Irish Heart Foundation to host white collar boxing fundraising event

Thu, Nov 20, 2014

Are you looking for a new challenge in 2015? Then the Irish Heart Foundation may have exactly what you are looking for as it launches its fouth annual Big Heart Fight Night this week. The Fight Night which has become one of the most popular nights in Galway’s social calendar is organised by the Irish Heart Foundation in association with Black Dragon gym Galway.

NUIG Steiner education conference attracts strong interest

Thu, Nov 20, 2014

A conference on the art of education in Steiner national schools, which was held in NUI Galway on Saturday, saw lively engagement by Galway parents and educators as well as large numbers of participants from outside the county.

Clifden Community school public speaking team success

Thu, Nov 20, 2014

The Clifden Community School public speaking team won the Business Professional Women Connacht Public Speaking Regional Competition held in The Ardilaun hotel on November 11.Ten teams from Connacht took part.

Leaving and Junior Cert revision courses at the Galway Study Centre

Thu, Nov 20, 2014

The Galway Study Centre will be offering one week of intensive revision classes, from Monday December 29 and until Saturday January 3. This will be the 30th annual Christmas revision course to take place at the study centre.

Water tax to be fixed at €160 for families and €60 for single households

Wed, Nov 19, 2014

In the latest climbdown by the Government on its deeply unpopular water tax, charges are now set to be capped at €160 a year for families while a single adult household will pay an effective €60 rate.

New national waste management plans to be launched in Galway tomorrow

Mon, Nov 17, 2014

A NEW waste management plan for Galway and the entire Connacht/Ulster region, as well as for other regions throughout the State, are to be launched tomorrow at 11.30am in City Hall.

Registration opens for Galway’s bike rental scheme ahead of launch in ten days

Thu, Nov 13, 2014

Registration has opened this week for the Coca-Cola Zero Bikes scheme, which is due to launch in Galway later this month.

The National Transport Authority this week announced further details of the scheme, which will go live in Galway on Monday November 24.

Will Walsh or Kyne survive the 2016 General Election?

Thu, Nov 13, 2014

It was not the bank collapse of 2008, the implosion of the economy, the unforgivable bank guarantee, nor four years of harsh austerity measures which forced the Irish people on to the streets in protest.

‘Being an outsider gives me a different view on things other people might take for granted’

Thu, Nov 13, 2014

There is a horse farm about a mile and a half outside Motala, a small town located between Stockholm and Gothenburg in southern Sweden. There it is surrounded by vast woodlands, a huge lake, hunters cabins, and amid the rural isolation, an old mental asylum.

Free places for ten students at reforming learning conference

Thu, Nov 13, 2014

A number of second and third level students can avail of free places at a conference which explores how second and third level education prepares young people for the future.

Independent Senator Fidelma Healy Eames is offering 10 free places to local students for the upcoming “Reforming Learning: Driving Success conference which will take place at NUI Galway on Friday December 5.

€1m was awarded to 22 Galway people who sustained injuries in workplace accidents last year

Thu, Nov 13, 2014

A total of €1m was awarded to 22 Galway people who sustained injuries in workplace accidents last year.

The average award was €47,400 according to an analysis of 2013 workplace claims released by the Injuries Board, the Government body which makes personal injury awards.

Remove penalty point appeals from gardai says Higgins

Thu, Nov 13, 2014

Penalty point appeals must be removed from An Garda Síochána and be decided upon by district judges instead.

Tree planting symbolises new beginning for COPE Galway’s campaigns

Thu, Nov 13, 2014

An Taoiseach Enda Kenny launched the development plan for COPE Galway’s new Domestic Violence Refuge on Monday. The occasion was marked with a symbolic tree planting ceremony as a symbol of new beginnings for those women and children experiencing domestic violence.

We have an onus to make Galway more vibrant and enhanced for next generation, says chamber president

Thu, Nov 13, 2014

There is an onus on Galway to deliver to the next generation a more enhanced and vibrant city, the president of Galway Chamber told more than 200 business leaders who attended the Galway Chamber Business Briefing and the Galway Chamber Port Development Committee update on Monday.

Council budget ‘shamefully ignores homelessness crisis’ in city says Crowe

Thu, Nov 13, 2014

The Galway City Council’s 2015 budget “ignores the most serious social problem affecting the city and disregards the plight of people in our city who have nowhere to sleep on a nightly basis.”

Number of mumps cases swelling in Galway, warns HSE as figures double

Thu, Nov 13, 2014

An upsurge in the number of mumps cases, mainly among men in the 17 to 24 year age group, has been reported in Galway.

Jobs boost as PFH Technology Group opens new offices

Thu, Nov 13, 2014

An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, this week announced that PFH Technology Group, Ireland's largest indigenous ICT services company, with offices in Dublin, Cork and Galway, is to create 25 new jobs within the organisation. The jobs were announced at the official opening of the company’s new offices in Galway.

Author on bullying wants to change the dictionary definition of the term

Thu, Nov 13, 2014

The author of an award winning book on bullying is spearheading an online global campaign to change the dictionary definition of the word.

Naughton welcomes reconsideration of deposit rule

Thu, Nov 13, 2014

The comments by the Governor of the Central Bank, Patrick Honohan, that he may consider a relaxation of the imposition of a 20 per cent deposit rule on new mortgage applicants have been welcomed by Sen Hildegarde Naughton.

Renowned musician to trace American music to Ireland

Thu, Nov 13, 2014

The renowned musicologist and performer Mick Moloney will deliver an audio-visual lecture at NUI Galway this evening.

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