New group to campaign for Oranmore traffic management plan
Thu, Jul 10, 2014
A new traffic management plan is urgently needed for Oranmore where there is increasing traffic and safety problems, according to the newly-formed Oranmore Traffic Group.
Read more ...Galway given €750,000 to refurbish vacant houses to provide homes
Thu, Jul 10, 2014
The allocation of more than €750,000 to bring back to use 53 vacant houses to provide quality homes for families across Galway has been broadly welcomed, but a number of public representatives are calling on the Government to do more to address the growing housing crisis.
Read more ...National Day of Commemoration on Sunday
Thu, Jul 10, 2014
The National Day of Commemoration, to honour Irish people who died in past wars or on service with the United Nations, will be marked in Galway this Sunday.
Read more ...Doughiska, Roscam, and Ardaun nominated for Pride of Place competition
Thu, Jul 10, 2014
The Galway City Council has nominated the communities of Doughiska, Roscam, and Ardaun for the Pride of Place competition 2014.
Read more ...Ashford Castle furnishings to be sold at public auction
Thu, Jul 10, 2014
Ashford Castle, which is currently undergoing a major refurbishment to maintain its position as one of the world’s leading hotels, is giving the public an opportunity to buy a little of its luxury.
Read more ...Knocknacarra Football Club secures funding for new FIFA approved pitch
Thu, Jul 10, 2014
A full sized, FIFA approved, astro turf soccer pitch is to be created in Cappagh Park, following the approval of grant aid of €250,000 to Knocknacarra Football Club.
The funding, which was granted under the Oscar Sports Grant Aid National Funding, will also include the erection of floodlights. The grant was applied for by Galway City Council on a matched funding basis.
Read more ...Get ready for Galway Race Festival 2014
Thu, Jul 10, 2014
The Galway summer festival, one of the social and sporting highlights of the summer, kicks off on Monday July 28.
Read more ...Rooney family continues to sponsor jockey championship
Thu, Jul 10, 2014
THE whole county will soon go horseracing mad again and once again the Rooney family of Galway will sponsor the prize for the most winners at the Galway event.
The family-run business will provide the prize for Ballybrit’s leading jockeys both on the flat and over jumps in this month’s world-famous races.
Read more ...Saturday’s Currafest Music Festival for family-friendly fun
Thu, Jul 10, 2014
Currafest Music Festival takes place on Saturday and promises to be another fantastic family-friendly event.
Read more ...Walk or run for St Vincent de Paul
Thu, Jul 10, 2014
A 10k Run/5k Walk for St Vincent de Paul will take place on July 20 at 10am in the grounds of NUIG to raise much-needed funds for the society in Galway.
Read more ...Memorial tribute to Galway woman
Thu, Jul 10, 2014
A specially built equine shelter has been opened in India to honour Galway woman Caitriona O’Leary, who died in a horse-riding accident in England two years ago.
Read more ...Researchers to examine effects of coastal weather conditions on Galway
Thu, Jul 10, 2014
Researchers based in NUI Galway have been awarded research funding through the Enterprise Partnership Scheme to examine the Galway Bay marine environment and how coastal marine conditions affect the day to day lives of the Galway public.
In partnership with SmartBay Ireland, an investment of €96,000 has been made which will bring together a team of researchers from NUIG and DCU to develop research, making use of the National Marine Test and Demonstration Facility, managed by SmartBay Ireland in Galway Bay.
Read more ...Lost Irish language ‘talkie’ featuring Man of Aran cast discovered in Harvard archives
Thu, Jul 10, 2014
The first Irish language ever made has premiered at a renowned Italian festival of rediscovered and restored film; the short, by Man of Aran director Robert Flaherty and featuring some of the main cast of the Aran feature, was thought to have been lost forever when all known copies were destroyed in a fire more than 70 years ago.
Oidhche Sheanchais, an 11-minute film featuring Aran islanders from the Man of Aran cast listening to a story told by seanchai Seáinín Tom Ó Dioráin, was the first ‘talkie’ to be filmed in Irish and was made in London in 1934 while the cast were recording post-synch sound for Man of Aran.
Read more ...GMIT launches summer residency programmes for artists
Thu, Jul 10, 2014
Ten artists, a film production company, a curator, and a photographer have been selected for the GMIT Centre for Creative Arts & Media summer residency programmes.
Read more ...Go wild with An Taisce this weekend
Thu, Jul 10, 2014
An Taisce, the national trust for Ireland, is going wild in Galway this weekend with a programme of free wildlife events.
The programme of events will start on Friday July 11, from 10pm to 12 midnight at Galway Cathedral car park with a bat walk and talk. The event will be orchestrated by bat ecologist Kate McAney of the Vincent Wildlife Trust. The group will tour the bat haunts of Galway city hoping to hear, and perhaps see, species that include the soprano pipistrelle, the common pipistrelle, Leister’s bat and possibly Daubenton’s bat. For more information go to http://ow.ly/yRmeg.
Read more ...Máire Stafford RIP - Galway’s dedicated Gaeilgeóir
Thu, Jul 10, 2014
The death has taken place of one of Galway’s most talented and dedicated Gaeilgeóir.
Read more ...The brightest hurling stars are coming to Galway
Thu, Jul 10, 2014
Some of the brightest stars of hurling are coming together as part of the Centra-sponsored GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship.
Read more ...Giro D’Galway two-day cycle is launched
Thu, Jul 10, 2014
Bradley Renault Giro D’Galway two-day 360km cycle tour of Galway to raise funds for Jigsaw Galway youth mental health service will take place this year on October 18/19.
Read more ...RNLI family fun at Kinvara
Thu, Jul 10, 2014
The small coastal village of Kinvara is the place to be this weekend for its annual family fun day in aid Galway Lifeboat Station.
Read more ...Forget Garth Brooks - visit Galway instead
Thu, Jul 10, 2014
Galway is synonymous with festival fun, and July signals an intoxicating mix of summer festivals that attract thousands of visitors to our city every year.
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