GTI part time education and training 

Thu, Sep 10, 2015

Autumn is here and with the new season comes a settling back into a more regular routine. This is the time of year when our thoughts turn to upskilling and many of us consider new study programmes that will enhance our lives – both in terms of job/career skills and personal development.

Better Bridge classes

Thu, Sep 10, 2015

Bridge is said to be the Rolls Royce of card games, offering the suspense of poker and the excitement of athletic sports in a social setting. It is enjoyed by millions of people all over the world due to its unending variety. It is the most stimulating, most intriguing, most fascinating, and most challenging of all card games. Each deal has some quality of strangeness providing enjoyment, laughter, and sheer entertainment.

New mindfulness course starts next week

Thu, Sep 10, 2015

The next eight-week mindfulness-based stress reduction course will run in the Salthill Hotel on Tuesday evenings from September 15.  

Learn payroll with GPA Solutions

Thu, Sep 10, 2015

GPA Solutions is delivering its successful QQI level 5 and 6 payroll awards this autumn. These awards will provide learners with a working knowledge of the Irish payroll system and provide a valuable qualification to add to your CV.

Learn sean-nós dancing with Conradh na Gaeilge

Thu, Sep 10, 2015

Monday September 28 will see the return of Conradh na Gaeilge's popular sean-nós dancing classes under the expert and patient tuition of Conamara sean-nós dancer Pádraig Ó hOibicín.

For anyone who has not already been hooked on sean-nós, it is an ad-hoc style of solo Irish dancing popular in Conamara. Sean-nós is rapidly catching on again; it is individual, very stylish, and great to watch or to learn a few steps.

Ireland should take up to 10,000 Syrian refugees - Healy-Eames

Tue, Sep 08, 2015

Ireland should be prepared to take in 10,000 Syrian refugees, with each parish in the State being willing to accommodate five families each, according to Independent Galway West Senator Fidelma Healy-Eames.

Jobs boost as Deloitte establishes Galway office with thirty new posts

Thu, Sep 03, 2015

Galway’s financial services sector got a boost this morning (Thursday) with the announcement by Deloitte that it is establishing a Galway office, with the creation of 30 positions.

'Poetry can illuminate people’s lives'

Thu, Sep 03, 2015

Among the attractions of the upcoming Clifden Arts Festival is the launch of the latest poetry collection by Moya Cannon, entitled Keats Lives and published by Carcanet Press. It is also something of a homecoming, as Moya was a long longtime stalwart of Galway’s literary scene.

Absorb the creation of memories

Thu, Sep 03, 2015

It’s all about time. Everything is. Days, hours, minutes, seconds, years. Time plays such a key role in how we create memories, about how we anticipate them. We use and abuse time in so many ways. We rush from A to B to get there a minute early, then waste many minutes doodling or daydreaming when we get to B.  We place value on time and then deride that value. 

Galway’s top rental website shows just 113 properties available as shortfall hits

Thu, Sep 03, 2015

Classifieds.advertiser.ie, Galway’s largest online property rental site, shows a total of 113 properties are available for rent in Galway City largest (Wednesday).

This figure is the total number of properties available for rent from single room bedsits to six bedroom properties. It also includes property available for rent as ‘digs’. This is a significant decrease on the number of properties normally available at this time of the year, and reflects the overall shortage of supply in the market, and the annual influx of students which is taking place.

Crowe calls for mandatory sentencing for burglars

Thu, Sep 03, 2015

Mandatory sentencing of three years must be introduced for any person convicted of burglary or attempted burglary, a city councillor has demanded, following a spate of burglaries in Bohermore and Westside in recent weeks.

The call has come from Fianna Fáil city councillor Ollie Crowe who described burglary as "a scourge", and said it was "entirely unacceptable for people to be living in fear in their own homes". He has called for the three year sentences, arguing that too often, "offenders receive a sickening light sentence" or "no gaol time at all", while the victims of such actions "remain scarred for years to come". He added: "This does not reflect justice in any way, shape, or form."

Sheridan to run for Greens in Galway West – South Mayo

Thu, Sep 03, 2015

Local businessman Seamus Sheridan has been selected to run for the Green Party in the next general election in the Galway West–South Mayo constituency.

Educate Together opens new school in Tuam

Thu, Sep 03, 2015

Tuam Educate Together National School welcomed its first intake of nine junior infants this week. The school, based in in the former St Patrick’s CBS on the Dublin Road, is one of three new Educate Together national schools around the country as part of the divestment process.

Communication skills — a passport to success

Thu, Sep 03, 2015

A person’s ability to speak clearly and engagingly has an enormous impact on his/her self confidence, appreciation of language, literature, and art, and ability to communicate effectively throughout life. Whether interacting with fellow pupils and school teachers, delivering a presentation to colleagues, or performing in the public arena, being an articulate, engaging, speaker is an invaluable skill. When better to develop promote skills than in childhood?

Former TD Padraic McCormack - ‘a writer in the John B Keane mode’ as he launches a collection of short stories

Thu, Sep 03, 2015

PETER MANDLESON’S autobiography includes a photograph of him relaxing at Mick Jagger’s house. It is hard to imagine former Galway West Fine Gael TD Padraic McCormack ever wanting to hang around with rock stars. Instead McCormack has a genuine interest in the eccentricities that make otherwise unremarkable people, in unremarkable places, far more interesting than anyone photographed with the late Princess Margaret.

Padraic took up creative writing, with a vengeance, in September 2011, a few months after his own Fine Gael party locally enforced retirement upon him by selecting Fidelma Healy Eames in his place. He joined my creative writing for beginners class at Galway Technical Institute four years ago this autumn, and from the off was full of enthusiasm and had a great willingness to learn. His first publication, The Rocky Road To The Dáil, was a personal and political memoir, which has sold well. And I know that Padraic has a novel in the making. His new book, a short story collection, entitled A Long Way To Cavan, gathers together 28 short stories.

Croi and McSharry Pharmacy join forces to highlight dangers of heart disease for women

Thu, Sep 03, 2015

Croi have teamed up with the McSharry Pharmacy Group to bring key health messages to Galway women as part of their ‘Women at Heart’ campaign. 

Modern and innovative gentle dental care at Clarinbridge Dental

Thu, Sep 03, 2015

Dr Eimer Fleming has recently opened Clarinbridge’s first dental practice — Clarinbridge Dental. Having worked in practices in Galway city and county for the past seven years, Dr Fleming  is delighted to announce the opening of her new practice.

Predict the score and win your money back at Tom Dempsey Flooring

Thu, Sep 03, 2015

You’ll feel like you’re walking on air this weekend if you correctly predict the final score in either of the two hurling finals on Sunday.

World-renowned surgeon to deliver Sir Peter Freyer Memorial Lecture at NUI Galway

Thu, Sep 03, 2015

NUI Galway will host Ireland’s largest surgical conference, the 40th Sir Peter Freyer Memorial Lecture and Surgical Symposium over the next two days September 4-5 in the Arts Millennium Building, NUI Galway when internationally renowned surgeon, Dr Philip Schauer will deliver the Memorial Lecture entitled ‘Surgical Therapy for Diabetes – A New Order’.

Lorraine Higgins calls on Sinn Fein to persuade IRA to give its fortune to those who suffered at its hands

Thu, Sep 03, 2015

Senator Lorraine Higgins today said that Sinn Fein should use whatever influence it has with the IRA to ensure that monies left over when they allegedly disbanded is distributed to deserving causes both in Northern Ireland and the Rep of Ireland.

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