Domestic violence Irish language info leaflet to be launched in Carraroe

Thu, Mar 12, 2015

Domestic Violence Response, Oughterard, will be launching its new Irish language information leaflet which outlines the services and supports offered by the charity for women and children in the Galway and Connemara area who are experiencing violence in the home.

The launch will take place on Friday March 27 from 10:30am -12:30pm in the Carraroe Library in conjunction with a cake coffee fundraiser.

NUI Galway hosts Ireland’s only Harry Potter convention

Thu, Mar 12, 2015

NUI Galway’s Harry Potter Society will hold a three-day convention dedicated to Harry Potter fans. PotterFest Galway, Ireland’s only Harry Potter convention, will take place from 13-15 March in Áras na Mac Léinn at NUI Galway.

Former Apprentice star’s new book looks at policing and social media

Thu, Mar 12, 2015

A new book, which takes an in-depth look at the emerging field of policing social media has been published by the Managing Director of Digital Training Institute, based in NUI Galway’s Business Innovation Centre. Authored by Joanne Sweeney-Burke, Social Media Under Investigation, Law Enforcement and the Social Web takes and in-depth view of An Garda Síochána’s adoption of social media and benchmarks this against international best-practice.

Kinvara Farmers’ Market needs permanency not uncertainty

Thu, Mar 12, 2015

Many people consider the Kinvara Farmers’ Market, now in its seventh year, to be a fairly permanent fixture. It takes place in Market Square, Kinvara, every Friday from April to October 10am until 2pm.

More than 30 small local businesses turn up to sell not only their locally grown spuds and onions but also their handmade soap, soda bread, bagels, cheese, free-range eggs, fish, flowers cut and potted, greeting cards, organic salad, strawberries and woolly hats.

Croi head to lead patients’ group

Thu, Mar 12, 2015

The West Northwest Saolta Hospital Group Patient Council has announced that Croi CEO Neil Johnson will be its first chairperson.

City Council meetings to be streamed online?

Thu, Mar 12, 2015

Meetings of Galway City Council could shortly be streamed live on the Council website.

Another hotel for Supermac

Thu, Mar 12, 2015

Galway businessman, Pat McDonagh has bought the Charleville Park Hotel in Cork.

Doughiska Resource Centre to hold open day

Thu, Mar 12, 2015

ARD Family Resource Centre in Doughiska will hold an Open Day on Friday March 13 from 10am -1pm in the Cumasú Centre on Doughiska road. The Resource Centre has been open almost three years now and runs free courses and groups for the young and old in the area.

Thriving Galway Taxis announces plans to expand its fleet

Thu, Mar 12, 2015

Galway Taxis has over the last two years changed its dispatch system to allow online and app bookings from smartphones. This has resulted in a growth in overall business over the last six months. The Galway Taxis app is now in operation for more than two years and accounts for almost 15 per cent of all bookings. With more than 4,500 app downloads on Android and iPhone, the company plans to introduce a Windows app later this year. Galway Taxis will be the first taxi app to provide its services on this platform.

Customers who use the app pay no callout fee, and have options to pay the fare by card, find the closest car, and to see the cars on screen before making a booking; these have proven to be key to giving customers what they are looking for in a taxi app. The online booking facility allows customers without smartphones the same access to this vital tracking information. Customers can open an account at www.galwaytaxis.biz.

No road closure for first two weeks of Lough Atalia road lowering works

Wed, Mar 11, 2015

Work on the Lough Atalia Bridge Road Lowering Project starts on Monday March 23, but the road will remain open during the following two weeks in order to allow unrestricted access to the city during the Easter weekend.

‘My duty is to build bridges’

Wed, Mar 11, 2015

Rarely a week goes by when the strife in Israel/Palestine does not make headlines in the media. In recent years the conflict has seemed ever more intractable, the people increasingly polarised and entrenched. Yet in spite of all, there are still those on both sides of the divide working for mutual understanding and a peaceful resolution of the conflict.

Election 2016 will determine future of water charges

Wed, Mar 11, 2015

Insider has been thinking lately about what are the limits to democratic expression, are there certain lines that just should not be crossed, and if so what are they?

Homeowners along N6 ring road routes at risk of being pursued by banks for ‘unsecured shortfalls’ warns Charity

Tue, Mar 10, 2015

Home owners along the six controversial N6 Galway Transport Project routes are at risk, not only of their homes being demolished, but of being pursued by the banks for unsecured shortfalls in the market value of those homes after demolition.

Healy-Eames demands councils scrap ‘destructive’ N6 ring road plans

Tue, Mar 10, 2015

The only solution to Galway’s transport problems is to scrap the “divisive” and “destructive” N6 Galway City Outer By-pass project, and demand that the consultants Arup be given “a new brief to come up with a range of sustainable transport solutions to solve our traffic problems”.

NUIG students call on other universities to hold ‘legalise cannabis’ referenda

Mon, Mar 09, 2015

Students in NUI Galway are calling on university student bodies across Ireland to follow their example and hold referenda to support the legalisation of cannabis, thereby creating a momentum that will encourage politicians to “seriously rethink” the State’s laws on the drug.

Road would destroy campus, says NUI Galway

Thu, Mar 05, 2015

Opposition to the road route proposals in the Galway City Transport Project was upped several gears last night with the news that NUI Galway will be objecting in the strongest possible terms to any developments which threaten its future.

‘I Belonged To Glasgow’

Thu, Mar 05, 2015

Some weeks ago Little John Nee captivated the Town Hall studio with his autobiographical show The Galway Years, and he returns to the venue next weekend with more engrossing memoirs in The Glasgow Years in which he will revisit his 1960s childhood.

Roads plan will destroy our campus and decades of planning, says NUI Galway

Thu, Mar 05, 2015

Over the past few weeks, the impact of the proposed routes on the Galway City Transport Project has been articulated in great detail at a series of forums across the city and county. We have heard about houses and farms being destroyed, about businesses being decimated, about schools being overlooked. We have seen politicians try to justify both the development and the withdrawal of its plans. However, the opposition grew in stature last night when one of the city’s biggest employers, and one of the reasons for the city’s vitality and attraction, spoke out strongly about how it feels the roads will impact on their plans.

Galway delegation to travel to Europe to discuss bypass options

Thu, Mar 05, 2015

A deputation from Galway is to travel to Europe to discuss proposals for a new city bypass and the option of returning to the original route which failed at planning stage. It was decided at a special meeting of the Galway County Council on Monday evening that city and county councillors, local TDs, and community representatives will meet MEPs and members of the European Commission to discuss various options.

Greenway group seeks progress on Western Rail Corridor greenway proposal

Thu, Mar 05, 2015

A campaign group set up to seek to use part of the Western Rail Corridor as a greenway until such time as it can be developed to provide a rail service has this week welcomed comments from Iarnród Éireann indicating the company would be open to the project.

The group, the Western Rail Trail Campaign, was reacting to comments this week by IE director of infrastructure Don Cunningham at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport and Communications. Mr Cunningham said IE would be open to nonoperational railway lines being developed for alternative uses, provided there was an understanding that they could revert to operational use in the future.

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