Take part in the Connacht reaction challenge

Thu, May 07, 2015

Up-for-a-challenge Galwegians can test their reactions and hand eye co-ordination in a sports challenge on Saturday.

Life Style Sports is challenging all rugby fans to test their reactions against Connacht Rugby players for a chance to win official signed merchandise and tickets to the final match of the season against the Ospreys (May 16).

A night of dinner and dancing in the Clayton to help save Grace

Thu, May 07, 2015

A fundraising ball is being held in Galway tomorrow night (Friday) to help meet the costs of ensuring young Grace Kenneally gets vital life saving treatment

Teen tipplers topping up at home are putting themselves at risk says head of local alcohol task force

Thu, May 07, 2015

The head of a regional drug and alcohol task force has warned that young people are putting themselves at risk by consuming quantities of alcohol at home before going on nights out.

You win a grand by using Big O Taxis

Thu, May 07, 2015

Big O Taxis are running a promotion for their customers commencing from May 11. Every week, for five weeks, anybody who books a taxi by phone, through the Big O App or via the web will be entered into a free draw with the winner receiving €50.

Get the full taste of Lough Corrib at Oughterard’s International Mayfly Festival

Thu, May 07, 2015

Ireland’s trout capital Oughterard is set to celebrate the start of the fishing season with the four day International Mayfly Festival which begins today (Thursday).

One in five people want to volunteer in their communities

Thu, May 07, 2015

One in five people would become volunteers if they knew how to find opportunities to do so.

Climb the Reek and help Galway Hospice furnish its new extension

Thu, May 07, 2015

Have you ever considered climbing Croagh Patrick? There will never be a better time to do it.

Baboró conference to examine how we nurture creativity in the classroom

Thu, May 07, 2015

Baboró International Arts Festival for Children is to hold a ground-breaking conference entitled Opening the Door to Creative Teaching and Learning. The conference will take place in NUI Galway on Thursday May 28 and is aimed at anyone interested in improving levels of confidence, creative and critical thinking and problem solving in primary school children, and in finding new ways of exploring the curriculum using creativity and active learning.

Two decades on, Galway Early Music festival still brings a wonderful air to the city

Thu, May 07, 2015

Plainchant, medieval song, baroque cello, early brass and harpsichord – a feast of beautiful old music will float across the city as events take place at The 20th Galway Early Music Festival, from May 14-17.

Resilient Frank brings his team up the mountains for Climb4Cancer challenge

Thu, May 07, 2015

This weekend will see local business man and Ultra Marathon runner Frank Byrnes of Frank Byrnes Autobody Repairs Ltd Galway with the help of Peter Daly of AkzoNobel Car Refinishing Ireland Ltd organise and coordinate 31walkers to take on a challenge of a life time.

Mountbellew teen wins top prize at No Name Club National Youth Awards

Thu, May 07, 2015

A teenager from Mountbellew No Name Club was among the national winners at the No Name Club National Youth Awards,

Deirmaid McDermot was named Host of the Year at the event, which took place in Kilkenny last week.

Top blogging talent descends on city for first birthday of Into the West Blogger network

Thu, May 07, 2015

Galway will be the most trended city in the country this weekend when The g Hotel in Galway is the location for the first birthday celebration of the hugely successful Into the West Blogger network.

On yer bike for the west’s biggest charity cycle

Thu, May 07, 2015

International cycling legend Sean Kelly will be one of more than 1,500 cyclists taking to the road on Sunday June 7 for the Annual “Croí Tour de Lough Corrib” charity cycle. The event is the biggest charity cycle in the west.

Little Grace has just four per cent chance if she is treated in Ireland

Thu, May 07, 2015

A local child who is battling a rare and aggressive cancer has just a four per cent chance of survival by availing of the treatment for the condition in this country.

Want to earn a handy €50 for talking furniture?

Thu, May 07, 2015

Residents of the Galway area to being sought to participate in a research study on the area of furniture retail. Participants must be willing to attend a two-hour focus group that will be held the evening of Monday, May 11 from 7.30-9.30pm in Briarhill Business Park.

TD Nolan to host Yes Meeting' on marriage equality

Thu, May 07, 2015

Labour Galway West TD Derek Nolan will host a ‘Yes Meeting’ on marriage equality in the Galway Arts Centre this evening at 7pm.

Isn’t it time we stopped killing dogs?

Thu, May 07, 2015

See the picture with this article? It shows about 50 dogs. Not rabid strays. Not unkempt mongrels. All of these dogs in this photo were rescued by MADRA from being “put to sleep” in April alone. In Galway. That’s just one month. If you look at the picture again and double it, what you will see is the approximate number of dogs that are put to sleep in our city pound each year. Funded by ourselves. A sad indictment that so many animals abandoned through no fault of their own have to be killed, no matter how humanely the process is described or how Disneyified the ‘put to sleep” scenario sounds. Bottom line is Fido doesn’t wake up.

From 2011 to 2013, 324 dogs were killed. That’s more than half of the dogs that were cared for in the pound in that period. But surely there has to be a better way. Surely our city doesn’t want to be seen as a killing field for canines.

‘Stop the cull on the One Parent Family Payment’ says Ó Cuív

Wed, May 06, 2015

More than 3,000 Galway families are set to lose anything up to €80 a week from July as the age threshold for the One Parent Family Payment is cut from 16 to seven, a move which could force some parents out of the workplace, a local TD has warned.

Water meters to be installed in Galway ‘in the coming weeks’

Tue, May 05, 2015

Irish Water will install water meters in Galway city “in the coming weeks”, starting in Knocknacarra. However a local councillor is calling on the controversial company to “continue its practice” of not installing meters “on properties which reject them”.

Higgins demands ‘zero tolerance for zero hours contracts’

Tue, May 05, 2015

A zero tolerance attitude needs to be taken towards zero hours contracts as such contracts do nothing for the rights, livelihoods, or prospects of working people.

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