New course helps teenagers find their voices

Thu, Jan 21, 2016

Teenagers can learn how to be confident speaking in public, be assertive and be proficient at debating at a new course being run in the city.

Sleep advice for shift workers from Better Bedding

Thu, Jan 21, 2016

If you are a shift worker, aim to have at least four hours sleep at the same time every night/morning (eg, 3am to 7am). This will help to keep your sleep clock regular. Use the weekend or days off to get in some extra “recovery” sleep.

Is your workplace the fittest?

Thu, Jan 21, 2016

Multiple Sclerosis Ireland’s Western Regional Office have joined up with the Kingfisher group for the second year to find Galway’s Fittest Workplace.

Teams of four will be professionally trained twice a week— in the Kingfisher in Renmore or NUIG for four weeks from late January to end of February. Teams will be given a choice of an early morning or evening slot on various days. Teams will then be tested in competition against all others in the live Final. There will be prizes for the winners etc. The live final will be held on February 27 in the NUIG Sports Complex. Along with the fitness training, it will be a bit of craic.

Crowds flocking to OMiG Digital Summit today

Thu, Jan 21, 2016

This afternoon (Thursday) will see Galway’s biggest marketing event get under way in the Radisson Blu Hotel. Online Marketing in Galway’s Digital Summit is bringing experts from the fields of content marketing, analytics, and social media marketing to the city for an evening of insights and information.

A tale of two cities

Thu, Jan 21, 2016

Galway is recognised across the world for the welcome it extends to visitors. Indeed, as far away as New Zealand it was named among ‘one of the five great cities to visit’ back in 2014. This is some accolade when you consider our small city, which many regard as a big town, is competing with the major European hotspots such as London, Paris, Rome, and Barcelona.

Last Saturday Stella Owens and her three children decided to take a trip into the city centre for lunch as a treat on the request of her 15-year-old son. Travelling is a little more difficult as the boy is quadriplegic and the family must pick and choose their destinations carefully to ensure they are wheelchair accessible. The family decided on the bar/restaurant, Dock No 1 (previously Sheridans on the Docks) which is adjacent to ample street-side parking and therefore easily accessible by wheelchair.

Menlo family looking to raise vital funding for autism services in Galway

Thu, Jan 21, 2016

The annual 5 mile Menlo walk in aid of Ability West will take place on Sunday February 7. The walk will start at 12 noon from Scoil Bhride Menlo.

Two decades of comfort and culture

Thu, Jan 21, 2016

Out back in the darkness, back beyond the velvet and the drapes and the flats that hold up the set, there are the steep stairs, bounding down them, throwing your lines together in your head, rubbing makeup into your neck, the smell of sweat and talc and panic and calmness. Up here, you can hear nothing, ‘cept for the occasional applause. And as you exit that far flung dressingroom, with your costume change completed, you struggle not to be distracted by the lane outside. Up here you could be anywhere, but in a minute you’ll be on stage in front of 400 souls. And when you wait in the green room and keep an eye on the monitor to see where your fellow cast members are at in the story you are telling your audience, you can feel the hairs rising and you rise and stretch and go through your routine, before completing the journey down to backstage. Back here in the darkness, you wait for your cue, you get into the mental space, you feel the reassuring squeezes of your fellow cast members. And you wait.

Christmas Quiz, all the answers.

Thu, Jan 21, 2016

We had a large entry for our Christmas Crossword. The photographs were as follows;

Right2Water to hold anti-water tax protest on Saturday

Wed, Jan 20, 2016

As the General Election draws closer, the Right2Water campaign is stepping up its anti-water charges campaign by holding a nationwide demonstration this Saturday, including in Galway.

Housing crisis to be raised at AAA public meeting

Wed, Jan 20, 2016

The housing crisis, water charges, and inequality will be the focus of a pre election public meeting organised by the Anti Austerity Alliance this Thursday at 8pm in the Menlo Park Hotel.

€3.5 million for new city library and cultural centre for Galway city

Tue, Jan 19, 2016

€3.5 million is to be provided towards the development of a new city library and cultural centre for Galway city, which will include a visual arts space, performance area, and conference space.

Catherine Connolly - poised to win in Galway West?

Tue, Jan 19, 2016

Catherine Connolly came agonisingly close to winning a seat in the 2011 General Election, but five years on, with Labour's decline and despite the rise of Sinn Féin, will 2016 finally be the year she makes it into Dáil Éireann?

High praise for Galway’s 2020 bid, but concerns that ‘European dimension’ is lacking

Thu, Jan 14, 2016

support for its European Capital of Culture bid, and has the potential to host an event of this magnitude. However Galway 2020’s lack of detail and plans on the all-important ‘European Dimension’ has been criticised by the capital of culture selection panel.

Countdown to Election 2016 - the state of the parties

Thu, Jan 14, 2016

As we approach the middle of January, all eyes in the political world turned to what promises to be a hectic political year in 2016. At its heart is the General Election, shortly to be called, but we will also see elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly, a possible referendum on Britain's EU membership, and a period of commemorations to mark the centenary of the Easter Rising.

Local concern over city heroin den

Thu, Jan 14, 2016

A concerned resident of the Riverside Estate on the Tuam Road has demanded action over heroin use in the area. The man, who does not wish to be named, has provided photographic evidence of a user’s den which has been created adjacent to the estate.

New exercise opportunity for the New Year

Thu, Jan 14, 2016

A new and exciting form of physical activity that is good for heart health has been brought to Galway by Croi in association with the Football Association of Ireland (FAI).

Walking football as the name implies is just that, a slower version of soccer with bans on running and tackles.

Great range of activities and courses at Youth Work Ireland Galway

Thu, Jan 14, 2016

Youth Work Ireland Galway is a voluntary and not for profit organisation that works with young people in Galway City and County. Their service is open to all young people aged between 10 – 21 years and most activities are free or low cost.

Conference on mobile technologies in teacher education in city

Thu, Jan 14, 2016

Technologies to be used in the classrooms of the near future will be discussed at a major conference on teaching technology being held in the city this week.

Call for permanent reminders to mark the centenary of 1916

Thu, Jan 14, 2016

Galway County Council has announced details of ‘Gaillimh 2016 – Cuimhneamh’ a grant scheme to support community inspired, permanent reminders of the centenary commemorations of the 1916 Rising in the form of creative artworks or sculptures of a high artistic quality.

The scheme will afford communities new ways of Remembering, Reconciling, Presenting, Imagining and Celebrating the centenary of the 1916 Rising while engaging with the central role played by the people of the County of Galway, and in particular their own Municipal District, in the Easter Rising.

Cancer survivor holds charity event to remember Bowie

Thu, Jan 14, 2016

A special night to commemorate the passing this week of rock legend David Bowie will take place this Saturday, January 16 in The Loft at Seven Bar on Bridge Street.

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