Curtain rises tonight on nine nights of theatre at Claregalway Drama Festival

Thu, Mar 16, 2017

Claregalway Community Centre will once again be transformed into a cosy theatre for the 35th Annual Claregalway Drama Festival when the curtain opens tonight Thursday March 16 and runs until Friday 24th inclusive.

Every year the Festival brings a mix of new and exciting plays as well as some old favourites to the audiences and this year is no different. Some of the best amateur drama groups from around the country will come to Claregalway to perform their various productions in their bid to qualify for the All Ireland Drama Finals.

File sent to DPP after death of well-known local athlete

Thu, Mar 16, 2017

A man in his sixties has been released without charge and a file sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions over the fatal stabbing of a man in the city on Sunday morning.

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Thu, Mar 16, 2017

Stolen generator
Gardai in the city are investigating the theft of a generator from a house in Rahoon last weekend.

More than 1,700 calls made to domestic violence helpline

Thu, Mar 16, 2017

omen experiencing domestic abuse received more than 1,700 calls last year.

Almost nine decades of a life less ordinary

Thu, Mar 16, 2017

The former Bishop of Galway Eamon Casey, who passed away on Monday afternoon at a Co Clare nursing home, was born in Co Kerry on April 24 1927.

Home at last — Bishop Casey makes final journey

Thu, Mar 16, 2017

Bishop Eamon Casey, who will be laid to rest today (Thursday) following his funeral Mass at Galway Cathedral at 2pm, was fondly remembered this week as a “great source of love and support” by his grieving family.

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Thu, Mar 16, 2017

Unsinkable Enda and tales from
the high seas

the high seas

A day when everything changed

Thu, Mar 16, 2017

BY DECLAN VARLEY AND DAWN MCGOLDRICK
Galway-based ACT for Meningitis are a special charity, formed from heartbreak, to ease the heartbreak felt so many families. Its existence is an unbelievable act of selflessness, a sharing and bearing of pain by its founder Siobhan Carroll and her husband Noel, who lost their daughter Aoibhe at just four years of age, to this unforgiving illness. The disease they hope to raise awareness of is one that strikes quickly, without much warning and has taken countless lives over the years. This week, another mother who lost a child to meningitis has spoken out about ACT for Meningitis and how they have provided her family with unbelievable support at the most tragic point of their lives.

It’s Grand Prix race weekend for Seven Springs Cycling Club

Thu, Mar 16, 2017

Seven Springs Cycling Club are once again proud to host their annual Grand Prix race meeting this Sunday March 19. The event, based in Carrabane, Athenry, is one of only six such events held each year in Connacht and attracts the cream of Ireland’s amateur racing cyclists.

It’s Grand Prix race weekend for Seven Springs Cycling Club

Thu, Mar 16, 2017

Seven Springs Cycling Club are once again proud to host their annual Grand Prix race meeting this Sunday March 19. The event, based in Carrabane, Athenry, is one of only six such events held each year in Connacht and attracts the cream of Ireland’s amateur racing cyclists.

Taking tours of places your mother would rather you stay away from

Thu, Mar 16, 2017

A trip to North Korea; an adventure to Afghanistan; or a sojourn to Somalia are most likely not the types of holidays of which most Irish people are dreaming. Yet it is all in a day’s work for Renmore native Shane Horan who leads tour groups to these countries, as well as many other places “that your mother would rather you stay away from.”

Access to files for Tuam Baby Home, a ‘basic right’, says TD

Thu, Mar 16, 2017

The fact that some survivors of the Tuam Mother and Baby Home may have to take High Court cases to access records of family members has been described as an “obscenity”.

Farewell to a rock’n’roll bishop

Thu, Mar 16, 2017

I can well remember the last time I met Bishop Eamon Casey. I was late for a reporting gig at some event in the Crescent and we both ran on the footpath around the corner and crashed into each other, each of us as apologetic as the other. In hindsight, I should have been able to avoid him because as he walked, he sang and so his arrival was flagged well before he appeared.

Farewell to a rock'n'roll bishop

Thu, Mar 16, 2017

I can well remember the last time I met Bishop Eamon Casey. I was late for a reporting gig at some event in the Crescent and we both ran on the footpath around the corner and crashed into each other, each of us as apologetic as the other. In hindsight, I should have been able to avoid him because as he walked, he sang and so his arrival was flagged well before he appeared.

What a great idea....pay what you feel!

Tue, Mar 14, 2017

The One World Tapestry is a not for profit pay as you feel venture that aims to create a space for people to come together through food and experience an inclusive community while working with asylum seekers to help them use their own skills through volunteering.

Kneehigh’s Tristan & Yseult for Galway International Arts Festival 2017

Tue, Mar 14, 2017

Galway International Arts Festival is delighted to announce that celebrated UK theatre company Kneehigh will bring their five-star show Tristan & Yseult to the Galway International Arts Festival in July.

Two Irish artists to take part in this years London St.Patricks Day Festival.

Mon, Mar 13, 2017

Fiona Concannon Artist and Martina Furlong Artist, are delighted to announce that they are taking part in this years London St Patrick's Festival, hosted by the London Government, on Sunday the 19th of March, from 12 p.m to 5.45p.m. They will have a stall at the North Terrace in Trafalgar Square, in front of the National Gallery, where they will have a wide selection of their paintings and Limited Edition Prints for sale.

Ó Conchúir calls for Book of Condolences for victims of mother and baby homes

Mon, Mar 13, 2017

Sinn Féin councillor Cathal Ó Conchúir has called on Galway mayor Noel Larkin to open a book of condolences for all the children that died in the mother and baby homes .

Speaking today, Councillor Ó Conchúir said: “This is our holocaust and we should at least remember the most innocent and precious lives that passed away in these homes and who were buried in septic tanks. I will also be sending a request to An Coiste Logainmeacha – the committee that are involved in naming estates, roads etc. – to rename the Western Distributor Road as Bóthar Máthair agus na Leanaí in remembrance of the deceased children and as a reminder to society that this can never happen again”.

Man being questioned in relation to Mervue fatal assault released without charge

Mon, Mar 13, 2017

A man in his 60s arrested as part of the investigation into a fatal assault in Mervue yesterday (Sunday) has been released without charge.

Statement by the family of the late Bishop Eamonn Casey RIP

Mon, Mar 13, 2017

“On behalf of his son, Peter, his brother, Father Micheál, his sister, Ita Furlong, nieces and nephews, grand-nieces and grand-nephews, great-grand nieces and great-grand nephews, we wish to acknowledge the priestly work of Bishop Eamonn, especially in the pursuit of social justice for the marginalised, as evidenced by his work with Shelter in London in the 1950’s and 1960’s and later with his involvement in the setting up and development of Trócaire.  Notwithstanding the demands on his time, Bishop Eamonn was a great source of love and support, making himself available to celebrate and to empathise with us in all our important family occasions.

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