City talk on how to cope with the loss of a child

Thu, Feb 04, 2016

A national organisation, set up by a Galway couple which provides support services for bereaved parents and families, will hold a bereavement information evening in the city next week.

Anam Cara was co-founded in 2008 by Galway parents Sharon Vard who lived in Oughterard and attended the Mercy school in Newtownsmith, and her husband Aiden Murphy from Dangan. They live in Dublin and set up the organisation following the death of their daughter Rachel from an inoperable brain tumour in November 2004.

‘An organisation that needs to restore the faith of its grassroots membership’

Thu, Feb 04, 2016

The west has not been home to an IFA president since the 1990s when Abbey Duniry based John Donnolly was at the helm of the organisation, but the region has a big chance of producing a farm leader once again in Athenry man Joe Healy.

Healy Eames raises 'hidden discrimination' against women for pensions

Thu, Feb 04, 2016

A homemaker PRSI credit for stay at home women and farming women, similar to a PAYE allowance, must be introduced by the next Government to end the hidden discrimination against women when it comes to qualification for the regular old age pension.

Alzheimer information days in Galway City Library

Thu, Feb 04, 2016

The Alzheimer Society of Ireland is holding a series of information days in the Galway City Library. They will be held on the first Friday of every month, beginning tomorrow, February 5, from 12 noon to 3pm. Advice and information for people with dementia and their families will be available on a one to one basis.

For further information contact Maureen Mannion at 086 8211540 or [email protected].

Keep up to date with the latest travel advice on zika virus

Thu, Feb 04, 2016

Irish people are being advised to take appropriate precautions if visiting Central and South America and the Caribbean. The advice comes in the wake of the World Health Organisation’s declaration of the zika virus as a public health emergency of international concern.

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade currently has travel advisories in place for 32 countries and territories in response to the ongoing outbreak.

Fahy Travel Worldchoice win ITAA Travel Agent of the Year 2016

Thu, Feb 04, 2016

Fahy Travel Worldchoice hs scooped a prestigious travel award after being named as the ITAA Travel Agent of the Year at the Irish Travel Industry Awards.

Have a heavenly honeymoon with Corrib Travel

Thu, Feb 04, 2016

So you're planning your honeymoon? Congratulations! The honeymoon is an important part of the wedding experience, and a much-needed escape after months of exciting, yet exhausting wedding planning

Upskill with a computerised accounts (Sage 50) award

Thu, Feb 04, 2016

In recent times many businesses are relying on debt and credit control to maintain cashflow. A working knowledge of a computerised accounts system, such as Sage, will prove beneficial in achieving this task and will also transfer as an employable skill.

Getting Galway’s jobless back on the road

Thu, Feb 04, 2016

The Galway-Roscommon Education Training Board has scheduled a number of courses to provide professional driver training to job seekers.

A career in business, marketing, or PR

Thu, Feb 04, 2016

No matter what your current level of education is or what qualifications you hold, a business qualification provides a stepping stone not only for job opportunities but also for career advancement. Equally, despite vast changes in the business world, some courses are still the bedrock on which companies operate.

An Tobar Nua counselling

Thu, Feb 04, 2016

An Tobar Nua Counselling offers professional, confidential, and non-judgmental counselling. The aim of the counselling service is to support and assist people in overcoming life’s challenges as they move towards healing and positive change. The counselling service is free of charge, however donations are appreciated.

Bluebird Care continues to expand with announcement of thirty new jobs

Thu, Feb 04, 2016

Due to sustained growth in demand for its homecare services Bluebird Care has 30 vacancies for care assistants to be filled over the next three months. The vacancies are in both Galway city and county.

St Nicholas' among historic Galway buildings to benefit from new investment

Tue, Feb 02, 2016

St Nicholas Collegiate Church is one of a number of historic buildings, across Galway city and county, set to benefit from Government funding of €117,000 under the built heritage investment scheme.

Use community employment schemes to keep people in work demands Grealish

Tue, Feb 02, 2016

It costs only "a couple of hundred euro more a year" to keep people in work on a community employment scheme then to have them on Dole, and yet under current rules, people on such schemes are being forced back into unemployment once their time is up.

Catherine Connolly to launch General Election campaign

Mon, Feb 01, 2016

Independent left city councillor Catherine Connolly will formally launch her Election 2016 campaign this evening at 8.30pm in the Park Hotel, where the guest speaker will be poet and activist Sarah Clancy.

Sinn Féin - tiocfaidh ár lá?

Thu, Jan 28, 2016

Sen Trevor Ó Clochartaigh stands on the brink of becoming the first Sinn Féin TD returned in Galway since 1922. If he pulls this off, it will be an achievement in a constituency long considered very hostile to Republicans and republicanism.

Fine Gael - short of winning two seats?

Thu, Jan 28, 2016

National opinion poll figures over the last month have seen Fine Gael come in between 28 to 32 per cent, which, if replicated on polling day in Galway West would ensure two seats.

Labour - Galway West's great conundrum

Thu, Jan 28, 2016

Depending on your point of view, Labour's Derek Nolan is destined to crash and burn, or is Galway West's great survivor, who in spite of all, will defy the odds and trends, and retain his seat at Election 2016.

Fianna Fáil - no decline, no progress

Thu, Jan 28, 2016

Stagnant is a word that has been used to describe Fianna Fáil's support levels over the last five years. While it has recovered slightly since the Election 2011 massacre, where it fell to 17.5 per cent, opinion polls have shown it stubbornly stuck around the 18 to 20 mark.

Cosmic dangers to be explored at this weekend’s Galway Astronomy Festival

Thu, Jan 28, 2016

Comets, meteors, solar storms, and other phenomena that pose a danger to our planet will be explored at the annual Galway Astronomy Festival, which takes place in the Westwood Hotel this Saturday.

Organised by Galway Astronomy Club, the theme for this year’s festival is ‘Beyond Earth: dangers from the cosmos’, featuring an eventful day of workshops, trade and information stalls, and talks by internationally acclaimed speakers.

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