A right to a home must be enshrined in our Constitution says Kitt

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

There must be a legal right to housing for all citizens of this State and this right must be enshrined in our Constitution, according to Fianna Fáil Galway East TD Michael Kitt.

Dep Kitt, who is the party spokesperson on housing, is calling on the Government to include the “Right to a Home” in the second phase of the Constitutional Convention.

Paws 4 Thought

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

If you are looking for a pet, check out these gorgeous animals looking for homes. While we can only show you a sample here, please check our website www.galway-spca.com and have a look at all our animals. Please note home checks are carried out for all our animals, and a donation is required.

Bille na Gaeltachta achtaithe

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

Achtaíodh Bille na Gaeltachta Déardaoin seo caite i ndiaidh don fhreasúra siúl amach as an Dáil, i bhfianaise nach raibh sé i gceist ag an Aire Gaeltachta Dinny McGinley, glacadh le haon cheann de bhreis agus 150 leasú a bhí molta acu ar an mbille. Seo an chéad uair le fada an lá nach raibh aontacht sa Dáil ar cheist na Gaeilge, ach theip ar Fhine Gael agus páirtí an Lucht Oibre an aontacht sin a bhaint amach toisc gur dhiúltaigh siad glacadh le hoiread is leasú amháin don Bhille.

Bagairt agus bulaíocht an Stáit

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

Tá iarrtha ag Guth na Gaeltachta, eagraíocht dheonach atá ag troid ar son chearta phobal na Gaeltachta, ar an Roinn Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an litir bhagartha a sheol siad chuig Dónal Ó Cnáimhsí, ball de Ghuth na Gaeltachta, a tharraingt siar. Sheol an Roinn litir chuig Dónal Ó Cnáimhsí, atá fostaithe mar gharraíodóir i bPáirc Náisiúnta Ghleann Bheatha, ionad a thagann faoi scáth na Roinne Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta, ag bagairt air de bharr gur labhair sé amach go poiblí in aghaidh an Bhille Gaeltachta, Bille atá bruite trína Dála ó shin ag an Roinn.

‘Circle of Life’ donor commemoration park reaches public consultation stage

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

Salthill Park has been chosen as the location of a special national garden of commemoration and thanksgiving for organ and tissue donors, a project which will be available for public consultation in early August.

Local academics appointed to Law Reform Commission

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

Two Galwegians, Tom O’Malley and Donncha O’Connell, both academics at NUI Galway, have been appointed to the Law Reform Commission.

Through the glass darkly

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

In Act One of Shakespeare’s Merry Wives of Windsor, a play, so legend has it, Queen Elizabeth personally commissioned because she so enjoyed the character of Sir John Falstaff in Henry IV, 1& 2, we meet Master Abraham Slender who has come to court the young and lovely Mistress Anne Page. As he hesitates at the door, he laments, “I had rather than 40 shillings I had my book of Songs and Sonnets here.” The joke here, for Shakespeare’s audience, concerns the name of the book Slender mentions – Songs and Sonnets.

In 1557, Richard Tottell (d.1594), a London publisher and printer with an office in Fleet Street, published a small volume of 280 poems under the title Songs and Sonnets by Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, Sir Thomas Wyatt, the Elder, Nicholas Grimald and Uncertain Authors. Reprinted nine times between 1558 and 1587, it is considered the most influential and important poetic collection of the 16th century.

Trailblaze to showcase artistic and business creativity in Galway

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

Trailblaze, the discussion, performance, and event forum, showcasing creative and socially engaged ideas and projects, with some of Ireland’s leading cultural provocateurs, is coming to Galway.

University of Limerick offers fitness instructor certification in Galway

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

University of Limerick will be running a fitness instructor course in Galway for people who would like to train to become a fitness instructor or personal trainer. The certificate in exercise and health fitness is awarded by the University of Limerick and is the only university accredited fitness qualification in Ireland.

This is a professional Level 6 award qualification and it is recognised as a gold standard award throughout the fitness industry for fitness instructors and personal trainers. Graduates will be educated and trained to design fitness programmes, conduct fitness assessments, teach a variety of exercise classes, such as body conditioning, step aerobics and circuit training as well as designing weight training programmes.

Lackagh all set for ‘The Gathering’ of Kearney clan for reunion

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

Descendents of the Kearney family will travel from far and wide this weekend for a massive family reunion at Lackagh.

Headfest gets ready to rock Headford

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

The August bank Holiday weekend will see Headford host the first Headfest community festival.

Funding secured for services for people with special needs

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

Funding for services for eight people with profound to severe disabilities, who are due to graduate from the Rosedale Special Needs School in Renmore, have been secured.

The uncertainty regarding the funding has been a source of stress for parents. However a breakthrough came following a meeting between the Minister for Health James Reilly and minister of state Kathleen Lynch, and Galway TDs Brian Walsh, Seán Kyne, Derek Nolan, and senator Fidelma Healy Eames. As a result, the money to continue providing the services was found by the HSE within the existing health budget.

Foróige to hold Youth Music Week in city

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

Foróige’s Galway City Youth Cafe on Fairgreen Road, will hold the Youth Music Week from Monday August 6 to Friday 10 for those aged between 12 and 18.

Woman killed when car hits wall near Kiltormer

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

Gardai in Ballinasloe are investigating a single vehicle road traffic collision which claimed the life of the female driver yesterday morning.

Cuddy calls for council to cut hedges and grass

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

The Galway County Council must immediately put a plan in place for hedge and grass cutting across the county, a local politician has demanded.

VEC to be patron of new Claregalway secondary school

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

County Galway Vocational Education Committee has been confirmed as the patron of a new second-level school in Claregalway, a move which has been broadly welcomed by public representatives and parents, who see this as vital to protecting the future of education in the area.

DERI researcher looks into Wikipedia’s brainpower

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

A study of the decision making processes which fuel changes to Wikipedia content is currently underway at the Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI) in NUI Galway.

With almost four million articles, the online encyclopaedia Wikipedia is written collaboratively by largely anonymous Internet volunteers, and is the sixth most visited site on the web today. DERI-based PhD researcher Jodi Schneider is investigating the decision factors and arguments used in the often complex debates around article deletion.

Bonanza as Galway Arts Festival set to reach record numbers

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

With many shows sold out this year’s attendance at the Galway Arts Festival is well on its way to reaching record numbers proving that not even the recession can keep lovers of the arts away from an event which has gained national and international recognition.

Thieves target Oranmore tyre centre

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

Garda are seeking information in relation to a burglary at a tyre centre in Oranmore at the weekend where a large consignment of tyres, a tyre changer, wheel balancer, and wheel alignment equipment were stolen.

Anti-household tax campaign group hits out at Government guilt-trip

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

The Campaign Against Household and Water Taxes group has blasted the Government and local authorities in Galway for what it describes as attempt to “guilt” people into paying the controversial household charge.

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