Extinction Rebellion public talk on climate change

Thu, Sep 12, 2019

Extinction Rebellion Galway will hold a public talk entitled, ‘Climate Change: Heading for Extinction (and what to do about it!)’ in the Galway Arts Centre, Dominick Street.

ECB to discuss cutting interest rates today

Thu, Sep 12, 2019

Programme Director for the Bachelor of Business in Finance and Economics.

Gardai seek assistance after Dominick Street assault

Thu, Sep 12, 2019

Gardai are appealing for information following a serious assault in the city centre recently.

McNelis demands ‘urgent action’ to address spiralling insurance costs

Thu, Sep 12, 2019

“Urgent action” is needed to address the serious issue of “spiralling” insurance costs, according to Labour city councillor Niall McNelis, who is calling for the setting up of group insurance schemes.

Galway University Hospitals to hold annual ecumenical memorial service tonight

Thu, Sep 12, 2019

Galway University Hospital’s [UHG and Merlin Park ] End of Life Care Committee will hold its annual ecumenical memorial service on Thursday September 12 at 7pm at the Galway Bay Hotel, Salthill.

Marking 40 Years of Galway Simon

Thu, Sep 12, 2019

Local homeless charity Galway Simon Community is calling on people in their local community to join them in marking the organisation’s 40 years in Galway. The charity is inviting past and present clients, volunteers, staff and supporters of the organisation to join them to mark their contribution in helping to prevent thousands of people from homelessness locally. The event, Marking 40 Years of Galway Simon, a culture evening of storytelling, music and art, will take place on Thursday 17th October at 7pm in The Ardilaun Hotel in Galway.

Fantasy Football round five preview

Tue, Sep 10, 2019

So the first international break has concluded and for Mick McCarthy and Ireland fans it was a quietly satisfying one as the Boys in Green maintained top spot in Group D with a hard earned point against Switzerland.

New hospital at Merlin Park in HSE capital spending plan

Thu, Sep 05, 2019

A new elective hospital at Merlin Park, a new ambulance base in the city, and the provision of a blood science laboratory are three major projects which are in the pipeline for Galway as part of the Government’s €2 billion HSE capital spending plan.

Frustration grows over lack of answers on Knocknacarra Alzheimer service

Thu, Sep 05, 2019

The lack of a clear reason as to why the Knocknacarra Alzheimer’s Service was shut down, and no answers forthcoming as to whether it will be reinstated, have been described as "frustrating" by politicians.

Hanley calls for greater mental health supports for students

Thu, Sep 05, 2019

NUI Galway and the GMIT need to put more resources into mental health support structures for students, and must recognise that students "suffer from incredible pressures" that is putting their mental health "at risk".

Crowe welcomes new ambulance base for Galway

Thu, Sep 05, 2019

Funding has been approved for a new, "very badly needed", ambulance base in Merlin Park. The funding was made available through the HSE Capital Plan 2019-2021, which has just been published.

Hiring more frontline staff only way to deal with hospital overcrowding

Thu, Sep 05, 2019

The creation of an Irish National Health Service and the hiring of more frontline staff is the only way to tackle that the overcrowding in UHG, where, as of last week, 47 people were waiting on a hospital bed.

Join US Veterans for Peace members on a peace walk

Thu, Sep 05, 2019

Volunteers are being sought to join Ken Meyers and Tarak Kauff, two former members of the US military, and now members of the US Veterans for Peace group, on the first leg of a peace walk from Limerick to Galway.

Galway 2020 programme to be launched in Eyre Square next week

Thu, Sep 05, 2019

The official programme launch of Galway 2020 - European Capital of Culture, will take place in Eyre Square on Wednesday September 18 at 6pm. The event is family friendly, free, and open to all.

Galway's Ahmadiyya Muslims to host charity walk in Salthill

Thu, Sep 05, 2019

A charity walk, raising funds for COPE Galway, the Simon Community, and Croí, will take place on Salthill Promenade on Sunday September 15.

Naughton welcomes €15 million funding to transform NUI Galway library

Thu, Sep 05, 2019

Funding of €15 million has been approved for the transformation of the library at NUI Galway into a state-of-the-art interactive learning facility, which will be the first of its kind in the Irish university sector.

Brexit, elections, and economic downturns - welcome to autumn/winter 2019

Thu, Sep 05, 2019

September heralds the resumption of political activity with party think-ins and shadow boxing between the various parties preceding the return of the Dáil in the middle of the month.

Let’s engulf camogie stars in a sea of maroon

Thu, Sep 05, 2019

Every time in this wet late summer, when the skies opened and the heavens poured down upon us with a level of unprecedented ferocity, what followed brought a silver lining. Every soaking was followed by a drying; every flu was followed by sunburn. Every soaking cloud followed by the most blue of skies.

And in some sense, this has been the fashion of the Galway GAA summer — there have been moments when it felt like it permanently lashed this sporting summer, right from the moment Kilkenny and Wexford drew on that fateful evening; right from that night in Limerick when Mayo got revenge for the “batings” of recent years; right from the moment we lost the manager of not just one senior team, but two.

Fifty-job boost as Xperi announces plans to expand R&D team

Thu, Sep 05, 2019

Xperi Corporation, a Silicon Valley based, publicly traded technology company with two subsidiaries in Ireland – FotoNation in Galway and DTS in Limerick – yesterday (Wednesday) celebrated the official opening of its new FotoNation office in Galway, and announced that it is to create 50 new jobs in reserach and development.

Active consent programme to tour colleges with original play

Thu, Sep 05, 2019

Alumni of NUI Galway’s Drama and Theatre Studies will perform an original play, The Kinds of Sex You Might Have at College, as part of a limited national tour to Irish universities between September and October 2019 with stops currently scheduled in Galway, Limerick, Dundalk and Dun Laoghaire.

The play is a product of the Active Consent programme — a collaboration between NUI Galway’s School of Psychology and Drama and Theatre Studies. Working on the basis of implementing evidence-informed resources in mainstream settings, the team aims to reach large numbers using participatory methods of engagement in order to promote positive, active consent.

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