Connolly demands 'immediate clean-up' of Slaughterhouse River
Thu, Oct 24, 2019
An "immediate clean-up" must be carried out at Slaughterhouse River, with one city councillor saying it was "difficult to conceive how such an amount of rubbish has been allowed to build up at this point".
Read more ...Naughton welcomes additional accommodation units for victims of domestic violence
Thu, Oct 24, 2019
Three additional emergency accommodation units for victims of domestic violence will be provided in Galway by the end of this year, as part of a €1.5 million investment by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs.
Read more ...Galway Indian Community to celebrate Diwali
Thu, Oct 24, 2019
Diwali, the Indian Festival of Lights, will be marked in Galway with an event at the Salthill Hotel, on Saturday November 9 from 5pm, featuring Indian food, dancing, film, and interculturalism, and spirituality.
Read more ...New Spidéal gteic will 'bring jobs and opportunities' to Connemara says Kyne
Thu, Oct 24, 2019
The new gteic in An Spidéal, one of more than 30 innovation and digital hubs being developed by Údarás na Gaeltachta, will provide "new jobs, opportunities and prosperity to south Connemara".
Read more ...Galway's Racheal Palmer makes World Pole Fitness championship
Thu, Oct 24, 2019
Galway pole dancer and fitness instructor Racheal Palmer has qualified for the World Pole Fitness championship in Belfast, which takes place this Sunday.
Read more ...Rabbitte raise concerns over 'abandonment' of Athenry
Thu, Oct 24, 2019
Apple's decision to place on the market the 500-acre site, which was due to be home to a major data centre, before it fell foul of planning objections, marks "the latest abandonment" of the east Galway town.
Read more ...Indian Cultural and Sports Community to mark Diwali
Thu, Oct 24, 2019
The Indian Cultural and Sports Community will mark Diwali, the festival of lights, on Saturday November 2, from 5pm to 10pm in Leisureland, Salthill, with the evnet being attended by the Mayor of Galway, Cllr Mike Cubbard.
Read more ...Connolly demands Bus Éireann meet council to discuss state of city bus services
Thu, Oct 24, 2019
Galway city's bus services are not "operating at optimal level", with a number of heavily populated areas having no bus service, while other routes have "insufficient capacity at peak times".
Read more ...'We need to be very alert we don’t get a resurrection of violent fascism'
Thu, Oct 24, 2019
This month’s Over The Edge Open Reading in the Galway City Library on Thursday, October 31 is a non-fiction and poetry Brexit special, featuring the poet Martin Hayes, the political columnist Eoin Ó Murchú, and Jerry Fitzpatrick, a leading light in the iconic Rock Against Racism movement.
Read more ...Greens announce election candidate for Galway-Roscommon
Thu, Oct 24, 2019
Julie O'Donoghue, a 35-year-old schoolteacher, and founder member of both Plastic Free Roscommon and Athlone Extinction Rebellion, has been chosen as the Green Party candidate for Galway-Roscommon.
Read more ...Public meeting on climate change
Thu, Oct 24, 2019
A public meeting on the pressing issue of climate change will take place this evening at 7.30pm in Aras na nGael, Dominick Street.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Recently, APOS has expanded services to provide clinics almost nationwide offering a wider range of solutions for perambulatory disfunction.
Read more ...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.
Many will say they want to bury their head until it is all over or go to bed and get up in January. Sadly, over 2,000 families will have lost a child this year and will face many firsts without them, including their first Christmas.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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”.
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