Spectacular sights abound as sixty cruisers to descend on Galway Bay this August

Thu, Jun 07, 2018

Galway Bay will be aflush with colour this August when more than 60 of the country’s top cruisers arrive for what promises to be some spectacular sailing action.

Farmer who donated land turns sod on Claregalway and District Day Care centre

Thu, Jun 07, 2018

Sometimes, it is just the simplest of gestures that makes all the difference in the world. When Claregalway farmer Mattie Cormican’s wife Bridie passed away after suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, he made a decision that will honour her memory and make a contribution to the future of the community that will serve generations.

Tuam Cancer Care — celebrating cancer survivors

Thu, Jun 07, 2018

Tuam Cancer Care has this week been celebrating local cancer survivors and showcasing the support they provide to their local community in the run up Global Cancer Survivorship day.

St Nicholas’ Garden Fete this Saturday

Thu, Jun 07, 2018

This Saturday June 9, from 2-5 pm, the annual St Nicholas’ Garden Fete will take place at The Rectory on Taylor’s Hill, Salthill. Everyone is invited to the fun-filled day, one of Galway’s great social occasions. Parking will be available at St. Mary’s College. All proceeds from the fete will go to maintain St Nicholas’.

St Nicholas’ Garden Fete this Saturday

Thu, Jun 07, 2018

This Saturday June 9, from 2-5 pm, the annual St Nicholas’ Garden Fete will take place at The Rectory on Taylor’s Hill, Salthill. Everyone is invited to the fun-filled day, one of Galway’s great social occasions. Parking will be available at St. Mary’s College. All proceeds from the fete will go to maintain St Nicholas’.

History made for local Church of Ireland community as St Nicholas’ gets its first female rector

Thu, Jun 07, 2018

St Nicholas’s Collegiate church has seen many changes in the city over the hundreds of years it has stood guard over the street, but is about to experience a new one with the announcement this week that its new rector will be the first female to hold the post.

Islanders in shock as Aer Arann to cease air service at Christmas

Thu, Jun 07, 2018

Aran Islanders were feeling a sense of shock and deja vu last night as it was revealed that the air service serving the islands is set to cease at the end of the year.

Galway Simon chief fears council will not deliver 400 homes needed by year’s end

Thu, Jun 07, 2018

The latest figures released last week by the Department of Housing for April showed a fourfold increase in the number of families in emergency accommodation in the West of Ireland compared to April 2017. There was a 60% increase in the number of adults in emergency accommodation over the same period.

Let Magdalene redemption hasten the day this country delivers for all citizens

Thu, Jun 07, 2018

There has been a lot of talk about journeys in Ireland over the past few months.

But none will have been as traumatic and as poignant as that real journey that was made into Ireland this week by the hundreds of women who were forced to work in the Magdalene Laundries, as if the very act of cleansing would play some part in some sort of savage moral wash.

All Systems Go: The Benefits of Access Control Systems

Thu, Jun 07, 2018

Technology is fast becoming an integral part of all aspects of life. Having the technology to make life easier allows us the freedom to focus our creative energies on other areas, and this can bring improvements in the workplace, universities, and public buildings.

Community groups and volunteers recognised for their great achievements in County Galway

Thu, Jun 07, 2018

More than 200 people from community and voluntary groups from around County Galway were honoured at the Cathaoirleach’s Community Awards Ceremony on Thursday, May 31 in the theatre of the Station House Hotel, Clifden. The awards recognise and celebrate community and voluntary activity in the county. A record number of nominations were received for the nine different categories of awards presented on the night.

Adult Learning Information Evening at NUI Galway!

Wed, Jun 06, 2018

The Centre for Adult Learning and Professional Development at NUI Galway are hosting their annual Information Evening on Wednesday 20th June from 5pm - 7pm in the Orbsen Building, NUI Galway. Find out about the part-time, flexible courses on offer! Chat with their staff and find the perfect course for you!

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Wed, Jun 06, 2018

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Ireland West Airport gets €2.3 million for safety and security projects

Fri, Jun 01, 2018

Ireland West Airport this week welcomed the announcement of funding to the amount of €2.3m from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport.

New professors’ inaugural lecture series continues at NUI Galway

Fri, Jun 01, 2018

A new lecture series at the College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Celtic Studies at NUI Galway, will continue with Established Professor of Political Science and Sociology Niamh Reilly, on Thursday, 21 June at 5pm.

The lecture will take place in room G011, Moore Institute in the James Hardiman Library. In her talk, Professor Reilly will discuss gifted public intellectual, essayist, journalist, and nationalist MP Tom Kettle (1880-1916), who was killed in the Battle of the Somme in 1916.

‘Sea’ it all at the Atlantic Theatre

Fri, Jun 01, 2018

A mesmerising cinematic experience will showcase some of the best ocean-inspired films and talks at SeaFest 2018. The Atlantic Theatre will host free talks from renowned cameraman Doug Allan, as well as screenings of the documentary Ireland’s Deep Atlantic and children’s animation, Song of the Sea.

Galway 2020 to deliver ‘world class’ programme despite departure of creative director

Thu, May 31, 2018

Despite the loss of its creative director this week, the company behind Galway 2020 remain unfazed by the departure and fresh claims that the project is in crisis.

One third of Saturday night A&E patients have alcohol consumption recorded in notes

Thu, May 31, 2018

A new study shows that 30 per cent of people attending Irish hospital Emergency Departments on Saturday nights had alcohol recorded in their notes.

James Connolly and why he still matters in 2018

Thu, May 31, 2018

“Socialism will confiscate the property of the capitalist and in return will secure the individual against poverty and oppression; it, in return for so confiscating, will assure to all men and women a free, happy, and unanxious human life. And that is more than capitalism can assure anyone today.”

'There is no time limit to grief'

Thu, May 31, 2018

A couple of months ago, radio presenter Meghann Scully published a candid and moving memoir about the devastating loss within a year of her brother Marcus, and father Maxie. Marcus was killed in a 2005 car crash, while Maxie, widely known as a superb horseman, died the following year after a long illness.

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