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.

Rose of Tralee winner Maria Walsh seeks FG nomination for European elections

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

Shrule businesswoman and former Rose of Tralee winner Maria Walsh has confirmed she is seeking the Fine Gael nomination to contest the European elections in the Midlands/North-West Constituency.

Inspiring You competition call for Ocean Transformers in schools to save our seas

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

Inspiring You (the people who brought us the massive Galway Girl video and other inspirational events) have joined forces with Salthill Village and Steeltech Garden Sheds to help raise awareness about plastics pollution in our seas and with your help, end it.

Regional Enterprise Plan for the west will leverage strengths of the region, says Kyne

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

The Regional Enterprise Plan for the West will leverage strengths of the region to support job creation and local businesses, according to Seán Kyne, Government Chief Whip, Aire don Ghaeilge, don Ghaeltacht agus do na hOileáin. He was speaking at the launch of the Regional Enterprise Plan for the West by Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys at the PorterShed in the city.

The Regional Enterprise Plan aims to to achieve employment growth of between 10 per cent and 15 per cent and an unemployment rate of within one per cent of the State average.

Louis O'Hara to run for SF in Oranmore-Athenry

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

Louis O’Hara, a final year BA public and social policy student at NUI Galway, will be selected as the Sinn Féin candidate for the Athenry-Oranmore ward at the 2019 Local Elections.

Solemn Novena to focus on love and family life

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

The Galway Solemn Novena, which is in its 38th year, will reflect on the Joy of Love and Family Life today when it takes place from this Monday at Galway Cathedral.

The event, which will feature a 12-person Redemptorist team, 300 volunteers, Cathedral staff and 10,000 worshippers, will run from Monday (February 18) until Tuesday February 26.

Burt Bacharach to play GIAF Big Top

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

‘Walk On By’, ‘(There’s) Always Something There to Remind Me’, ‘What the World Needs Now Is Love’, ‘The Look of Love’, ‘I Say a Little Prayer’, ‘I’ll Never Fall in Love Again’. With Hal David, Burt Bacharach has written some of the greatest songs of the last 60 years.

Three coats of blue gloss and an understanding

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

I always loved this time of year as a kid. All winter long, the three lake boats which we had on Lough Mask would lie as part of the winter furniture — a plaything for my childhood. It was their hibernation, a chance for them to drip dry over the winter months. A chance for the floorboards, probably sodden in water all summer, to dry in the shed, alongside the oars. To have a timbered chat with each other about the adventures that they’d had all year, the rocks they’d have run aground, the stories they’d have heard, the secrets shared between anglers and gillies, the dying fish which breathed last on their thin ribs beneath the floorboards.

In late January, the boats would be turned over again — not named, just known as the big boat, the middle boat, and the small boat. Even though there would probably be only a few inches in the difference of each other, there was a hierarchy to them.

Burt Bacharach to play Galway International Arts Festival

Fri, Feb 08, 2019

Galway International Arts Festival and Róisín Dubh are delighted to announce that three-time Academy Award winner, eight-time Grammy award winner and Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee Burt Bacharach will play the Heineken Big Top at Galway International Arts Festival this summer.

Hospice may look at alternative site after planning setback

Thu, Feb 07, 2019

The board of Galway Hospice is to take time to review the decision of An Bord Pleanala to overturn its planning permission for the development of a new 36-bed hospice at Merlin Park, and may if necessary look at an alternative site for the facility.

Hospice refusal a dark day for Galway

Thu, Feb 07, 2019

A few years back, I and other Councillors were approached by the board and management of Galway Hospice seeking support to build a new modern state of the art facility on the grounds of Merlin Park. They explained that prior to selecting this site they had examined many other locations throughout Galway.

Let’s get Galway moving in 2020 with free public transport

Thu, Feb 07, 2019

Imagine if Galway was able to implement a single policy that could reduce traffic, combat climate change, let people take up jobs they previously would not have been able to, make life in rural Ireland easier, and reduce the cost of living all at once - and it only took a year or two to get it up and running.

Nobody is celebrating this decision, say Friends of Merlin Wood

Thu, Feb 07, 2019

Friends of Merlin Woods and signatories of the petition (nearly 7000 and rising, gathered both online. local areas and on Shop street Galway) to save the meadows welcome the decision of An Bord Pleanála to refuse the planning permission for development of Galway Hospice on the meadow and woodland of Merlin Park Woods an area zoned as Recreational and Amenity Land.

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