017

An international team of scientists from six countries set sail last week on Ireland’s national research vessel, RV Celtic Explorer on a major trans-Atlantic voyage to study the impact of climate change on the ocean. Departing from St. John’s Newfoundland, and due to arrive in Galway on 23 May, the Galway-based Marine Institute-led team of experts are surveying a transect of the Atlantic Ocean last surveyed 20 years ago to investigate carbon dioxide levels in the ocean. The survey is essential to understand and project how carbon dioxide emissions are accumulated in the oceans and the atmosphere, as well as its effects on the acidification of the ocean.

Take part in a free nature walk in Terryland Forest Park

Thu, May 04, 2017

Members of the public are invited to experience the waterways, wildflower meadows, grasslands, and the woods of Terryland Forest Park in a short nature walk on Saturday, May 13, at 10am. Participants are scheduled to meet at the ‘Plots’ playing pitches on Dyke Road, and the walk will take approximately 45 minutes to complete. It is suitable for all ages and fitness levels. The walk is supported by the Terryland Forest Park Alliance, and it aims to increase public awareness of the wonderful rich mix of natural landscapes in the heart of the city.

“Galway is unique among Irish cities in possessing a diverse range of natural green spaces close to its urban centre,” said Brendan Smith of the Terryland Park Alliance. “This is particularly true of the Dyke Road catchment area that connects the wetlands of the River Corrib to the grasslands and woodlands of the Terryland Forest Park, as well as to the rural farmlands of Menlo and Castlegar.’’

More than €380,000 for heritage buildings in Galway under two Government-funded schemes

Thu, May 04, 2017

Minister of State for Gaeltacht Affairs and Natural Resources, Seán Kyne, confirmed an investment of more than €380,000 for heritage buildings in Galway.

Major cash boost for local stroke charity

Thu, May 04, 2017

A charity which supports people recovering from strokes and heart attacks has received a significant financial boost from a local company.

Never have we more needed empathy as part of our life

Thu, May 04, 2017

Sometimes you wonder if you could turn back the clock and relive elements of your life, just how far back you would go? And what elements would you change? And would you use this Benjamin Button power to enrich yourselves with things material or imagined?

Fun and frolics promised as series of social dancing nights announced for Connacht Hotel

Thu, May 04, 2017

There is no better way to learn to dance than on the dance floor, radio presenter Julie Healy said this week when she announced the commencement of a series of social dancing evenings to be held in the Connacht Hotel, Galway from next week.

More than €50,000 allocated to Galway festivals and sports events

Wed, May 03, 2017

More than €50,000 has been allocated to 17 Galway festivals and sports events, including to the Clifden Arts Festival, the Vodafone Comedy Carnival Galway, and Connemarathon.

Restrictions on the way for crowd pulling street acts under new busking bye-laws

Tue, May 02, 2017

'Circle Acts' - street acts which draw large crowds but end up restricting movement and causing pedestrian bottlenecks - will be prohibited from performing before 6pm under proposed new busking bye-laws, but there are concerns the laws will not adequately protect children.

Why the housing crisis is engineered, not accidental

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

Back in February, when the Dáil debated the hospital waiting list scandal, Fine Gael Galway West TD Hildegard Naughton fired out a press release detailing another outrageous statistic about UHG’s A&E Department - as if it had nothing to do with her party.

'Galway was a friendly, spiritual, city, so I decided to remain here'

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

In 2014, Galway saw the opening of its first mosque - the Mosque of Mary on the Old Monivea Road, Ballybrit. It was erected by the Ahmadiyya Muslim community which is headed by Imam Ibrahim Noonan, a man with strong faith and a fascinating life story as I discovered when meeting him for an afternoon chat in the House Hotel.

New film on a patient’s perspective of the live-saving research

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

A new film has been produced, with the support of the Huston School of Film & Digital Media at NUI Galway, featuring the extraordinary work of the Blood Cancer Network Ireland (BCNI). Clinical Trials – A Patient’s Perspective brings viewers, from the perspective of a current patient, Christopher McEvilly from Oughterard in Co. Galway, into the life-saving research and work carried out by the BCNI.

Have you the talent to be Ros na Rún’s next hunk?

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

Calling all aspiring actors! Ros na Rún, TG4’s flagship Irish language soap opera is casting for a male actor in his 20s for their next season which will begin filming in August. Budding actors interested in sinking their teeth into challenging, exciting, and dramatic storylines are encouraged to apply for an audition by emailing a CV and recent headshot to [email protected]. Fluent Irish is essential for this role. The deadline for applications is Wednesday May 10.

Ros na Rún is renowned for the high quality of its dramatic scripts and has the unique ability to portray the realities of contemporary Gaeltacht and rural living with humour and intelligence.

Galway do the double at the Irish Youth Music Awards

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

A group of young musicians from Galway have secured an historic double at the Irish Youth Music Awards, winning the national competition for the second year in a row.

Tribute to author Michel Déon at NUI Galway

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

Adjunct Professor and honorary graduate of NUI Galway, the late Michel Déon was remembered this week at the university as the Chair of French will be named in his honour. The event took place as part of a day of tribute to the French author jointly organised by NUI Galway, Cúirt International Festival of Literature and the French Embassy, in the presence of French Ambassador to Ireland, M. Jean-Pierre Thébault, and of one of Michel Déon’s fellow members of the Académie Française, M. Frédéric Vitoux.

NUI Galway was proud to honour the literary achievements of Michel Déon on the occasion of his conferring with an honorary degree some decades ago. In conferring that honour the NUI was pleased to celebrate Michel’s remarkable talent as a French writer and ‘académicien’; his enduring bond with Ireland and his important role in sharing the Irish artistic imagination with the world.”

Calling all brilliant women

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

Enable Ireland and TV personality Anne Cassin will host a special Brilliant Women Tea Party on Sunday May 7 from 3pm at The Ardilaun hotel. The event is being organised to celebrate women who excel and create positive change in their chosen fields, with all proceeds supporting the work of Enable Ireland Galway.

Graduate to tell conference about her experience of public’s involvement in healthcare research

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

An NUI Galway graduate who has impaired vision, will this morning (Thursday) speak about her experience of working with laboratory based researchers investigating treatments and cures for blindness, at a conference at NUI Galway.

Funding for music services in the county welcomed by Kyne

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

Close to €24,000 has been allocated to music groups and musicians in Galway and Mayo under the Music Capital Scheme, including to the Athenry Music School and We Banjo Three’s Enda Scahill.

Nine-day festival keeps bogs at top of agenda

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

Only a small amount of blanket bog exists in the world and Ireland possesses eight per cent of the world’s blanket bog and is the most important country in Europe for this type of habitat. As a result, Conamara Bog Week will celebrate its 33rd year this May, with a nine-day festival packed with walks, talks, music and poetry, all in honour of the rugged landscape that surround Letterfrack.

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