Food fair for coeliacs

Thu, Apr 23, 2015

A food fair and afternoon tea to support coeliacs will be held in Galway on Sunday.

Minister in denial on GLAS applications says O Cuiv

Thu, Apr 23, 2015

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Agriculture Éamon Ó Cuív TD has accused Minster Simon Coveney of hiding behind his ministerial desk and refusing to be up-front on completed applications for the new GLAS scheme.

Special occasion department opens at Gorta-Self Help Africa shop

Thu, Apr 23, 2015

Gorta-Self Help Africa has just launched a new special occasion department at its retail outlet on William Street West in the city.

How we breathe affects so many aspects of our everyday health, says local expert as World Asthma Day approaches

Thu, Apr 23, 2015

A Galway based bestselling author claims that the secret to weight loss, fitness, and wellness lies in the most basic and most overlooked function of our bodies - how we breathe.

‘At Your Service’ star for BPW Summer Lunch in aid of Childline Galway

Thu, Apr 23, 2015

Francis Brennan, well known hotelier, author and star of "At Your Service" TV programme on RTÉ will speak at this year’s BPW Galway Summer Lunch.

Cura Galway to hold an information evening in Carraroe

Thu, Apr 23, 2015

Cura Galway will host an information evening in Bia Blasta Cafe, Carraroe, next Tuesday April 28 from 6.30pm-8.30pm.

Do the Giro D’Galway 2015 and live like a cycling pro

Thu, Apr 23, 2015

The 2015 Bradley Renault Giro D’Galway charity cycle tour was launched this week in the new Bradley Renault showrooms on the Tuam Rd in Galway. It is the second year of this epic two day, four stage, 360km charity cycle tour of county Galway and is taking place on Saturday and Sunday October 17-18 2015.

Funding announced to help creative industries sector in the west

Thu, Apr 23, 2015

Funding of €2m has just been announced for a new three-year project to support the creative industries sector in the Western Region. Creative Momentum will support and connect creative enterprises across the West of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Sweden, Finland and Iceland.

The €2m in funding has been secured from the EU’s Northern Periphery and Arctic (NPA) Interreg programme. The transnational project will be led by the Western Developemnt Commission and over the next three years creative enterprises from across the region – including craftspeople, designers, artists, filmmakers, app developers and musicians – will be able to access a range of new opportunities.

Thousands are sailing — from death, into death

Thu, Apr 23, 2015

In the end it came fast…. but slow. The screams from up on board overtaken by the roar of the waters breaking through the entrances filling the space about their feet. And as that cold water rushed into that dark space, they knew that death was creeping up on them. Death they had left behind, they thought. When that boat pulled away from the shore, as they were herded on as darkness approached, they took one last look at the land behind them, a land where they knew mainly death. Where they were numbed by it, stunned by it. Driven to risk death by it. One face of death roaring at them, rushing them towards a meeting with the same fear.

As the water rushed through they knew that they had no hope of escaping, that even if they managed to break through the locked gate in the hold of that wooden vessel, all they would be escaping into was a boat that had capsized in the middle of the Mediterranean. And even though the realisation of their fate was complete, they screamed and hoped and pushed in vain so that they would not go without effort. That even if there was a sliver of a chance of survival, they would grasp it.

GMIT open day aims to help students make the right choices

Fri, Apr 17, 2015

GMIT will hold its last open day of the academic year this Saturday, April 18, for secondary school students, parents, career teachers, and mature students. As some 6,000 CAO applicants have still not registered their course preferences, this event aims to help students make the right choices.

No going back on Galway bypass

Thu, Apr 16, 2015

Plans for the progression of the controversial new Galway bypass will not be amended following a meeting held in Brussels earlier this week to thrash out the issue. Council planners and representatives from ARUP Consulting Engineers are adamant they will not return to the old Galway City Outer Bypass route.

Does Lucinda’s Renua actually stand for anything?

Thu, Apr 16, 2015

An electorate fatigued by years of unrelenting economic bad news and grinding austerity; disenchanted with the Government’s failure to tackle the failings of the political system and engage in meaningful reform; the lack of a coherent alternative from an Opposition that has, at its heart, a party still tainted by its role in the economic crash and still toxic for many; a surge in support for ‘Others’ manifesting itself in both opinion polls and local election results.

‘As a writer you see something from the outside, but you also have the view from inside’

Thu, Apr 16, 2015

When award winning English novelist and short story writer Jon McGregor comes to Galway, to read at the Cúirt International Festival of Literature, it will be his second visit to the county in less than a month.

Galway Hospice is ‘solution to hospital-overcrowding’ says Walsh

Thu, Apr 16, 2015

The Galway Hospice is the “solution to hospital-overcrowding crisis”, but if the Government “fails to see this” it raises “serious questions about this administration and its commitment to health-service reform in Galway”.

City councillors ‘come out’ in support of gay marriage

Thu, Apr 16, 2015

The Mayor of Galway, Donal Lyons, along with fellow councillors in City Hall, gathered to show their support for the Yes Equality Campaign in the gay marriage referendum.

Connolly calls increase in housing waiting list figures ‘truly frightening’

Thu, Apr 16, 2015

The housing waiting list in the city jumped by more than 650 households in the last year, a “truly frightening” figure according to Independent councillor, Catherine Connolly,

Council development levies to be ‘raided’ by Irish Water, warns Farrell

Thu, Apr 16, 2015

Fees collected by the Galway and city county councils could end up in the coffers of Irish Water, and away from vital local projects and maintenance.

Open air meeting on boycotting water bills

Thu, Apr 16, 2015

The We Won’t Pay campaign will hold an open air street meeting this evening at 7.30pm in the car park of Ballybane library.

Think fit, get fit, stay fit - Christina Dillon opens new fitness studio

Thu, Apr 16, 2015

Growing up Christina Dillon was always involved in sport and fitness, so it is not surprising she has continued her passion for exercise in her chosen career.

Youngsters create new exhibition ‘You Booze You Looze’

Thu, Apr 16, 2015

A new exhibition from a group of talented young Galwegians is currently on display in the Galway City Library.

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