Potential boost for Galway tourism with new €65 million grant pool

Mon, Jul 18, 2016

Galway groups and individuals in the tourism sector are being urged to apply for the new Fáilte Ireland Grants Scheme for Large Tourism Projects which is providing a €65 million pool of funds for the industry to draw from.

Six seconds that changed everything

Fri, Jul 15, 2016

Six seconds.
Six long seconds.

We've done it — Gamechanger for Galway as 2020 vision wows judges

Fri, Jul 15, 2016

Today, Friday 15th July 2016, at the National Concert Hall, an international selection committee announced that Galway will be the European Capital of Culture in 2020, after a selection process that included competitive bids from Limerick and the Three Sisters region.

NUI Galway and Teagasc form partnership to tackle greenhouse gases

Thu, Jul 14, 2016

The agri-food and drink sector in Ireland is a €10.8 billion industry, and one of Ireland’s most important economically, but the greenhouse gases emitted from milk and meat production in the sector makes it one of the largest sources of pollution nationwide.

‘Dream Big’ winner set for the big screen

Thu, Jul 14, 2016

“Never give up on your dreams, be your own inspiration, a beacon of self belief,” says UFC superstar Conor McGregor as he wanders through inner city Dublin.

GMIT president welcomes HEA commitment to review funding for third level institutions

Thu, Jul 14, 2016

Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology president Dr Fergal Barry has welcomed this week’s announcement by the Higher Education Authority that it will conduct a full review into the way it funds third level institutions.

NUI Galway telemedicine researcher to remotely monitor crew health during NASA deep-sea mission

Thu, Jul 14, 2016

NUI Galway-based clinician Dr Derek O’Keeffe will participate in a live, public, video link-up with the crew aboard NASA’s Aquarius undersea research station next week. Dr O’Keeffe, a clinical fellow at NUI Galway, has been selected as the flight surgeon for telemedicine for the mission.

UHG authorities accused of utilising scarce resources on projects which did little to ease overcrowding crisis

Thu, Jul 14, 2016

A local TD has accused hospital authorities at the west's biggest hospital of poorly utilising scarce resources on capital projects which offered no respite from the persistent overcrowding crisis which dogs the facility.

New multilingual phone app puts Galway’s history in your pocket

Thu, Jul 14, 2016

A new app launched in the city this week brings Galway’s history right up to date with a self-paced interactive tour of the city, featuring stories about local landmarks and famous characters from Galway’s past.

Histry, a new phone/tablet app available for iPhone and Android which relates Galway’s history in bite size stories, was launched yesterday evening.

The boy who found the Galway balloon

Thu, Jul 14, 2016

Forty years ago, the world was a simpler place. What we did as fun was different. The world seemed a bigger and more wondrous place, beyond the reach of many of us.

Former Salthill teacher ordained a Dominican priest

Thu, Jul 14, 2016

A former teacher from Salthill, who first felt a “calling” to the religious life as a child while attending the Solemn Novena at Galway Cathedral, was ordained a Dominican priest at the weekend.

Councillor welcomes support for safety strategy on local and minor roads

Thu, Jul 14, 2016

Cllr James Charity welcomed the unanimous support of councillors at Tuesday’s Athenry-Oranmore municipal district meeting for the proposal to develop a safety strategy for local and minor roads experiencing heavy traffic volumes.

Call for businesses to support Galway Pride Festival

Thu, Jul 14, 2016

The Galway Pride Festival returns in August and the festival organisers are calling on the businesses across the city to partner with and support the festival and “tap into the ‘pink pound’.”

Senator calls for arbitrator to end Aran air impasse

Thu, Jul 14, 2016

Sinn Féin’s Gaeltacht spokesperson, Senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh, has said the Taoiseach should appoint an independent arbitrator to resolve the impasse on the use of Minna Airport for the purposes of supporting an air service to the Aran Islands.

Call for community playground for Clarinbridge children

Thu, Jul 14, 2016

More than 700 primary school children within a 7k radius of Clarinbridge are without a community playground, it was claimed this week.

Information meeting on marine and renewable energy test site

Thu, Jul 14, 2016

The Marine Institute will host a third public information meeting on the Galway Bay Marine and Renewable Energy Test Site, Thursday 21 July at 7:30pm in the Connemara Coast Hotel, Furbo, Galway.

The meeting is part of the public consultation to ensure full information is provided on the Marine Institute’s foreshore lease application to upgrade test and demonstration facilities at the Galway Bay Marine and Renewable Energy Test Site.

Triona’s all set for Race Week at the g Hotel

Thu, Jul 14, 2016

With the extravaganza of razzmatazz, glitz, and glamour that is Galway Race Week only 10 days away, Triona Barrett general manager of the g Hotel and its staff are making final touches for what promises to be the biggest and best Race Week experience at the g Hotel to date.

Councillor wants young people involved in National Day of Commemoration

Thu, Jul 14, 2016

Cllr Terry O’Flaherty has called for a greater involvement of schoolchildren in future Galway events held to remember Irish men and women who have died in past conflicts and on peacekeeping duties with the United Nations.

Cllr O’Flaherty said the National Day of Commemoration ceremony, held at NUI Galway on Sunday, was a moving occasion. However the Independent councillor said there was a need to encourage young people to attend.

UHG has longest waiting lists in the country after manic Monday

Thu, Jul 14, 2016

A full capacity protocol was issued on Monday in University Hospital Galway, after the number of patients on trolleys in the Emergency Department increased by 209 per cent over the weekend.