Bluebird Care wins excellence awards

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

Bluebird Care has won a Q Mark National Business Group of the Year award and Bluebird Care Galway was also a finalist in the Homecare Company of the Year category. Known as ‘the Oscars of business excellence’, The Q Mark Award is the highest accolade an Irish business can achieve, given both the intense competition and the exacting standards required.

Graduates have ingenious way of making your empty driveway make money and pay your bills

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

Your driveway is sitting there all day when you are at work and it could be making you money. That is the premise of an ingenious new app developed by two Galway students — and if it’s successful, it could revolutionise the pattern of commuters into the world’s major cities.

Two NUIG graduates have devised an ingenious app for use on iPhones and Android systems that could see homeowners or business people earn considerable amounts of income from the unused space outside their front doors.

Auction taking place in Ahascragh to aid of local child’s efforts to walk

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

The Mark’s Wish to Walk campaign group will host an auction in Ahascragh this weekend to raise funds for local boy, Mark Dolan, who requires continuing treatment to allow him to walk unaided.

When Mark was six months old, his parents Kevin and Fidelma were informed he had a motor delay and would be bound to a wheelchair for the rest of his life. The couple were determined to find a solution that would allow their son to live a full and active life. They began an intensive fundraising campaign so Mark could undergo revoluntary treatment in the US, which would enable him to take his first unaided steps.

Irish Times security analyst Tom Clonan to speak in Galway

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

Tom Clonan, The Irish Times security analyst, will address a public meeting in Galway city next week, on the issue of Ireland and the arms trade. The meeting, organised by The Galway Alliance Against War, takes place on Wednesday November 4 at 8pm in Richardson’s, Eyre Square.

Being happy to read can transform a student’s school years

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

An early dislike to reading by a child can so easily be glossed over, either as a personality trait, maybe by always being seen as a busy child, or simply, as a parent, you never had a great love of reading or words yourself when at school – or even now. And so the dislike can first be dismissed, and later ignored, the consequences of which can lead to later distress and regret. 

Upskill with a computerised accounts (Sage 50) award 

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

In recent times many businesses are relying on debt and credit control to maintain cash flow. 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.

This QQI accredited programme will prove a progressive course of study for employers, managers, administrators, and learners who simply wish to advance their personal development.

Treat someone you love during Breast Cancer Awareness Month at spirit one spa

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

At spirit one spa, the renowned day spa at Radisson Blu Hotel and Spa Galway, a thoughtful and innovative series of nurturing treatments for cancer patients called Touch Therapy is available, using effective products from the Lindi Skin line, developed specifically with the skincare needs of cancer clients in mind. This October, support Breast Cancer Awareness Month by gifting someone you love with a Touch Therapy treatment at spirit one spa, providing them with the glorious gift of a tranquil, relaxing and soothing experience.

Ice Ville coming to Galway city centre in December

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

Galway is delighted to welcome Santa, Mrs Clause and all their elves and helpers to Ireland’s first ever Ice Cabin and Mountaintop Frozen Village to be constructed in Market Street in December.

Beautify your home for Christmas with Home Gallery Interiors

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

Home Gallery Interiors are getting ready for the Christmas season and are advising all customers to have their furniture orders in on time for Christmas delivery. 

Registration for MeetWest set to close ahead of schedule

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

With just over three weeks to the west of Ireland’s biggest business networking event, organisers are predicting that MeetWest 2015 will sell out ahead of schedule. Now in its fifth year, MeetWest takes place in the Hodson Bay Hotel, Athlone Co. Roscommon on November 18 and 19.

Galway Bay Golf Resort awarded IGTOA Parkland Golf Course of the Year title

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

At the Ireland Golf Tour Operator Association (IGTOA) awards ceremony held on October 19 at Slieve Donard Resort and Royal Co. Down, Galway Bay Golf Resort was recognized for its “standards of excellence within the golf industry” and the key role it plays in promoting Irish golf tourism.

Seahorse Aquarium Galway — catering for all your fish keeping needs

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

Have you ever wanted to keep real Nemo and friends but had no idea where to go to purchase your own Nemo Aquarium? Well Seahorse Aquariums Galway is the place to visit. Seahorse Aquariums, an aquatic specialist store, caters for the novice to the expert fish keeper.

Thanks to modern filtration and expert advice keeping a Marine Aquarium has never been easier. You can have an amazing real coral reef aquarium in your home or business featuring Nemo, Jacques (Cleaner Shrimp), Gurgle (Royal Gramma), Peach (Red Starfish), Dory (regal Tang) and many more.

Create something amazing today — at the Little Paper Tree

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

As the weather gets colder and rainier, the best place to be is inside a cosy warm house at a table.  You don’t even have to get dressed!  Shop in this online store at thelittlepapertree.com and wait for the courier to arrive with your goodies.  Then start crafting up a storm.

Be safe, be smart and download the Big O Taxi app in advance of the weekend

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

As Galway prepares to celebrate Halloween, Big O Taxis would like to advise all its customers to stay safe this weekend.

SF candidate demands halt to 'unfair treatment' of turfcutters

Wed, Oct 28, 2015

Some 900 families across south Galway, as well as 97 families in the broader Monivea area, are prohibited from cutting turf on their own bog land, as a result of "undemocratic European Regulation".

County councillors told free parking could cost them

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

The CEO of Galway County Council has sounded a note of warning to councillors about the cost of providing two hours' free parking in county towns. It had been previously agreed that this initiative would be put in place over the coming months, as part of an effort to help ailing local businesses. However, speaking at this week's council meeting, CEO Kevin Kelly told local representatives that the cost of giving free parking could see their Notice of Motion money reduced.

How Budget 2016 will affect the election in Galway and the State

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

If there was one thing Insider, and everyone else inside the political bubble, was agreed on, it was that the Government would fight tooth and nail to ensure nothing overshadowed the Budget that was to form the cornerstone of its re-election bid.

Reconnecting with thirty years of enduring songs

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

Glasgow, 1985, a Scotland enduring high emigration and the ravages of Thatcherism, but there still manages to be a thriving and creative music scene in the city, and it is there that songwriter Ricky Ross and singer Lorraine McIntosh form a band named after a key song on Steely Dan's 1977 album Aja.

Abortion Pill Bus to arrive in Galway

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

The Abortion Pill Bus, which will carry abortion pills, currently not legally available in Ireland, will be in Galway city tomorrow [Friday October 23]  to raise issues of reproductive rights and the repeal of the controversial 8th Ammendment of the constitution.

Garavan’s retains 'Best Whiskey Bar of the Year Connaught’ title

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

For the second year running, Garavan’s has won Irish Whiskey Bar of the Year for Connaught at the Irish Whiskey Awards in Dublin. Organised by the Celtic Whiskey Shop, the awards recognise the best whiskey producers, distillers, and bars in Ireland.

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