Alcoholics Anonymous open public meeting tomorrow

Thu, Jan 05, 2017

Alcoholics Anonymous will hold an open public meeting in the Galway Bay Hotel, Friday on January 6 at 8.00pm. As the term suggests, this meeting is open to alcoholics, their families and to anyone interested in solving a personal drinking problem or helping someone else to solve such a problem.

AA is a worldwide fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other in a bid to solve their common problem and help others recover from alcoholism.

Bank of Ireland staff help local charities to the tune of €41,000

Thu, Jan 05, 2017

Bank of Ireland staff raised more than €41,000 for charitable causes in Galway in 2016 through the bank’s flagship charity and community initiative, Give Together.

Galway schools should apply for IT funding from new infrastructure grant scheme, says Deputy Naughton

Thu, Jan 05, 2017

Galway schools are being urged to apply for funding to buy information-technology equipment under a new €30-million infrastructure grant scheme introduced by the Government this week.

Ireland West Airport staff raise €30,000 for three charities

Thu, Jan 05, 2017

Ireland West Airport staff were delighted last week to present a cheque for €30,550 to the airport’s three nominated charities for 2016 - Cancer Care West, MS Ireland and Pieta House . In late 2015, in a new initiative by the airport, Ireland West Airport staff voted to select three Irish charities for the inaugural Ireland West Airport Charity of The Year programme for 2016.

‘For Auld Lang Syne’

Thu, Jan 05, 2017

There is probably no more sentimntal song in the world than Robbie Burns ‘Auld Lang Syne’, traditionally sung at the conclusion of New Year gatherings in Scotland and around the world, especially in English-speaking countries.

As well as celebrating the New Year, ‘Auld Lang Syne’ is widely used to symbolise other “endings/new beginnings” – including farewells, funerals, and other leavetakings. I have wept uncontrollably on occasions singing or even just hearing that evocative tune, and those words.

Healthcare professionals urged to introduce themselves to patients

Thu, Jan 05, 2017

A campaign aimed at enhancing compassionate care in hospitals by reminding healthcare professionals to introduce themselves to patients has been launched at University Hospital Galway.

Ranganna Gaeilge an Earraigh

Thu, Jan 05, 2017

Cuirfear tús leis an gcéad shraith ranganna Gaeilge eile in Áras na nGael ar oíche Luain 30 Eanáir. Is féidir clárú ar líne ag www.cnag.ie.

Cúnamh don bhéal triail

Thu, Jan 05, 2017

Tá Conradh na Gaeilge ag reáchtáil cúrsa do mhic léinn atá ag déanamh scrúdú na hArdteistiméireachta agus atá ag iarraidh cur lena gcumas labhartha Gaeilge. Ar ndóigh tá tábhacht bhreise leis an scrúdú seo anois os rud é go bhfuil 40% de na marcanna iomlán sa scrúdú ag dul don scrúdú béal.

Cúnamh don bhéal triail

Thu, Jan 05, 2017

Tá Conradh na Gaeilge ag reáchtáil cúrsa do mhic léinn atá ag déanamh scrúdú na hArdteistiméireachta agus atá ag iarraidh cur lena gcumas labhartha Gaeilge. Ar ndóigh tá tábhacht bhreise leis an scrúdú seo anois os rud é go bhfuil 40% de na marcanna iomlán sa scrúdú ag dul don scrúdú béal.

Gradaim ceoil nos.ie

Thu, Jan 05, 2017

Níl ach seachtain amháin fágtha chun vóta a chaitheamh sa chomórtas don ghradam Fhéile na Bliana, ceann de na gradaim a bheidh á bhronnadh ag an iris ar líne nos.ie. Tá Gradaim NÓS á eagrú don dara bhliain as a chéile agus is é an 12 Eanáir an spriocdháta chun vóta a chaitheamh. Is féidir leat do vóta a chaitheamh ag www.nos.ie/gradaim-nos-2017/.

‘I’m sorry, I cannot see the heartbeat’

Thu, Jan 05, 2017

‘I’m sorry, I cannot see the heartbeat.’ These are not the words a happy newly expectant mother should ever have to hear. Reading a chapter in ‘What to Expect when you are Expecting’ cannot prepare you for hearing these words. These words change your life and the woman you are.

Galway to benefit as new €500K Wild Atlantic Way campaign launches to lure British visitors

Thu, Jan 05, 2017

Fáilte Ireland, in conjunction with five local authorities from Galway City and County, Mayo, Sligo, Donegal, and in partnership with Tourism Ireland, has launched a €500K Wild Atlantic Way advertising campaign in Britain. The campaign is particularly targeting British visitors to entice them to take a break along the Wild Atlantic Way from Galway to Donegal and is aimed at UK cities with good access to the region.

The Galway Archaeological & Historical Society AGM

Thu, Jan 05, 2017

The Galway Archaeological & Historical Society AGM takes place in the Harbour Hotel on Monday, 9th January, 2017, and will be preceded by a Lecture, commencing at 8.00 p.m. to be given by Peadar O’Dowd entitled, “1916 and the Fight for Independence – Impact on a Galway Family”. The family involved is the former Crowe family of Bohermore, in which Martin, Julia and William were active during the Fight for Independence, while their father, John, escaped death from English naval shelling during the 1916 Galway rebellion. Martin was subsequently interred in Ballykinlar Internment Camp in County Down during 1921, and his story is contained in Vol. 48 (1996) of the society’s journal.

Peadar O’Dowd, a retired GMIT lecturer, is a historian and columnist, and is the author of several publications on Galway, city and county.

Cóisir na Nollag brings a successful year to a close for Gaillimh le Gaeilge

Thu, Dec 29, 2016

Gaillimh le Gaeilge hosted their annual ‘Cóisir na Nollag’ in the Harbour Hotel last week. At the event, Cathaoirleach Ghaillimh le Gaeilge, Bernadette Mullarkey welcomed the Mayor of the City of Galway, Cllr Noel Larkin and thanked Galway City Council for their funding of €50,000 for 2017.

Galway County Council website wins national award for commemoration

Thu, Dec 29, 2016

The National Library of Ireland (NLI) has announced that Galway County Council’s website Decade of Commemoration was one of the ten winning websites, chosen by the public, which they believe best record Irish life in 2016 and remember the events of 1916. The websites will be preserved in the NLI’s National Web Archive and were announced by Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Heather Humphreys TD, at an award ceremony in the Library’s historic Kildare Street.

Major funding for Irish language programming under the sound and vision scheme

Thu, Dec 29, 2016

The Minister for Gaeltacht Affairs and Natural Resources, Seán Kyne, has welcomed the allocation of some €865,000 to Irish language projects under the Broadcasting Authority’s ‘Sound and Vision Scheme’.

Farmers facing difficult choice as Minister refuses to guarantee entry to GLAS

Thu, Dec 29, 2016

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Regional, Rural, Gaeltacht, and Island Affairs Éamon Ó Cuív says farmers in the AEOS 3 scheme, whose contracts are not due to end until the end of 2017, have been left with a serious dilemma.

The Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed, has recently closed a new round of GLAS 4 but has been unable to confirm if the scheme will remain open for farmers due to finish on the AEOS scheme at the end of next year.

Busy time ahead for new team at JCI Galway

Thu, Dec 29, 2016

The year 2017 sees a new exciting team at Junior Chamber International Galway. Newly elected president Dominick Whelan along with vice president Sara Gilligan, Cathal Dullea, Olivia Lavelle, and Keith Killilea, representatives of the local branch, will be representing Galway at various international events throughout Europe in 2017; from community development, international relations, as well as social and community enterprise. For the next five years, European eyes will be paying close attention to the very edge of Europe’s western edge in environment, gastronomy, and culture, as Galway becomes centre stage of Europe’s social and community epicentres.

Old-world charm at the Court Yard Hotel

Thu, Dec 29, 2016

The four-star Court Yard Hotel, steeped in history, is built on the original site where Arthur Guinness created his brewing empire and situated in the colourful heritage town of Leixlip, Co Kildare.

If in doubt this Christmas, ask University Late Night Pharmacy

Thu, Dec 29, 2016

While many view Christmas as a time to be merry, drinking alcohol and taking certain medicines can be dangerous, according to Dr Audrey Kinahan of University Late Night Pharmacy (located across from the entrance to University College Hospital), a Galway pharmacist, who advises people to seek advice before mixing medicines and alcohol this Christmas.

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