Galway’s first Pumpkin Patch opens in Ardrahan this Halloween

Thu, Oct 04, 2018

An enterprising Galwaywoman and former journalist has decided to capitalise on the US trend of families attending a pumpkin patch to handpick their pumpkin at Halloween by setting up a pumpkin patch at her family farm in Ardrahan, in south Galway.

Let’s not let the next crucial decade slip by

Thu, Oct 04, 2018

I’m due to retire sometime late in the spring of 2030. Around four o clock on that day, there’ll be be a soft shuffle of footsteps at the office door, the smell of cheap birthday candles from the pound shop, and the loud ticking of an engraved timepiece to somehow none too subtly remind me of the time that I’m supposed to be at work, and just how many of those hours were devoted to keeping the coffee industry alive in local hostelries. There’ll be a few hoary auld speeches that will all begin with ‘d’ya remember the craic we had when....” and then after a few awkward silences, there’ll be a card with a voucher for an afternoon tea, and the kind offer of helping me with the few cardboard boxes out to the car, because after all the new person will be starting on Monday and.....

Thoughts of 2030 come to my mind this week at a crucial juncture in the timeline of some major projects in this city. I wonder on that day as I sit there with my few cardboard boxes, looking out on Eyre Square, just how much of the city will have changed. Will I look across and see the sun reflecting in from the coast, bouncing off the glass windows of Bonham Quay; will I see thousands of excited young visitors and workers make their way up through and into the Ceannt Quarter where lie beyond delights of retail and cultural experience?

Fantasy Football round eight preview

Thu, Oct 04, 2018

With European business done and dusted for another week, it is time for Fantasy managers to refocus their minds and look towards the Premier League.

'Excellence' of Galway staff leads Wayfair to announce 200 new jobs

Thu, Sep 27, 2018

Wayfair, one of the world’s largest online destinations for the home, yesterday (Wednesday) marked the 10th anniversary of its multi-lingual European Operations Centre in Galway, Ireland with the announcement of plans to expand its workforce across the country.

Galway West Labour to 'campaign vigorously' for Michael D's re-election

Thu, Sep 27, 2018

While Uachtarán na hÉireann Michael D Higgins will contest October's presidential election as an Independent, his former colleagues in the Labour party in Galway West have pledged to "campaign vigorously" for his re-election.

Public meeting to ask 'Is Brexit is an opportunity for Ireland?'

Thu, Sep 27, 2018

For many, Brexit is a right-wing project because the principal authors are an extreme element of the British Tory Party. However an Australian academic will be putting forward a very different view at a public meeting in Galway.

‘People Need to Live Here’ posters to appear on vacant houses in city suburbs

Thu, Sep 27, 2018

Posters bearing the words ‘People Need to Live Here’ appeared on vacant properties throughout Bohermore, Woodquay, the Docks, and the West End of the city, with more such posters to appear in the city suburbs this week.

JFC Agri businesswoman named winner of Female Leadership Award

Thu, Sep 27, 2018

Miriam Concannon from JFC Agri has been named winner of the Anna May McHugh Female Leadership Award at the Enterprise Ireland Innovation Arena at the National Ploughing Championships 2018.

Ó Cuív demands rules for community employment schemes be ‘relaxed’

Thu, Sep 27, 2018

All vacant places on the Community Employment Scheme, the Tús Scheme and the Rural Social Scheme must be “filled without delay”, while rules governing the schemes must be changed to allow participants to stay on longer if no other suitable applicants are available to fill them.

Time the so called Republican Movement apologised and compensated

Thu, Sep 27, 2018

Insider has been a keen observer of the political scene for well over 40 years, and, up until recently, thought he had seen and heard it all. There were many contenders for the ‘Brass Neck’ award over the years - from Charlie Haughey’s ‘doing the State some service’ to Ray Burke’s ‘line in the sand’ to Bertie Aherne's ‘won it on the horses’.

'I don't think you can approach anything without having as a consideration the representation of women'

Thu, Sep 27, 2018

The Mai is a richly-woven story of four generations of women in one midlands family. At the centre of the household is The Mai, a 40-year-old woman torn between her wayward husband and her family’s happiness in a play that brims with passion and poetry, love and lyricism, heartache and hope.

Abortion Access Campaign West public meeting

Thu, Sep 27, 2018

Legislation to provide for termination of pregnancies in the State will be introduced in the Dáil in the first week of October, but a new abortion rights group fears it will "not guarantee equal access to everyone".

Soc Dems pick their candidates for local elections

Thu, Sep 27, 2018

Sharon Nolan, one of Galway's leading campaigners on LGBTQ+ rights, gender recognition, and better trans healthcare, will be running for the Social Democrats in the 2019 Local Elections on a platform of "engaging younger and underrepresented voices in Galway".

Funding for new Eyre Square digital access and tourism hub

Thu, Sep 27, 2018

A new digital access and tourism hub in Eyre Square is to be funded as part of a new €250,000 Digital Innovation Programme, which has been launched by the Minister for Community Development, Natural Resources and Digital Development, Seán Kyne.

The Digital Innovation Programme will provide funding to local authorities in the State to develop and implement local digital strategies, and to support projects which can be tested at a local level, with a view to expanding to other communities and counties.

Ballybane Library back online

Thu, Sep 27, 2018

Users of the Ballybane Library are back online again after a hiccup resulted in connection to internet services being cut off.

Public meeting to ask ‘Is Brexit is an opportunity for Ireland?’

Thu, Sep 27, 2018

For many, Brexit is a right-wing project because the principal authors are an extreme element of the British Tory Party. However an Australian academic will be putting forward a very different view at a public meeting in Galway.

Tuam historian Catherine Corless to be honoured by NUI Galway next month

Thu, Sep 27, 2018

Catherine Corless, the Tuam historian whose selfless work uncovered the abuses at the Mother and Baby Home in the town is to be honoured by NUI Galway next month when she will be conferred with an Honorary Degree at the 2018n Autumn Conferring.

Greenway decision was ‘soul destroying,’ says councillor

Thu, Sep 27, 2018

A Galway county councillor has described the decision taken by the Galway County Council to reject a proposal to conduct a feasibility study on the potential of a greenway between Athenry and Milltown as “soul destroying”.

New CEO appointed to Western Development Commission

Thu, Sep 27, 2018

The Western Development Commission announced that Tomás Ó Síocháin has been appointed by the Board of the WDC as Chief Executive Officer. Tomás joins the organisation from NUI Galway, where he was External Engagement Programme Manager, having previously spent more than 14 years as an editor and journalist with RTÉ and TG4.

Autumn opening times in beautiful Coole Park

Thu, Sep 27, 2018

It has been a busy summer season at Coole Park with a variety of free walks and events throughout the season including ‘Me and Nu’ fancy dress and walks covering flowers, butterflies, history, trees, poetry, folklore, and the magic of Coole.

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