Treacy encourages County Galway to apply for European project funding

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

Voluntary groups and education bodies in County Galway can apply for funding under a new EU initiative which aims to help raise awareness about the EU in their community.

Arts Council allocates almost €4 million to Galway

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

Galway is to receive almost €4 million in funding from the Arts Council to support theatre, dance, music, exhibitions, readings, and other performances across the city and county.

Galway Film Centre courses

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

The Galway Film Centre is running courses in filmmaking, writing, and animation for beginners and those with some knowledge.

Grealish welcomes progress on Milltown and Claregalway sewerage schemes

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

Plans for the long awaited Claregalway and Milltown sewerage schemes are now at an advanced stage and construction is expected to start next year.

Galway Film Centre offers new courses for beginners

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

The Galway Film Centre is running courses in filmmaking, writing, and animation for beginners and those with some knowledge.

Galway harpist thrilled and surprised by Meteor nomination

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

Galway harpist Kathleen Loughnane was “surprised and delighted” to find herself in contention with Christy Moore and Sharon Shannon for a Meteor Award.

Securing Seamount College’s future offers solution to school places crisis, says umbrella group

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

The securing of Seamount College’s future will now offer a solution to south Galway’s secondary school accommodation shortage, according to RESCUE, the umbrella group established to campaign for the retention of secondary education in Kinvara.

Athenry Environmental Network spring meetings

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

The Athenry Environmental Network will begin its spring series of meetings on Saturday March 13.

Help the Lifeboat at Salthill table quiz

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

A table quiz in aid of Galway RNLI Lifeboat will take place in the Salthill Hotel, Galway, on Monday next February 22, commencing 8pm.

Pope’s blame misplaced as Irish faith was at its strongest when abuses were carried out

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

Abuse victims are hurting again this week at the apparent disregard of the Vatican for their suffering at the hands of paedophile priests and religious over decades in Ireland. While they may have been naive in thinking that the Church would change the habits of a lifetime and stage some sort of public lynching, the lack of any obvious compassion or regret by the world’s senior churchman has struck a sour note, not only in the minds of victims, but among all those who were viewing this meeting as a turning point for the Church.

A complete sham and a charade

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

Insider has to ask ‘Has Fine Gael councillor Hildegarde Naughton fallen for this charade?’ Maybe by this stage, she’s figured it out. If she hasn’t, somebody close to her, who has been around for a while will hopefully have pointed it out.

Should Galway arrest Bertie?

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

Bertie Ahern was the “Teflon Taoiseach” from 1997 to 2008. He was nearly impossible to dislike, the ordinary Joe you could enjoy a pint of Bass with in the local boozer, the right man to lead us through the good times.

To Hell or Commies — Hail the People’s Republic Of Connacht?

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

Communism as a major political force in Europe may have disappeared with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, but, as someone once said about another organisation, ‘They haven’t gone away you know’!

Arts Council allocates almost €4 million to Galway

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

Galway is to receive almost €4 million in funding from the Arts Council to support theatre, dance, music, exhibitions, readings, and other performances across the city and county.

Galway Film Centre courses

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

The Galway Film Centre is running courses in filmmaking, writing, and animation for beginners and those with some knowledge.

Grealish welcomes progress on Milltown and Claregalway sewerage schemes

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

Plans for the long awaited Claregalway and Milltown sewerage schemes are now at an advanced stage and construction is expected to start next year.

Galway Film Centre offers new courses for beginners

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

The Galway Film Centre is running courses in filmmaking, writing, and animation for beginners and those with some knowledge.

Galway harpist thrilled and surprised by Meteor nomination

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

Galway harpist Kathleen Loughnane was “surprised and delighted” to find herself in contention with Christy Moore and Sharon Shannon for a Meteor Award.