NUI Galway Arts in Action Grand Finale tonight

Thu, Mar 24, 2016

NUI Galway’s Arts in Action 2016 Grand Finale will take place at the upper Aula Maxima on campus on Thursday, March 24 at 7pm. This event, which is entitled ‘War, Freedom, Love and Loss’, is a collaboration between the University’s discipline of English, School of Medicine, and the Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance.

This gala evening is also part of the ‘A Nation Rising/Éire á Muscailt’ programme, which is programmed and directed by NUI Galway’s Dr Mary Harris and runs throughout the academic year.

1916 leader Éamonn Ceannt to be honoured in Galway

Thu, Mar 24, 2016

Éamonn Ceannt, the Galwayman who was a signatory to the 1916 Proclamation will be honored at a special ceremony in the city this weekend, in what the organisers hope will become a yearly event.

Fianna Fáil to abandon Oranmore in hunt for two seats at next election?

Wed, Mar 23, 2016

Will we have another election in a few months' time, or will Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael drop the posturing, realise there is more important work to be done than paying defference to their Civil War legacies, and come to some kind of governmental arrangement?

Businesses want by-laws not code of conduct for city buskers

Tue, Mar 22, 2016

Introducing a code of conduct for city buskers has met a hostile reception from city businesses who are demanding by-laws instead to give gardaí the power to confiscate amplifiers for musicians who go over 75db in volume.

Leaking roof to be replaced on the Renmore Community Centre

Tue, Mar 22, 2016

The leaking roof on the Renmore Community Centre, which has been causing disruption to the use of the centre for locals and community groups, is to be replaced within the coming weeks.

1916 - a revolution and not a sacrifice

Mon, Mar 21, 2016

Portraying the 1916 Rising as a futile rebellion whose only goal was 'blood sacrifice' is a common perspective put forward by those who wish to denigrate the event and its participants, but a public meeting in Galway will challenge this view.

Communions & Confirmations at Glenlo Abbey Hotel

Mon, Mar 21, 2016

Celebrate your special day in the luxury, five star surroundings of Glenlo Abbey Hotel. Set on a 138 acre estate, overlooking Lough Corrib, yet only 2 miles from Galway City.

Smoking to be banned in local psychiatric units

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

Smoking will be banned in the psychiatric units in the city and county from the end of the month, the HSE announced this week. Patients and staff at the admission units in the city and Ballinasloe are being offered help to quit as the health authority prepares to implement the ban from March 31.

Principal resigns from city school

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

The principal of a city centre secondary school announced this week that she is resigning from her post.

New online application tool helps applicants count work and life experience towards third level

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

The Connacht Ulster Alliance, comprising GMIT, IT Sligo, and LyIT, has launched a college application tool that recognises learning gained through life and work experiences that enables advanced entry to third level programmes.

GPA Solutions offers a range of QQI level five business courses

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

A Sage 50 accounts course will prove a progressive course of study for anyone who simply wishes to advance his/her business skills. The QQI Level 5 course will run for five days over five weeks, commencing March 25 in Galway. Learners will experience setting up a company, entering source documents in the various day book, and preparing debtors and creditors balances and reports. Learners will learn to produce VAT reports, bank reconciliation, and monthly profit and loss and balance sheet reports.

Sport event and free healthy living workshop for the over-fifties

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

Galway based non-profit organisation ProActivate Ireland is holding two healthy living events for people aged 50-plus as part of an EU funded project it developed and coordinated called Active I: Healthy Active Living for Seniors. The sports event will take place in Krakow, Poland, from April 1 to 3 and will comprise a variety of events and activities aimed at healthy living for older adults.

Easter revision courses at Mill Street

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

Enrolments for the Leaving and Junior Cert intensive Easter courses are currently being accepted at The Galway Study Centre in Mill Street. Classes will start on Tuesday morning March 29 and continue until Saturday April 2. Bookings will continue to be accepted up until Thursday March 24, provided there are places vacant. However as many subjects are almost booked out, there is limited availability at this stage. There is also a week of supervised study for Leaving students starting from next Monday, March 21. The supervised study group is limited to 15 and only a couple of fee spaces remain.

Revision at Easter will concentrate on key topics in each subject and students can enrol from one up to a maximum of five subjects. Excellent study notes will be provided and there will be a lot of emphasis on examination and study techniques.

‘We’re more than just males and females’

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

Not everyone identifies as male or female. Chris Ricketts always knew she did not fit comfortably into either category, and her doctors agreed. But Chris rejected the radical surgery and hormone therapy she was offered, because she felt there was nothing about her that needed to be reassigned.

Keep the election posters close at hand

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

As the dust settles on Election 2016, we have a political landscape unlike any seen since the 1950s. The days of the two and a half party system ended in 2011, but further fragmentation of the political landscape sees seven parties and a large number of Independents occupy the 32nd Dáil.

NUI Galway students learn about workers’ rights

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

NUI Galway students are learning about their rights as workers this week as part of a three day campaign being run at the university.

The initiative, which is the brainchild of the Union of Students in Ireland and the trade union SIPTU, finishes today (Wednesday).

Call for medical cards for cancer patients

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

People who are diagnosed with cancer not only pay a high price in terms of their health and quality of life, they are also badly hit financially by the diagnosis.

Avaya Voice wins Choir Factor competition

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

Avaya Voice were singing on high after winning the top prize in the 2016 Galway Choir Factor Competition which took place in the Radisson Blu Hotel at the weekend.

Vacant tourist office in Salthill to be transferred back to the city council

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

After a four year campaign, land occupied by the vacant tourist office in Salthill is to be transferred back to the Galway City Council, following confirmation from Fáilte Ireland that it no longer intends to staff the building.

Galway entrepreneur uses Kickstarter to help her own brand zip along

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

Galway-led business ‘Zip-Lines Ireland’ has taken to Kickstarter to give its business a boost into the direction of manufacturing. Zip-Lines Ireland which is run by Galway-based entrepreneur Jade Goodfellow is looking for funding to invest in the business to get its own branded Garden Zip-Lines up and running.

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