'You can’t tell your kids they can be whatever they want if you are not doing it yourself'

Thu, Aug 29, 2019

Singer-songwriter Áine Tyrrell is making a welcome trip home from Australia for a gig in Galway in September to launch her new album, Return To The Sea.

Beauparc Utility Group acquires WERS Waste

Thu, Aug 29, 2019

It was confirmed last evening (Wednesday) that Tuam-based waste management firm WERS Waste has been acquired by leading utilities company Beauparc Utility Group.

NUI Galway research set to revolutionise use of body implants

Thu, Aug 29, 2019

Researchers from the National University of Ireland Galway (NUI Galway), Massachusetts Institute of Technology and AMBER, the SFI Research Centre for Advanced Materials and BioEngineering Research have today (Thursday, 29 August) announced a significant breakthrough in soft robotics which could help patients requiring in-situ (implanted) medical devices such as breast implants, pacemakers, neural probes, glucose biosensors and drug and cell delivery devices.

For shuck’s sake — Galway International Oyster & Seafood Festival turns 65

Thu, Aug 29, 2019

Natives. Flats. Native flats. Ostrea edulis – whatever you call our native oysters they are as much a part of the food fabric and history of Ireland as our butter.

Waterways Ireland plan will take tourism in Portumna to new level, says Cannon

Thu, Aug 29, 2019

An East Galway TD has welcomed a proposed new development in Portumna by Waterways Ireland.

Naughton welcomes rollout of public charge points

Thu, Aug 29, 2019

The Government has announced funding to support the rollout of up to 1,000 new on-street public charge points for electric vehicles over the next five years as part of its Climate Action Plan.

TD calls for lifting of age restriction on drug which treats muscle wasting

Thu, Aug 29, 2019

A local TD is accusing the HSE of being “petty” and “blatantly unfair” regarding the restriction of the approval of the use of the drug Spinraza to people solely under 18 years.

The drug is the only medication on the market to treat spinal muscular atrophy, a rare muscle-wasting condition.

Mayor Mike to put in the miles to hear our concerns

Thu, Aug 29, 2019

Mayor Mike Cubbard won his election campaign earlier this summer with a green pledge to avoid the use of posters and to help the environment.

CÚRAM commissions art-science project for city’s east side

Thu, Aug 29, 2019

A NEW community art-science project for the east side community in Galway city has been commissioned by CÚRAM, the Science Foundation Ireland Centre for Research in Medical Devices, based at NUI Galway, together with Galway City Arts Office.

Free workshop on Open Street Mapping this weekend

Thu, Aug 29, 2019

The Insight Centre for Data Analytics at NUI Galway will host a workshop on OpenStreetMap this Saturday. The event, which is free to attend, will be of interest to community groups, environmentalists, science researchers, geographers, planners, students, and anyone with an interest in learning about and participating in open street mapping.

OpenStreetMap is a free, editable, map of the whole world that is being built by volunteers. The underlying electronic data is open-sourced and crowd-sourced.

Year-round opening for Connemara National Park announced

Thu, Aug 29, 2019

Connemara National Park Visitor Centre is to remain open all year round, for the first time in its near 40 year history, it was announced this week, and the park is also set for major development in the coming years.

TD warns students at risk of homelessness if supports ‘not in place’

Thu, Aug 29, 2019

Students may be facing homelessness as the college year starts, especially in Galway, with much student accommodation rented out in advance, leaving young people facing “some stark options”.

This is the view of Fianna Fáil spokesperson for Children and Youth Affairs, and Galway East TD, Anne Rabbitte, who is calling on the Galway city and county councils to “make sure there are sufficient supports in place” for students as they return to Galway in September, and for the local authorities to be “proactive, not reactive”, when it comes to student homelessness.

Count on Athenry Credit Union to help with the cost of third level

Thu, Aug 29, 2019

With third level education costs continuing to spiral in Ireland, the financial pressure of putting a child through college continues to take its toll on household budgets.

Take your chance to shape our city centre

Thu, Aug 29, 2019

Cities should never be judged by their girth, by the amount of time it takes to cross from one suburb to another. They should not be judged by vast motorways going through their hearts or by the numbers who pound the pavements getting to and fro.

Snap happy — Galway Camera Club gets ready for 2019-2020 season

Thu, Aug 29, 2019

The present club was established in 1975 at a meeting in Giblin’s Hotel, now part of TKMaxx department store on Prospect Hill. It was however preceded by a similar club founded in the late 1950s which survived until the late 1960s.

Fantasy Football round four preview

Wed, Aug 28, 2019

Three rounds done and dusted and it is only Jürgen Klopp's Liverpool that still maintains a 100 per cent record in the Premier League after a 3-1 victory over Arsenal at Anfield on Saturday evening.

Health Minister urged to intervene to find solution to ‘unacceptable’ outpatient gynaecological waiting list

Thu, Aug 22, 2019

A call has been made for the Minister for Health to engage in talks with hospital consultant representatives in a bid to find a speedy solution to the "unacceptable" waiting list for outpatient gynaecological appointments in Galway.

Stealing of Pride flags was 'deliberate and targeted homophobic attack'

Thu, Aug 22, 2019

Six attempts to steal, and prevent the flying of, the Pride flag in Galway were not incidents of boisterous behaviour, but "deliberate and targeted homophobic attacks" on the city's LGBT+ community while it was celebrating Pride.

'The younger generation haven’t heard of Walter Macken, that’s why I’ve spent my life promoting him'

Thu, Aug 22, 2019

When I meet Ultan Macken for a morning coffee to chat about his one man show, My Father, My Son, the first thing he does is delightedly show me a new Russian edition of Walter Macken’s God Made Sunday.

Twin cots for UHG's neonatal unit

Thu, Aug 22, 2019

Twin babies can continue to experience the closeness they had in the womb now after birth thanks to the introduction of twin cots at University Hospital Galway's neonatal unit.

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