Minding the back garden

Thu, Oct 24, 2019

Michael Moloney has been living and breathing Galway Racecourse for many years now. When he was knee high to a grasshopper, he used to cycle around the course, while his father John, looked after the running of the course. Now, so many years on, Michael still thinks of Ballybrit as a back garden rather than a workplace, such is his passion for that patch of ground that heaves mightily every year and reverberates the Galway economy.

New book chronicles turbulent decade in North Galway

Thu, Oct 24, 2019

A new book which chronicles the revolutionary decade in North Galway will be launched in Tuam next month. Written by local GP Dr. Jarlath Deignan who is a member of the Old Tuam Society, the book discusses the various episodes that occurred during the pursuit of Irish freedom from a local perspective, including the Great War, Easter 1916, the War of Independence, the Anglo-Irish Treaty and the Civil War.

The region of North Galway witnessed significant events in all phases of the revolutionary period and is described by the author as a microcosm of the country as a whole.

GMIT women’s entrepreneurship programme to expand to Sligo, Donegal, and Leitrim

Thu, Oct 24, 2019

EMPOWER, the women’s entrepreneurship programme delivered in GMIT’s Innovation Hubs to women in Galway, Mayo, and Roscommon, has been allocated over €300,000 in funding to extend delivery of the successful programme to counties Sligo, Donegal and Leitrim.

The funding is part of an overall €1.5m budget allocation to promote gender equality and migrant integration announced earlier this week by the Minister for Justice and Equality, Charlie Flanagan, and David Stanton, Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality with responsibility for Integration, Immigration and Equality, for a total of five female entrepreneurship projects providers across the country.

Why social media is negatively affecting the quality of our politicians

Thu, Oct 24, 2019

We live in a fast-changing world. The pace of this change seems to be increasing all the time. Technology is the main driver of this, in particular, phone technology.

South Galway success story APOS expands suite of services

Thu, Oct 24, 2019

You probably know the big, blue building outside Kilcolgan. But, did you know that it hosts a Galway success story? APOS Ltd , a wholly Irish owned company, specialises in the manufacture and fitting of prosthetic and orthotic devices to clients with a wide range of pathologies.

Anam Cara support evening next week

Thu, Oct 24, 2019

Anam Cara Galway, will host a parent support evening in the Clayton Hotel, Briat Hill on November 6 at 7.20pm As the dark evenings draw in and the Festive Season starts to make its presence felt this is one time of year most bereaved parents wish they could forget about.

Hong Kong celebrities to bring joys of Connemara to audience of millions

Thu, Oct 24, 2019

A TV crew from Hong Kong are currently in Ireland filming a series of shows (Fun Abroad & See the World) for their hugely popular national broadcast TVB.

Hanley demands minister scrap €250 million road and invest in sustainable transport instead

Thu, Oct 24, 2019

The planned N5 Turlough to Westport road, expected to cost €241 million, should be scrapped, and that money instead invested into cycling and greenway infrastructure, bus networks, and rail services throughout Connacht.

McNelis calls for support for rough sleepers ‘vulnerable to attack’

Thu, Oct 24, 2019

FOLLOWING THE recent killing of Timothy Hourihane, a homeless man in Cork, Labour City Councillor Niall McNelis has called for supports for rough sleepers who are “vulnerable to attack”.

Carnmore legends past and present to take part in AstroNomic Lip-sync challenge to fund new astro facility

Thu, Oct 24, 2019

Dozens of Carnmore hurling and camogie stars from the past and the present will be hoping to lip-sync their way to glory in the Astro-Nomic Carnmore Challenge next week.

Local mental health researchers seek participants for groundbreaking psychology therapy study

Thu, Oct 24, 2019

Researchers from the School of Psychology at NUI Galway are currently recruiting participants from ages 16-35 in the Galway area to participate in a new psychology therapy study being trialed for individuals who are in the first five years of a diagnosis of psychosis. Early psychosis, which refers to a range of mental health difficulties often associated with experiences of hallucinations or delusions, can result in significant difficulties with social and occupational functioning.

Confidence increasing that path will clear for greenway, says Cannon

Thu, Oct 24, 2019

An East Galway TD has said that confidence is growing that the path will be cleared for the Quiet Man Greenway when the rail review is concluded.

Let’s look after each other this wintertime

Thu, Oct 24, 2019

And so to wintertime. In a year when the seasons seemed in a hurry to pass one another out, we reach the stage where the clocks go back, where darkness becomes our constant companion, there when we leave home in the morning, there to greet us in the evening.

It is as if we are cocooned inside a large tea-cosy — slowly descending, preventing us from living our lives the way we want to. Everything seems much more of an effort in winter. Roads and paths are slippery, getting out and about to do the things we want is more involved. The escapes that you create for yourself in summer and spring are temporarily sidelined.

Fantasy Football round 10 preview

Thu, Oct 24, 2019

Game week nine's action came to an end with Arsenal's old frailties coming to the fore as they went down 1-0 to Sheffield United in south Yorkshire. Elsewhere, Man United produced a much improved display to earn a 1-1 draw against league leaders Liverpool at Old Trafford, Leicester extended their fine form with another three points via a 2-1 victory over Burnley, and Spurs' woes continued limping to a 1-1 home draw against bottom placed Watford.

The Ocean Cleanup

Wed, Oct 23, 2019

We can eliminate plastic bottles from our waste stream by using refillable stainless bottles, but what about the damage we’ve already done? There are already five enormous gyres of floating plastic in the world’s oceans. The largest, The Great Pacific Garbage Patch covers 20 times the area of Ireland.

Rebranded museum will generate €100,000 a week tourism revenue

Thu, Oct 17, 2019

Galway city’s new rebranded Atlantic Museum, will generate tourism revenues of more than €115,000 a week, when it opens at Comerford House at the Spanish Arch in the next few years.

Government ministers back plans for new elective hospital for Galway

Thu, Oct 17, 2019

Two Government ministers have publicly backed plans for the development of a new elective hospital in Galway, calling for the project to be prioritised and completed “as quickly as possible”.

Galway gets set for a week long carnival of comedy and laughter

Thu, Oct 17, 2019

Some 10,000 people are set to converge on Galway next week to attend the Vodafone Comedy Carnival, which is expected to generate at least €5 million for the local economy.

Loughnane calls for Leap card fares to be reduced to €1 for December

Thu, Oct 17, 2019

Leap card fares should be reduced to €1 on all Galway city bus routes during the Christmas shopping period, to encourage people to shop in Galway and to help reduce traffic congestion and the city's carbon emissions.

Kyne welcomes progress on N59 Oughterard to Maam Cross upgrade

Thu, Oct 17, 2019

Progress on upgrade works on the Oughterard to Bunnakill section of the N59 took a step forward this week, as a construction contract on the Maam Cross to Bunnakill section is be awarded by the end of this month.

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