Seven new NUI Galway projects to respond to COVID-19 crisis

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

Seven new NUI Galway projects to respond to the COVID-19 emergency were announced by Minister for Business, Enterprise, and Innovation, Heather Humphreys, TD yesterday (Wednesday) evening.

Post Covid-19 —working with and not against nature

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

Has the planet declared war on humanity over the last year? It certainly seems so as we witness one destructive storm after another in Ireland, heatwaves across Europe and southern Africa, hurricanes leaving trails of destruction from the Bahamas to Mexico, wildfires from Greenland and Siberia to Australia, melting ice from Antarctica to the Arctic, droughts in India, locust swarms in east Africa, increasing acidification of the oceans leading to the loss of a third of the largest structure on earth (Great Barrier Reef), city dwellers dying from poisonous air, flooding at crisis levels on every continent, soils becoming less fertile, and birds disappearing from the skies, insects from the fields and fish from the oceans.

New software engineering jobs announced for Galway

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

One hundred new jobs for Galway and Dublin, mainly in the area of software engineering, have been announced by Fidelity Investments, a Boston multinational financial services firm.

Sports clubs need financial support to survive post-Covid-19

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

If local and community based sporting clubs are to survive the Covid-19 lockdown and have a future, the Government must establish a support fund, as traditional income streams have ceased.

Ireland's longest running annual Pride falls victim to Covid-19 restrictions

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

The Galway Pride parade has become the latest casualty of the Covid-19 pandemic, with this annual August march through Galway city cancelled.

Galway must get 'fair slice' of funding to tackle spike in illegal dumping

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

Galway City Council must "ensure" the city gets "a fair slice" of the €1 million in funding announced by the Government to tackle the spike in illegal dumping since the Covid-19 restrictions came into force.

Cheevers raises concerns over illegal bonfires in east side of city

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

The gardaí and the Galway City Council must take a "serious" and "coordinated approach" to stop tackling the illegal bonfires which have occurred on the east side of the city in recent weeks.

Bus Eireann running 750 essential trips a day in Galway

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

Pictured are some of the Bus Éireann staff at the Galway depot who are providing vital services to the people of Galway during the Covid 19 restrictions. (front l-r) Dwayne Gallagher, Caroline Freeney, Peter Melia and Brian Connolly. (Back l-r) Robert Tierney, John Dubber and Marie Byrne. Bus Éireann have 270 employees in Galway and operate 20 Routes including city, rural and Expressway intercity services.

Major remote working survey launched by NUI Galway and the Western Development Commission

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

Researchers from the Whitaker Institute at NUI Galway and the Western Development Commission (WDC) have launched a national survey to gather data on employees’ experiences of remote working in these unprecedented times. This project is being led by Professor Alma McCarthy, Professor Alan Ahearne and Dr Katerina Bohle-Carbonell at NUI Galway and Tomás Ó Síocháin and Deirdre Frost at WDC.

Cannon welcomes move to bring Druid classics into people’s homes

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

An east Galway TD has welcomed the move by Druid Theatre to make some of its classic productions available for free for people at home.

Hurling and camogie clubs raise money for frontline workers

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

An east Galway hurling club and camogie club have raised more than €5,000 to help fund the purchase of PPE, food, and medical supplies for frontline health and care workers.

'I try to accept the darkness and remind myself a new day is around the corner'

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

I could write a blindingly different article on my response to this pandemic and how it has affected me, depending on the day I put pen to paper.

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Thu, Apr 30, 2020

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Coronavirus or not, a recession was coming

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

Insider has had a lot of time to think recently, particularly about the narratives that we are all subject to from various sources within society, whether it is Government, the media, special interest groups, or far-right conspiracy theorists.

Connolly concerned extra capacity in private hospitals 'not being used appropriately'

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

Less than 30 days after an agreement was signed between private hospitals in Galway and the Saolta group, the extra capacity in the private hospitals is "not being used appropriately".

Additional frontline healthcare staff budgeted for in the HSE 2020 Service Plan

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

Despite the "immense challenge of Covid 19", concern has been expressed in Galway that commitments to recruit frontline community healthcare staff would not be met this year.

McNelis calls on families to donate unwanted instruments to clubs and schools

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

Every home has an unused guitar, tin whistle, tennis racket, or running machine, and a call has gone out for these to be donated to clubs, schools and individuals across the city and county.

Croí adds its voice to global call to heart valve patients

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

Among those most impacted by COVID-19 are individuals living with heart disease or with specific heart conditions such as heart valve disease.

People with underlying heart disease or with certain heart conditions such as heart valve disease are among the most impacted by the coronavirus because of factors outside of their control, but also due to some things under their control, according to Croí CEO Neil Johnson, who has joined a global call for heart valve disease patients and their carers to take as much control as possible of their heart health during this global pandemic.

Canney welcomes signing of MOU between Inland Fisheries Ireland and Cairde na Chláir

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

Inland Fisheries Ireland and Cairde na Chláir, representing four of its angling clubs on the Clare River, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to enable both parties to collaborate on the conservation and development of brown trout and salmon and their habitat on the Clare River.

What you’re feeling is what we’re all feeling

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

There is a scene in the film White Mischief where a permanently-sozzled character Alice de Janze played by Sarah Miles, makes her way to the window on a grand morning and looks out across the African plains, takes in the endless heat and staring at what lies before her, groans and says something along the lines of “Oh God, not another bloody beautiful day.”

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