Tonabrucky Challenge goes on the road again for charity
Thu, May 29, 2014
Rahoon Newcastle Hurling Club will host the fouth annual Tonabrucky Challenge on Saturday June 7 at 6pm.
Read more ...Golden Mile of Galway 2014 competition launched
Thu, May 29, 2014
The annual Golden Mile of Galway Awards has been launched, announcing details of this year’s competition.
Read more ...Oughterard school to replace prefabs not ‘fit for teaching’
Thu, May 29, 2014
St Paul’s Secondary School in Oughterard, which had been forced to remove some of its students and staff from decade-old prefabs after its roof started caving in, has welcomed the news that funding to construct permanent classrooms has been approved.
Read more ...Nurses urged to use their imaginations
Thu, May 29, 2014
A call has been made for nurses to be less risk averse and to use their imaginations to work more creatively.
Read more ...Open your garden for Irish Red Cross
Thu, May 29, 2014
The Irish Red Cross is appealing to Galway gardening enthusiasts to take part in Open Gardens 2014.
The event, which runs from June to October, is a fundraising initiative whereby people are encouraged to open up their gardens for a morning, afternoon, or full day and extend an invite to their family, friends, or wider communities.
Read more ...Galway hosts photography exhibition about child labour in the Gaza Strip
Thu, May 29, 2014
By Ebhan Loughlin
An exhibition of photographs about child labour in the Gaza Strip, many taken from a child’s-eye perspective, is open to the public in Galway city this week.
Galway city’s 2014 vote - all change and no change
Thu, May 29, 2014
Galway will never have seen a city council like the one which gathers on Friday June 6 at 4pm in City Hall for its first meeting, and yet, from a certain point of view, it will be a council that is strangely familiar.
Read more ...Galway city’s new council
Thu, May 29, 2014
Seven new councillors were returned to City Hall in last weekend’s local elections, including three Sinn Féin candidates, the party’s best performance in the city in living memory.
Read more ...‘And you can quote me on that’
Thu, May 29, 2014
“I have a degree and a masters and yet I’m unemployed. My generation is the lost generation. In me, voters saw someone who has stayed and can give the perspective of that generation in City Hall, and the perspective of my generation is needed.”
Read more ...NUIG students win bursaries for heart disease study
Thu, May 29, 2014
Four NUIG students have been awarded bursaries of €1,000 each by Merck, Sharp and Dohme to assist in their studies focusing on the prevention of cardiovascular disease.
Read more ...Youth friendly businesses rewarded
Thu, May 29, 2014
Three Galway businesses voted the most youth friendly, An Tobar Nua, Lucks Newsagents and Deli, and Casey’s Centra, were the winners of this year’s Youth-Friendly Business Awards.
Read more ...Brigit’s Garden to build renewable energy trail
Thu, May 29, 2014
Brigit’s Garden is adding a new renewable energy trail that is the first of its kind in the west of Ireland.
Read more ...Moycullen hosts annual All-Ireland Gaeltacht football festival this weekend
Thu, May 29, 2014
All roads lead to Moycullen this weekend for the annual Galway football festival for clubs from Gaeltacht regions.
Read more ...Young Galway woman wins life-changing trip to Thailand
Thu, May 29, 2014
Claregalway 21-years-old Rachel Maher leaves Galway this week for the trip of a life-time to Thailand.
Rachel has won an eight-week EIL Travel Award to Thailand, fully-funded by Cork-based EIL Intercultural Learning, which organises cultural and educational travel programmes worldwide.
Read more ...New non-stop Galway-Killarney service
Thu, May 29, 2014
The first express coach service between Galway and Killarney begins tomorrow.
Read more ...Spanish summer camps for children and teens
Thu, May 29, 2014
The Spanish Institute will run week long summer courses this year, starting in June and running until the end of July. There will be courses available for teenagers, as well as children aged four to 12. The courses combine learning practical Spanish with fun games and activities. The qualified, native, Spanish teachers have extensive experience teaching children and young people.
Read more ...Open day at CNM
Thu, May 29, 2014
Does the connection between good health and what you eat interest you? Have you ever considered studying for a career in nutritional therapy? You can find out more at The College of Naturopathic Medicine’s open day at the Salthill Hotel, Galway, on June 14 from 1.30pm to 6.30pm.
Read more ...Children’s summer camps with Conradh na Gaeilge
Thu, May 29, 2014
As the end of the school year beckons it is time to think about planning your child’s summer holidays. Fortunately, Conradh na Gaeilge has just the answer for you. Its renowned summer camps commence in July in areas including Castlegar, Lackagh, Corofin, Menlough, and Oughterard.
Read more ...Galwegians to cycle Ireland’s western seaboard for cancer research
Thu, May 29, 2014
Thirty Galway friends and work colleagues of Donegal man Shaun Doherty, who is currently battling cancer, will this week embark on a 350 kilometre charity cycle along Ireland’s western seaboard to raise funds for Friends of St Luke’s and the Bone Marrow for Leukaemia Trust.
Read more ...‘Glamour at the g’ fashion show set to return next month for charities
Thu, May 29, 2014
Fashionistas are set for the style event of the year when the g Hotel hosts a bonanza fashion show in aid of Console, COPE Galway and Irish Autism Action on June 12.
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