Oranmore dentist honoured for excellence of treatment of Aran accident victim

Thu, Jan 09, 2020

An Oranmore based dentist has been named ‘Connacht Dentist of the Year for the quality of the care and the kindness she provided to a young boy who suffered a dental injury in a bike accident.

Dr Dorcas Whitney of Orantown Dental Centre, was nominated after the boy’s mother said Dr Whitney had always put her children at ease during routine check-ups but that she really came to understand the quality of the care she provides, when her son had the bike accident while on a school tour on the Aran Islands.

Five Galway enterprises to benefit from Regional Enterprise Development Fund allocations

Thu, Jan 09, 2020

Galway has been allocated €9.7 million under the Government’s Regional Enterprise Development Fund, with the Galway Technology Centre, the PorterShed, Comhoibriú/Creative Enterprise West, SCCUL Enterprises, and Grow Remote set to benefit.

GMIT digital event to focus on remote working and wellness

Thu, Jan 09, 2020

Now in its third year, GMIT Mayo’s Digital West event will take place on Tuesday January 28. Organised by academic staff in collaboration with the GMIT Innovation Hub and in partnership with external business support agencies, this year’s event will focus on remote working, wellness and opportunity.

Study to look at “everyday pain” in toddlers and young children

Thu, Jan 09, 2020

The Centre for Pain Research at NUI Galway is seeking parents with a young child (from ages 2.5 to 6 years old) to take part in a short study about their child’s “everyday pains” (such as little bumps, scrapes, and cuts that happen around the home).

Saolta aims to promptly transfer cancer patients requiring urgent treatment to centre of excellence

Thu, Jan 09, 2020

Sixty beds are set aside at University Hospital Galway for cancer patients who require urgent treatment.

Major funding announced for five job creation projects

Thu, Jan 09, 2020

Fine Gael TD for Galway West Hildegarde Naughton has welcomed the allocation of more than €9.6 million for five major job-creation projects in Galway under the Regional Enterprise Development Fund.

Parents urged not to send children with flu-like symptoms to school

Thu, Jan 09, 2020

The HSE is urging parents not to send their children to school if they have flu-like illnesses or any of the associated symptoms, such as a high temperature, aches and pains, or a chesty cough in a bid to curtail the spread of the infection.

The appeal comes from the health authority’s assistant national director of Public and Child Health Dr Kevin Kelleher who says that anyone who gets flu should stay at home, rest, drink plenty of fluids, and use over-the-counter remedies such as paracetamol to ease their symptoms.

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Thu, Jan 09, 2020

Evening of praise and worship
An evening of praise and worship will be held at the Clayton Hotel Galway on January 12 at 5pm sharp.

Just waiting for that grand stretch in the evening

Thu, Jan 09, 2020

There is, I’m telling ya. I felt it in me waters. Just a small one mind ya, not anything outrageous. But it’s there nonetheless, that stretch in the evening. Ok, it’s not so grand yet, but there’s definitely a minute or so more of sunset now than we had last week, and ‘twas so dark the other morning, I didn’t know where I was going to work or coming from work.

We’re mad waiting for the grand stretch in the evening because it makes life so much easier. The arrival of the stretch in the evening is a Godsend to those of of us who find it hard to make conversation. For those awkward moments when you’re stuck in the lift in Roches, or find yourself queueing for your sandwich beside a complete stranger who you might never have seen before — that kind of complete stranger. At times like that, it is always great to be able to share some discourse on the state of the stretch in the evening.

Bottleshot takes aim at recycling targets

Thu, Jan 09, 2020

Three budding young inventors from Galway have come up with an ingenious way to help encourage recycling with their Bottleshot invention, which they are currently showcasing at the 56th BT Young Scientist Technology Exhibition taking place at the RDS in Dublin from yesterday until Saturday.

Fantasy Football round 22 preview

Wed, Jan 08, 2020

Did you enjoy the week off? Yes after seven and half game weeks inside a month, last weekend's FA Cup action was a welcome break for Fantasy managers.

Mayor Cubbard condemns RIC commemoration as 'disingenuous'

Tue, Jan 07, 2020

It makes no sense for the State and the Government to commemorate an organisation which sought to prevent an Irish state and Government from coming into existence, especially an organisation of which the notorious Black and Tans were a part.

Sustainable Brands

Thu, Jan 02, 2020

There’s a rising trend in ethical and sustainable brands that combine quality, style, and a long-term view of their impact on the planet.

Arts Council awards funding to four Galway visual artists’ studios

Thu, Jan 02, 2020

The Arts Council this week announced the Galway recipients of the 2020 Visual Artists Workspace Scheme.

The four recipients are Artspace Studios Ltd which receives €24,000; Engage Art Studios, which receives €20,000; Interface Galway which receives €8,000; and 126 Artist-Run Gallery which receives €2,000.

Green candidate to launch General Election campaign

Thu, Jan 02, 2020

The official launch of Roscommon-Galway Green Party representative Julie O’ Donoghue’s General Election campaign will take place on Sunday January 12 at 4pm in JJ Harlow’s Bar, Roscommon.

Canney approves law that sees eighty two rivers open for salmon/sea trout angling

Thu, Jan 02, 2020

Seán Canney TD, Minister with responsibility for the Inland Fisheries sector has approved legislation that will govern the wild salmon and sea trout fisheries in 2020 and which came into affect yesterday (January 1)

Modh Eile and Meals4Health — highlights of COPE Galway’s year

Thu, Jan 02, 2020

A most welcome development in 2019 was the construction work on our new state of the art domestic abuse facility, Modh Eile House, which took place throughout the year. The building will be ready to occupy in January 2020, when we will have more room and enhanced facilities in a building that is now suitable for women and their children to build a new future for themselves.

We secured funding from a generous donor through The Ireland Funds, which will support us in developing our child-centred domestic abuse service. We also received increased funding from Tusla to provide outreach support services in county Galway for the one in five women and their children who experience this terrible form of abuse. We continue to offer support, advice and guidance, and hope to empower women to chart “another way” (in the spirit of the meaning of Modh Eile - Irish for ‘another way’) for themselves and their children.

Hundreds brave the cold for thirtieth COPE Galway swim

Thu, Jan 02, 2020

Hundreds of swimmers and thousands of supporters thronged the steps of Blackrock in Salthill to support the 30th annual Christmas Day Swim in aid of COPE Galway’s services for people experiencing homelessness, domestic abuse; and for the provision services for older people in Galway.

Decade ends with return to falling house prices

Thu, Jan 02, 2020

Property prices in Galway City in the final quarter of 2019 were less than one per cent lower than a year previously, compared to a rise of six per cent seen a year ago. The average house price is now €290,000, 81 per cent above its lowest point. In the rest of Galway, prices in the final quarter of 2019 were 1 per cent lower than a year previously, compared to a rise of seven per cent seen a year ago.

The average house price is now €196,000, 55 per cent above its lowest point.In Ireland housing prices fell by 1.2 per cent during 2019, the first calendar year recording a fall in prices since 2012, according to the latest sales report released this week by a national property website.

US abortion ‘Protest Priest’ returning to Galway for more pro-life activism

Thu, Jan 02, 2020

Fr Stephen Imbarrato, the US pro-life activist Catholic priest whose exorcism outside an abortion clinic near Dublin attracted widespread international media coverage, is planning to return to Ireland in February and to include Galway during his time here.

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