Help Galway Hospice build for the future

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

The Galway Hospice is organising a community meeting next Tuesday March 12 in the Clayton Hotel at 8pm as part of the recently launched ‘Building for the Future’ fundraising campaign.

Cast your vote for Best of Galway Awards

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

The voting stage of the Best Of Galway Awards commences today March 7 and will continue until Monday April 1, so do not delay in showing your appreciation for a local business and casting and vote in its favour.

People under 70 invited to train as ‘first responders’

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

A Co Galway paramedic is spearheading a drive to train people as community “first responders” in a bid to save lives in his local area.

Celebrating the wonders of women

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

Tomorrow women around the globe can raise a glass to themselves and toast International Women's Day. Whether a homemaker, mudwrestler, or international diplomat, women may still be underestimated, but crucially they no longer underestimate themselves.

City to aid the resurrection of Fianna Fáil?

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

In ‘The Russians Are Coming’, one of the greatest episodes of Only Fools And Horses, Del Boy constructs a nuclear fallout shelter atop Nelson Mandela Towers. Then, after ruminating on a scenario for what might happen post a nuclear war, he announces: “The end of the world is the break we’re looking for Rodney.”

Shooting the Breeze with Kevin Brophy, author of The Berlin Crossing and Another Kind Of Country

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

Last year was a good one for Galway author Kevin Brophy with his Cold War thriller The Berlin Crossing garnering considerable critical acclaim. Now he follows that novel with a further foray into the murky world of East-West skulduggery and intrigue, in the newly published Another Kind Of Country.

Recession busting Irish summer course for only €570

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

Tá Coláiste Cholumba ag rith cúrsaí Gaeilge ar an gCeathrú Rua ar feadh caoga bliain. Le dhá bhliain anuas tá muid ag rith cúrsaí speisialta coicíse chun an seans a thabhairt do gach duine taithí a fháil ar ár dteanga dúchais i gceartlár na Gaeltachta.

HiTec Education announces new FETAC awards

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

HiTec Education Centre has just received full validation for new FETAC awards. The company is one of the first private colleges in the west of Ireland to offer these new awards in childcare and healthcare. It offers these through different delivery methods with classroom based, online, and blended learning options.

Irish and craic for less at Coláiste na n-Oileán

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

Located in the heart of the true Connemara Gaeltacht, Coláiste na nOileán is one of the longest-running Irish colleges. The college promises plenty of ceoil agus craic this summer.

Success at maths and English is essential for your child’s future

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

A 2004 study by the University of Oxford found that: “Individualised work with children who are falling behind in arithmetic has a significant impact on their performance. The amount of time given to such individualised work does not, in many cases, need to be very large to be effective.”

New Spanish class starting next week

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

Practical classes in beginning Spanish will start again next week at the Language Institute in the Granary Learning Centre. These 12-week courses are designed to give students the words and phrases they will need to visit Spain or Latin America with ease and confidence.

ICPPD to offer professional qualification in holistic counselling and psychotherapy in GMIT

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

The International College for Personal and Professional Development (ICPPD) is based in Athlone with outreach centres at Belfast, Dublin, Galway, and Wexford. The ICPPD was set up to inspire, encourage, and support continuous learning. The college provides training and education to adult learners interested in personal development or a career in counselling and psychotherapy, and to professionals already working in those areas.

When school and grinds cannot work

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

Welcome to the March edition of how the brain works and what affects its performance. Success in school today can be vital to your child’s future, so if your child has a learning, speech, phonics, reading, or language problem, etc, school can prove to be difficult, even with grinds.

City to aid the resurrection of Fianna Fáil?

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

Insider was reminded of this when looking at the recent poll figures for Fianna Fáil. The further the recession drags on and the lower both public and consumer confidence drops, the more the party’s support level climbs. Remember it was Fianna Fáil (not Lehmann Brothers) that destroyed the State’s economy, creating the recession that cripples us now.

Significant rise in new breast cancer cases diagnosed at Galway Unit

Thu, Feb 28, 2013

There has been a significant increase in the number of new breast cancer cases diagnosed at the Symptomatic Breast Unit at Galway University Hospitals, according to a new report, just launched.

Massive research funding boost for NUI Galway

Thu, Feb 28, 2013

NUI Galway is in line for a major slice of the €300 million in funding for research announced this week. The university will participate in three of the seven new Science Foundation Ireland research centres being set up with this funding.

Magdalene grave should have names inscribed says Connolly

Thu, Feb 28, 2013

The grave for Magdalene women in Bohermore Cemetery must have the names of those buried in it inscribed on the headstone, to at least provide some posthumous dignity to the deceased.

Vigil for Galway Magdalene women

Thu, Feb 28, 2013

A memorial vigil in honour of the women who were in the Mercy Magdalene Laundry in Galway city takes place this Sunday.

The vigil will take place at the ‘Women of the Magdalene laundry’ memorial statue, Forster Street, at 3.30pm. Those coming along are asked to bring flowers or candles.

Heaney and O’Brien head impressive list as Cuirt 2013 promises to be best ever

Thu, Feb 28, 2013

Edna O’Brien, Seamus Heaney, and Michael Longley, three of the titans of contemporary Irish literature, are coming to Galway for the 2013 Cúirt International Festival of Literature from April 23 to 28.

The festival will be officially launched on Tuesday March 12 at 6pm in the House Hotel and feature leading Irish and international writers, as well as people involved in graphic novels and special effects works. There will also be a gathering of Irish and Scandinavian crime writers; launches of new books; and events celebrating Galway writers.