Take part in Bank Holiday 5k run/walk and help save Grace

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

St James’ Ladies Football Club, in partnership with The Saving Grace Trust are holding their inaugural 5km road race/fun run on bank holiday Monday next May 2 at 11am.

PMS to hold cheese and wine night as work begins on its next musical comedy

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

The Patrician Musical Society is back on song and the group will present the hilarious musical comedy How the West Wasn’t Won in the Town Hall Theatre for four nights at 8pm from October 5 to 8.

Written by Peter Kennedy, this show takes a different look at the classical musicals Calamity Jane, Annie Get your Gun, and Oklahoma with such characters as the Loan Ranger, Butch Chastity, and Annie Oakleaf. Peter Kennedy will also direct and choreograph; musical director is John Roe and Martha O’Toole is chorus mistress. This promises to be a night of great comedy and music.

School choirs from all over Ireland to sing in SCCUL schools choral competition

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

School choirs from all over Ireland will perform in the SCCUL Schools Choral Competition on Friday May 6. The competition which is hosted by GMIT will see choirs from Dublin, Donegal, Sligo, Mayo and Galway compete at Primary and Post- Primary level.

Forty years of staying on the line

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

Forty years is a major milestone. For humans and for organisations. To span four decades mean you span almost two generations of change. To span four decades in Ireland means you span almost a hundred years of attitudinal change.

Have a cuppa and help people with dementia

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

Galway people are being asked to support a major annual fundraiser being run by the Alzheimer Society of Ireland.

Ballinasloe Tennis Club family fun day this Saturday

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

Ballinasloe Tennis Club have an action-packed day planned for this Saturday. As well as the chance to see two professional tennis players in a demonstration match, there will be plenty of indoor and outdoor activities for all ages and interests.

Summer courses for adults and secondary school students at the French Institute

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

Would you like to make the most of the long summer days while learning, refreshing, or practising your French?

Trading Faces Film School & Casting Agency

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

Are you between six and 17 years old? Would you like to act in a film? If your answer is yes, then this is the course for you.

Exceptional facilities at SALI Childcare

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

SALI Childcare Service Ltd is a quality and affordable pre and afterschool service located in the grounds of the Mercy Primary School, St Francis Street, Galway. It is open from 8.15am to 6pm and caters for children from two and a half to 12 years of age.

GPA Solutions offers a range of QQI Level 5 business courses

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

GPA Solutions is offering a range of QQI Level 5 business awards catering for learners wishing to advance their business skills or for those who simply wish to gain an introduction in payroll or bookkeeping procedures.

Would you like a career in instrumentation?

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

GRETB Training Centre is now recruiting for a basic instrumentation course starting in May 2016.

The GRETB Training Centre will run a 10 week full-time day course in basic instrumentation, commencing next month.

Galway coach makes ‘transition’ at Merlin College

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

Coláiste Mhuirlinne/ Merlin College, Doughiska, has announced the details of its transition year programme which begins in the school for the first time in September 2016. The school has also announced the appointment of John David Kearney as TY co-ordinator at Merlin College; Mr Kearney has also just recently been given the role as Galway U21 hurling coach.

New summer acting courses for all levels

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

Summertime is a time for leaving the daily grind behind and doing things you enjoy. With Irish summers being generally underwhelming, to say the least, why not consider taking a drama class to brighten things up?

What are the benefits of public speaking for adults?

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

There are significant benefits for your career — and your business.

Travel the world in 2016

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

Teaching English as a foreign language, or TEFL, is a popular choice among graduates who want to go travelling or people wishing to change career.

"The most recognised TEFL qualification in the world is the University of Cambridge CELTA," says IH Galway director Mary Grennan. "It’s been in existence since 1962 when it was designed by the founder of International House, John Haycraft, so there’s a lot of history and intellectual knowledge there. Unlike other TEFL courses, CELTA tutors are highly qualified teacher trainers and each course is externally assessed by a nominated Cambridge assessor, who comes to the centre to assess each course we run. This makes the CELTA a highly reliable qualification that schools and universities worldwide can trust. For this reason, 87 per cent of the English language teaching positions advertised around the world request the CELTA qualification – and no other one."

Thousands on dental waiting lists with 'further delays on the cards'

Tue, Apr 26, 2016

More than 3,000 children are waiting for orthodontic appointments in the West, while almost 1,000 have been on a waiting list for two years or more. Now a Galway TD has claimed "further delays are on the cards" due to staffing issues at University Hospital Galway.

Suzanne Jackson Launches Eyre Cocktail Bar

Mon, Apr 25, 2016

Over 200 people attended the official launch of Eyre Cocktail Bar with blogger and creator of the SueSueMe brand Suzanne Jackson on Friday night. The global digital influencer also unveiled SoSipMe her signature cocktail which appears on our new cocktail menu – it’s a blend of vodka, crème de menthe and kiwi liquer and crushed ice.

Joe Healy strolls home in IFA race

Thu, Apr 21, 2016

It has never happened before that an IFA President was elected on the first count, but such was Joe Healy’s landslide victory that he exceeded the quota, taking more than 14,000 votes, a whopping 50 per cent of the electorate. It really was a stunning victory and it was obvious the Athenry dairy farmer’s message had resonated right across the country.

‘There are two sides to every fish: the good, buttery part, and the bone’

Thu, Apr 21, 2016

Writer Joshua Ferris, who reads at Cúirt this Saturday, has been variously described as "one of America’s sharpest observers of 21st century life" (Daily Express), a "Virgil of the disaffected" (LA Times) and "a gifted satirist very much in touch with the fear and paranoia that undercuts US society" (The Irish Times).

Academic asks for Galway to take survey on unionist attitudes in the Republic

Thu, Apr 21, 2016

The commemorations of, and interest in, the centenary of the 1916 Rising have shown how the Irish public remain both proud of, and fascinated by, this key event in the struggle for independence.

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