Closing date looms for Gradam Sheosaimh Uí Ógartaigh 2019

Thu, Feb 21, 2019

Tomorrow, Friday, February 22, is the closing date for nominations for Gradam Sheosaimh Uí Ógartaigh - Galway’s bilingual business award. To enter, simply fill in the application form available online at www.gleg.ie, or pick up a form at Gaillimh le Gaeilge’s office on Flood Street, free of charge.

Preventive healthcare must become a national priority, say world heart health leaders

Thu, Feb 21, 2019

Ireland is facing major challenges today in curbing the negative health impacts of obesity, diabetes, and an increasingly sedentary Western lifestyle, according to one of two world leaders in heart health who have taken up positions in Galway.

Gaeltacht Giveaway at St Anthony’s & Claddagh Credit Union

Thu, Feb 21, 2019

St. Anthony’s & Claddagh Credit Union have announced a brand new giveaway in line with its promotion of the use of Gaeilge in the form of our Gaeltacht Giveaway. This new offering gives one second level student a contribution of up to €1,000 to attend a Gaeltacht College of their choice.

The beauty of being there

Thu, Feb 21, 2019

Midway through the first half of the National Hurling League game between Galway and Dublin in Salthill on Sunday, the stadium announcer proclaimed that somebody had handed in a house key, a “sort of elaborate-looking house key” to be more precise, and that it could be reclaimed from the stand at halftime.

As the crowd looked at each other wondering if the key was for some sort of an elaborate house, or if it was the key itself that was elaborate, it was what happened next that led me to believe that the boom is back.

Selection dilemma awaits councillors over sports facility funding

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

Galway city councillors face a major selection dilemma over the next few weeks when they will be asked to prioritise one of three local projects to benefit from the national Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund.

Nolan calls for longer pedestrian crossing times

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

The length of time the 'green man' on pedestrian crossings is displayed for needs to be lengthened on pedestrian crossings across the city, to allow more time for people to cross city roads safely.

Greens to hold public meeting on Galway's traffic problems

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

Traffic congestion, gridlock, and its effects on both the public and the environment, will be discussed at Let's Get Galway Moving, a public meeting hosted by the Green Party in the Galway Bay Hotel.

New group calls on council to revive abandoned Barna Greenway plan

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

If City Hall is “serious about getting people out of their cars”, as stated in the Galway Transportation Strategy then the local authority must revive its plan to build the Barna Greenway.

HID Global's move to city shows Connemara 'not a priority' for Government

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

US technological security company HID Global's announcement that it is to transfer its production facility from Baile na hAbhann into Galway city, reveals that Connemara is “not a priority for this Government”.

On St Valentine’s Day, poetry straight from the heart...or from the heart’s data

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

If the heart could speak, what would it say? A new project at NUI Galway, launching on Valentine’s Day, aims to address this question with an unconventional approach to producing poetry. The project, Eververse, combines methods and tools from literary studies and computer science to automatically generate poetry that corresponds to a person’s biometric data, that is how fast their heart is beating, how deeply they are sleeping, and so on.

Galway City Central - Cameron's departure creates opportunities for new candidates

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

With more than three months to go to the Local Elections, it may seem too early to make any definite predictions about the ultimate outcome of the 18 Galway City Council seats to be fought for across the city's three wards.

'Nimmo’s Pier is one of life’s treasures; you can see so many different species of bird'

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

Most people are content to get by with one trade or profession, but Tom Cuffe’s CV has a whole medley of colourful and intriguing jobs including photographing birds, devising his own pieces of modular origami, and exploring family history.

Galway-native senator urges graduate diaspora to register for Seanad elections

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

Galway-native but US-based senator Billy Lawless has this week urged graduate members of the Irish diaspora to avail of their rights to vote in any future Seanad elections.

“As many of you know, I have focused a lot of my efforts in Seanad Eireann on inclusion of the Irish Diaspora in the affairs of Ireland. So, I want to highlight an important way for many of our men and women living abroad to exercise their democratic right to vote in the upcoming Seanad elections,” he said, reminding graduates that they are the only Irish citizens living outside the State that have a vote.

New season, new vision for Galway United

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

In advance of one of their exciting and perhaps their most financially-grounded seasons in their history, Galway United this week appealed to their fans to come together to renew one of the old city traditions of supporting Galway’s League of Ireland teams, by marching up the Dyke Road before the season opener next week.

Get fit and social at The Ardilaun Leisure Club

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

Do your 2019 fitness resolutions need a little boost? The Ardilaun Leisure Club has all the inspiration you need.

Rohingya Action Ireland welcomes city council move on Aung San Suu Kyi Freedom

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

The Rohingya community in Ireland has welcomed the gesture of Galway City Council stripping Aung San Suu Kyi of Freedom of City bestowed in 2005, and the resolution calling to endorse the UN Fact-Finding Mission report to refer the Myanmar Military to the International Criminal Court for the genocide against Rohingya.

Galway-based Joulica to create forty five new jobs in new expansion

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

Irish technology start-up, Joulica, this week announced a significant expansion of its operations headquartered in Galway, creating 45 new jobs over three years.

City council to take control of Lenaboy Castle

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

The Galway City Council has voted to proceed with the acquisition of Lenaboy Castle in Salthill.

The property which is currently owned by the Sisters of Mercy at Taylor’s Hill, is a part of the redress scheme agreed by the religious orders in the State and the Government.

Let’s get Galway moving

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

Right now, Galway is stuck in gridlock at a transport crossroads. It’s no secret that we’ve got a transport problem, and unless we take decisive action, it’s only going to get worse.

Learn about hypnobirthing at Portiuncula University Hospital

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

Twelve midwives working at Portiuncula University Hospital have completed diplomas in hypnobirthing which allows them to facilitate antenatal classes for birthing mothers planning to have their babies at the hospital.

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