Connaughton calls on Minister Quinn to sort out SUSI

Thu, Nov 29, 2012

With the SUSI debacle leavings thousands of Galway students still waiting for their grant applications to be processed, a local TD has called on the Education Minister to “sort out” the issue.

Remember a loved one in a unique way

Thu, Nov 29, 2012

People can remember loved ones in a unique way this Christmas by sponsoring a light on the Christmas tree at University Hospital Galway.

Santa is coming to Coole

Thu, Nov 29, 2012

Coole Park will hold a free family event to celebrate the start of the festive season on Sunday December 9. The event, which will take place in the Coole Park Visitor Centre and tea rooms from 2pm to 4pm, will feature stories, winter scavenger hunts, and a visit by Santa.

Coole is a great place to take a walk on a bright, frosty, day, and there are two trails to follow through the park. The family trail is less than 2k and goes past the site of Coole house, into the walled garden, and through the woodland. Along the way you can stop to see the small herd of red deer, the stag proudly displaying his antlers, or look out for signs of red squirrels searching for nuts to eat. The longer seven woods trail is 4.5km and brings walkers through the woodland, and past the turlough and lake. Keep an eye out for swans on the lake.

Galwegians Rugby announces The Front Door as official pub sponsor

Thu, Nov 29, 2012

Galway’s favourite larger than life local The Front Door has been named as the official pub sponsor of Galwegians Rugby. The Front Door pub on Cross St has been an integral part of the Galway social scene for decades and has always been a proud supporter of local sports which makes its alliance with the historic Galwegians Rugby such a fantastic fit.

Éamon de Buitléar presents personal archive to NUIG

Thu, Nov 29, 2012

Éamon de Buitléar, film maker, musician, environmentalist, and Ireland’s answer to David Attenborough, has presented his personal archive to NUI Galway.

Galway festivals benefit from Fáilte Ireland funding

Thu, Nov 29, 2012

The Galway Comedy Festival, Cúirt, and the Clifden Arts Festival were among 11 Galway festivals and events which received grants under Fáilte Ireland’s Festival Funding Allocations.

Renmore man releases country album

Thu, Nov 29, 2012

Renmore man Pat Creaven has just released his debut solo album, entitled Pat Creaven, which features the Galwayman’s version of a number of country and western classics.

NUIG to take lead role in new project to support creative industries

Thu, Nov 29, 2012

A major new project which seeks to build the creative industries across Ireland and Northern Europe, will be launched today in NUI, Galway.

Druid director Garry Hynes will launch the Creative Edge project, which seeks to help creative businesses in Ireland, and the rest of Northern Europe, export to new markets and nurture emerging creative talent.

Charity auction of Pauline Bewick prints

Thu, Nov 29, 2012

Prints by one of Ireland’s most renowned artists, Pauline Bewick, will be auctioned for charity on Sunday December 9 at 3pm in the Pillo Hotel, Headford Point, Headford Road.

Various prints will be auctioned with all proceeds being shared by the Alzheimer Society of Ireland and Galway Hospice. Viewings will be on Saturday 8 between 10am and 9pm and again on Sunday 9 from 10am to 3pm. The auction starts at 3pm.

Volvo Ocean Race was worth €60 million to city, report finds

Thu, Nov 29, 2012

A new report from the JE Cairnes School of Business and Economics at NUI Galway reveals that the Volvo Ocean Race Finale (VOR) which took place in Galway city earlier this year, having hosted a stopover for the Race in 2009, was worth €60.5 million to the Irish economy. More than 500,000 visitors attended events during the festival period from June 30 to July 8 2012, with 16 per cent of those coming from outside of Ireland.

Choristers to be admitted to cantorum for first time in 500 years

Thu, Nov 29, 2012

Twenty-four choristers are to be admitted to St Nicholas Schola Cantorum on December 9, 2012. This will take place during 11am Sunday service in the Collegiate Church of St Nicholas, Galway. At the ceremony the choristers will sing the service and be presented with their robes of cassock, surplice and ruff.

This event marks the first time in for at least 500 years that children will have been formally commissioned to play a role in leading the music of the liturgy. The choristers are aged between 8 and 14, from all denominations and they meet once a week for two hours.

Macnas’ The Boy Explorer is Aran-bound

Thu, Nov 29, 2012

The Boy Explorer is a 15ft high, eight-year-old, boy who is on a quest to walk across Ireland asking children for brilliant ideas on how to make Ireland a better place to live.

Former Moldovan football prodigy taking part in Saturday’s Big Heart Santa Run Galway

Thu, Nov 29, 2012

Former Moldovan football prodigy Masal Bugduv has spoken this week of his support for the Irish Heart Foundation’s Big Heart Santa Run, a 5km run or walk taking place on this Saturday December 1 in Salthill.

Fear of stigma forces HIV positive people to stay silent

Thu, Nov 29, 2012

Most HIV positive people are forced to remain tight lipped about their condition because of fear of stigma and discrimination, it was claimed this week.

Gerry Coy, support service co-ordinator at AIDS West, says while advances in treatment have led to many leading relatively normal lives, the “twin traumas of stigma and discrimination means that most are forced to live with the burden of secrecy and non-disclosure”.

Colours Arts Project

Thu, Nov 29, 2012

THE THIRD Colours Arts Project takes place on Mainguard Street, this Saturday from 1pm to 5pm.

Stop ‘wasting money’ pursuing Household Charge says Connaughton

Thu, Nov 29, 2012

The Galway County Council has been accused of “wasting” thousands of euro pursuing householders “who have already paid the Household Charge”.

FF to hold public meetings on CAP in Glenamaddy and Maam

Thu, Nov 29, 2012

There must be no reduction in funding for the Common Agriculture Policy and The Taoiseach must use his position as incoming EU president to ensure funding is not cut.

Reduce rates to protect jobs says Grealish

Thu, Nov 29, 2012

A reduction in rates is needed as rates are a “big burden” for all companies and often the cause of viable businesses having to close with the subsequent loss of jobs.

SF proposed one per cent wealth tax

Thu, Nov 29, 2012

There is an alternative, costed, economic proposal that is fairer than those of previous years which the Government would do well to study and take heed of.

Kinvara Christmas Fair

Thu, Nov 29, 2012

Kinvara Farmers Market will holding its annual Christmas Fair this Saturday and Sunday and on Saturday December 8 and Sunday 9 in the Kinvara Community Centre.

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