Great excitement at opening of Galway Games Hub

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

A games hub is opening up in Galway. I am beyond excited, here’s why:

A feast of Irish student drama in Galway to conclude next week

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

The Irish Student Drama Association (ISDA) Festival, hosted by NUI Galway’s Drama Society, will run in Galway from until Wednesday next March 23. The ten-day festival will hold 18 productions in five venues throughout the city including The Mick Lally Theatre, An Taibhdhearc and The Bank of Ireland Theatre, NUI Galway.

Over the years ISDA has acted as the starting point in the careers of such theatre heavyweights as Michael Colgan, Conor McPherson, Fiona Shaw, Alan Stanford, Barry McGovern, Cian O’Brien and Tom Creed from Rough Magic, and Garry Hynes from Druid, as well as other well-known names like actress Pauline McLynn and comedian Chris O’Dowd to name but a few.

Bank of Ireland announces support for 110 student clubs and societies

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

Bank of Ireland this week announced a programme of support for the development of Sports Clubs and Societies at NUI Galway. The significant investment from Bank of Ireland will help fund the development of the clubs and societies and help improve the overall quality of the student experience at the University.

It’s March magic with special deals at Louis Copeland and Sons Galway

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

For the entire month of March, Louis Copeland & Sons Galway is offering a special deal on Louis Copeland owned suits, extra trousers or waistcoats valued at €139. The retail value of Louis Copeland suits in the offer are €499.

Skipper Expo a great success for Galway

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

The Skipper Expo Int. Galway 2016 held in the city earlier this month has been hailed a great success with a record number of exhibitors and visitors.Sponsored by BIM, crowds thronged the show over the two days, attracted by a diverse range of stands covering virtually every area of the fishing industry equipment and supply sectors.

Next generation of Irish start from a stronger base

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

The past is indeed a foreign country. The past in Ireland certainly has been.

Galway in the weeks leading up to the Rising

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

On Tuesday 25 April 1916, Galway became the only county outside of Leinster to take up arms against the British state during the Easter Rising. In fact, only three parts of provincial Ireland participated in the Rising: Enniscorthy in county Wexford; Ashbourne in north county Dublin; and county Galway, where several hundred rebels took over 600 square miles of the east of the county between Tuesday 25 April and Saturday 29 April. Commemorative documentaries and history books pay little attention to the Galway Rising with the focus tending to be on the more dramatic events that took place in Dublin, but Galway’s Rising was an important part of the story of the Easter Rising; and the story of the hundreds of brave Galway men who stood up to the British Empire in April 1916 deserves to be told in detail. In this series of five articles, FERGUS CAMPBELL will explain why Galway rose when so many other parts of provincial Ireland did not, and he will also tell the story of what happened in Galway during the Rising, and the impact that the Rising had on Galway society. This account is based on many documents, police reports, newspaper accounts and memoirs but most of the quotations are derived from the witness statements that Galway rebels made to the Bureau of Military History during the 1940s and 1950s, and these can be read online.

Sixty jobs to be created as US IT company locates in Galway

Tue, Mar 15, 2016

Sixty jobs will be created for the city as US data security company, Ipswitch, has decided to locate its European, Middle Eastern, and African HQ in Galway. The jobs will be in research and development, sales, and technical support.

Galway band to play for President Obama

Mon, Mar 14, 2016

GALWAY-MAYO folk, trad, and roots band We Banjo 3 perform for the president of the USA, Barack Obama, in Washington DC tomorrow. The audience will also include vice-president Joe Biden, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Paul Ryan.

Homemade @ The Skeff Launched

Mon, Mar 14, 2016

They’ve been feeding locals and visitors alike for 166 years at The Skeff Bar & Kitchen in Eyre Square so they are well placed to celebrate 100 years of food as part of this year’s Galway Food Festival.

Majority of Galway TDs will not support Kenny's re-election as taoiseach

Thu, Mar 10, 2016

Enda Kenny's bid to be re-elected Taoiseach and lead the next Government will not be supported by the majority of Galway's nine TDs when the 32nd Dáil meets today. TDs are also divided on whether Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil will eventually form a coalition.

Next time, Trevor, next time

Thu, Mar 10, 2016

He lives in an area regarded as having too small a population to elect him to the Dáil. Personally popular, there are people who will never vote for him because of the party to which he belongs. He has a name monoglot English speakers struggle to spell. There are whispers that there might be better or more deserving candidates within the party.

Three new councillors to be co-opted

Thu, Mar 10, 2016

Within the next two weeks, Galway will have three new councillors, with co-options on to the Galway city and county councils to take place following the election to the Dáil of councillors Catherine Connolly, Sean Canney, and Anne Rabbitte.

Act now and take up the challenge for meningitis

Thu, Mar 10, 2016

Renville Park in Oranmore will be buzzing with athletic activity on April 3 when ACT for Meningitis hosts the exciting annual sporting event "Remembering Aoibhe Renville Challenge” 2016.

The real St Patrick

Thu, Mar 10, 2016

He brought Christianity to Ireland, banished all the snakes and converted the masses using a shamrock….that's what we all know about St Patrick.

Barca’s football trickery originates in Derry

Thu, Mar 10, 2016

The recent penalty in the Barcelona versus Celta Vigo game involving Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez caused a number of extraordinary comments and a ridiculous amount of moralising from a number of football pundits, especially Mister "with an opinion on everything" Eamon Dunphy.

Galway's online parish records free for a month

Thu, Mar 10, 2016

Galway history buffs and ancestry addicts can have fee access to Irish records this month on family history website Ancestry.

Brent Pope lends his support to the work of Galway Samaritans

Thu, Mar 10, 2016

special cyclathon will take place in Galway next month to mark 40 years of voluntary work by the Samaritans.

Conference on surrogacy at NUIG

Thu, Mar 10, 2016

A conference on surrogacy will be hosted by the School of Law on Saturday at Aras Moyola, NUI Galway.

Entitled Surrogacy: Forging a legal and policy framework for Ireland, the interdisciplinary event is being organised by Dr Brian Tobin, a lecturer in law at the university.

The City Bin Co makes €35,000 Charity BinPact

Thu, Mar 10, 2016

Local waste company, The City Bin Co, has pledged to donate more than €35,000 to Irish charities, including the Galway Hospice, through its new BinPact initiative.

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