People encouraged to nominate volunteers for this year’s Mayor’s Awards

Thu, Apr 02, 2015

It is that time of year again to celebrate the great work of volunteers across the spectrum of community life in the city.

Tender for Aran Islands air service published

Thu, Apr 02, 2015

A June deadline has been announced for submissions to operate the air service to and from the Aran Islands. The contract is valued at €3.68 million and will run for four years.

Tuam Primary Care Unit needs to be prioritised

Thu, Apr 02, 2015

Cllr. Seán Canney has been informed that the tender process for 14 Primary Care Centres will be concluded by the end of April.

The project includes the provision of 14 Primary Care Centres around the country including one in Tuam. The budget for the entire project is €117 million.

Mad Hatters Tea Party at the g for Croí’s Women at Heart campaign

Thu, Apr 02, 2015

The g Hotel and Spa together with Croí and their Women at Heart Campaign invite you to attend their charity fundraiser where you get to enjoy and indulge in the wonderful world of the Mad Hatter's Afternoon Tea party in the g, Thursday April 30 at 3pm. Head Pastry Chef, Martina Crotty has created a unique themed, delicious must see afternoon tea to accompany this indulgent occasion.

Galway City Council signs contract with local development company

Thu, Apr 02, 2015

Galway City Council and Galway City Local Community Development Committee (LCDC) recently signed a contract with Galway City Partnership appointing them as programme implementers for the new Social Inclusion Community Activation Programme (SICAP).

Migrant women urged to take action on high risk of heart disease

Thu, Apr 02, 2015

Migrant women from the Imo Region of Nigeria, living in Galway (who have formed the Imo Women’s Association, Galway) are teaming up with local heart and stroke charity Croi and Galway County Council for a free health promotion event on Friday April 10 from 10am to 2pm in the Croi Heart and Stroke Centre, Newcastle Galway

This event is being run as part of Croí’s ‘Women at Heart’ campaign which aims to raise awareness of the fact that heart disease is the biggest killer of women in Ireland. However, women seem largely unaware of the significant differences between the sexes when it comes to symptoms, age of onset and need for medical care. This campaign aims to educate women on their risk of cardiovascular disease and empower them to take action. Announcing details of the event, Croi says this is a particularly important health promotion event as African women have a particularly higher risk of cardiovascular disease.

Local blood bike charity launches GPS on its vehicles

Thu, Apr 02, 2015

Blood Bike West, a charitable organisation which provides an emergency out-of-hours free service to the HSE in the west of Ireland, now has GPS tracking devices on all its vehicles, thanks to the support of a local telematics company.

Medtronic Chorale hit the right note and wow judges at Choirfactor

Thu, Apr 02, 2015

The Medtronic Chorale were singing on high after winning the top prize in the 2015 Galway Choir factor Competition which took place in the Radisson Blu Hotel on Saturday night.

Food — now everybody’s eating it

Thu, Apr 02, 2015

Gone are the days when food was something other people ate. Now everyone is atin’ it. We never had food when we were growing up. We just had Da Breakfast, Da Dinner and Da Tay. Da Supper was just cocoa and the odd biscuit. Food was something we saw in magazines on plates the likes of which you'd only take out for the Yanks as part of the ‘let's pretend we're something we're not’ annual campaign, when we'd sip tay, sorry tea out of blue willow cups with dainty fingers. And then we'd cover the table with food the likes of which we'd never ate and the likes of which they'd never ate and we'd depart then each thinking the other had the oddest taste in food ever.

And we'd be glad when they went back cos then we could get back to the Dinner and Da Tay and to believing that Captain Birdseye really existed.

Technologies which mimic the human eye to be developed for large space telescopes

Thu, Apr 02, 2015

Scientists at NUI Galway are developing technologies which mimic the human eye for use in large space telescopes.

More than one thousand social housing units for Galway

Thu, Apr 02, 2015

More than 1,100 new social housing units will be provided throughout Galway by 2017, following a €58.4 million grant by the Government to the county’s two local authorities.

Controversy over FORUM Connemara rumbles on

Thu, Apr 02, 2015

A local senator has this week questioned the democracy of a decision to withdraw social inclusion funding from FORUM Connemara. The organisation has administered social and community assistance programmes in Connemara for the past 25 years, but was informed last month that service will shortly come to an end.

Famous Galway brand Supermac’s announces a surprise name change

Wed, Apr 01, 2015

One of the most recognisable brands in Ireland is changing its name. Galway owned Supermac’s has announced this morning that its 100 plus restaurants will now change their name to McDonagh's.

Scrapping city council will ‘hurt city’s ability to attract inward investment’

Tue, Mar 31, 2015

Scrapping the Galway City Council and allowing the Galway County Council take over its powers would “destroy the marketing power” the city has in “attracting inward investment” and hurt its “tourist pulling power”.

O’Flaherty demands action to stamp out anti-social behaviour at Merlin Castle

Tue, Mar 31, 2015

Vandalism, under age drinking, fires, and the constant risk of serious accident has made Merlin Castle a dangerous place, and an issue that urgently needs to be addressed by the Galway City Council.

‘Funeral of Irish Water’ protest to be held next week

Tue, Mar 31, 2015

The public are being asked to take their Irish Water bills and deposit them in a coffin as a mark of protest, to take place in Galway next week, against both the highly mistrusted body and the Government’s water charges.

NUI Galway launches Strategic Plan with ambitious aims for 2020

Thu, Mar 26, 2015

NUI Galway’s President, Dr Jim Browne, today unveiled Vision 2020, the University’s new Strategic Plan 2015–2020.

Councillors debate contentious issue of unfinished housing estates

Thu, Mar 26, 2015

A suggestion by a number of county councillors that a special €100,000 fund, which has been made available by Galway County Council to fund badly needed repair works in unfinished estates across the county, be used to solely provide public lighting, was rejected by councillors at this week’s local authority meeting.

The proposal had come from councillors in the Loughrea Electoral area and Fine Gael’s Jimmy McClearn outlined the thinking behind it. “One hundred thousand will most likely be only enough to sort out one estate. However if we spend the €100,000 on lighting only, many estates can benefit from the safety and security that offers.”

Hunt for thugs who terrorised elderly couple

Thu, Mar 26, 2015

The vulnerability of elderly people living in rural County Galway has once again been highlighted following a violent attack in the Craughwell area last night.

Gardaí in Loughrea are appealing for witnesses after the aggravated burglary which occurred at the home of an elderly couple at around 10pm.Three men entered a house in the Cregg Mul Greaney area and assaulted an 80-year-old man and locked him into a room, while they ransacked the house. The men escaped with a sum of money.

Star-studded Abbeyglen Castle movie makes its screen debut in Times Square

Thu, Mar 26, 2015

A short movie featuring celebrities enjoying Clifden’s Abbeyglen Castle Hotel has gone viral after being shown on the famous screens in New York’s Times Square. Ryan Tubridy, Brendan Grace, Mary Kennedy, Sharon Shannon, Tony Tormey and the late Tony Fenton star in I’m a Celebrity Get Me In There promoting the historic Connemara Manor House Hotel to New Yorkers.

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