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Thu, Apr 19, 2018

Free events at Cúirt
Leading Irish and international authors will give free public readings of their works in the Westside, Ballybane, and Gort libraries as part of the Cúirt International Festival of Literature.

Thu, Apr 19, 2018

56-year-old Robert Orr knows all about the unpredictability of life. Everything changed for the Glasgow native who has lived in Connemara for the past 14 years when he went blind in 2012 as a result of glaucoma.

Doughiska girls welcome new ambassadors for Irish Girl Guides

Thu, Apr 19, 2018

Members of Irish Girl Guides from Doughiska travelled to Dublin to welcome award-winning entrepreneurs Kate and Annie Madden as the organisation’s new ambassadors.

Proceed with exhumation, says Catherine Corless after national honour

Thu, Apr 19, 2018

Tuam historian Catherine Corless has called for a full exhumation of the remains of the hundreds of babies on the site of the former Tuam mother and baby home, after being honoured at the People of the Year Awards.

Years fly by for Galway’s 1998 All-Ireland champions

Thu, Apr 19, 2018

The most common comment by far at last Friday’s reunion of the Galway football squad from 1998 was – “It is hard to believe, it is 20 years ago.”

Hero rower remembered as Irish language rowing club get new boat

Thu, Apr 19, 2018

Paul Giblin was one of the most amazing athletes to come out of the west of Ireland in recent years. He was one of the most successful oarsman to come from NUIG BC, with 19 national titles, multiple representations and medals at international level and two medals from the prestigious Henley Royal Regatta.

Barna woman to represent Luxembourg in Tralee

Thu, Apr 19, 2018

Barna woman Amber Crean will be one of those flying the Galway flag in Tralee this summer when she will represent her adopted workplace as the Luxembourg Rose.

Cannon welcomes funding for Tuam Babies documentary

Thu, Apr 19, 2018

Minister for the Diaspora and International Development Ciaran Cannon has welcomed the allocation of €5.991m under the Sound & Vision 3 Broadcasting Funding Scheme to 126 radio and television projects, among them a feature length documentary on the Tuam Babies, to be entitled Limbo.

Minister Cannon said he is very pleased with this announcement from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) which has allocated funding amounting to €5.991m to 126 radio and television projects.

Clarin College annual colour run to raise funds for JIGSAW

Thu, Apr 19, 2018

The annual colour run is returning to Clarin College Athenry, with this year’s event expected to be bigger and better than ever.

Marts to review their safety procedures, says Canney

Thu, Apr 19, 2018

Marts across the country have reviewed their work arrangements to improve safety for farmers, according to East Galway TD, Sean Canney.

Speaking this week, he said that health and safety issues are a growing concern in all marts.

Organise a tea day for Western Alzheimers tomorrow

Thu, Apr 19, 2018

Western Alzheimers are asking you to host a Tea Day in your home, work or local club tomorrow Friday April 20.

Hundreds could miss out as deadline looms for submitting housing needs assessment applications

Thu, Apr 19, 2018

Hundreds of people could miss out on securing local authority accommodation if they do not fill out a form sent to them by the Galway City Council and return it within the next two weeks.

Independent city councillor Terry O’Flaherty issued the warning after it was revealed this week that almost 40 per cent of applicants on the waiting list for housing had failed to return the form by the April 12 deadline.

Farrell demands HSE reinstate access to Versatis pain relief patches

Thu, Apr 19, 2018

The HSE’s decision to restrict access to Versatis pain relief patches must be reviewed, especially as it is causing “suffering and anxiety” to the 25,000 patients directly affected by the move.

If you wait for the right time, you wait forever

Thu, Apr 19, 2018

Weeks pass by in the flash of an eye. There is such order to what we do now, that we become enslaved to the routine so that on Monday you do Monday things, on Tuesday, Tuesday things, and so on, until before you know it, you’re back doing Monday things again.

Galway Greens call for decriminalisation of Cannabis

Mon, Apr 16, 2018

Cannabis is being used as a "medical treatment" in some circumstances, while others smoke it for recreational purposes the same way some people "like a glass of wine in the evening", meaning it is time the drug was decriminalised.

Tributes paid to visionary Dr Chris Coughlan

Thu, Apr 12, 2018

Tributes were being paid last evening to industrial and cultural visionary Dr Chris Coughlan, who died suddenly this week. Through his involvement with a variety of commercial and cultural organisations in the city, Dr Coughlan made an immense contribution to the development of Galway, spearheading most of the current plans for future-proofing the city.

Is State funding ruining the arts?

Thu, Apr 12, 2018

“There is a certain element that one is a philistine if one questions it,” so said a Galway TD, and former member of the Galway City Council, at a recent meeting of the Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee.

Foróige TechSpace group at Galway City Youth Café

Thu, Apr 12, 2018

Foróige is currently running a TechSpace - a space where young people can expand their imagination and creativity with the aid of technology - in the Galway City Youth Café on Fairgreen Road.

Council members pass vote of no confidence in An Taoiseach

Thu, Apr 12, 2018

A motion of no confidence in An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar was passed by the elected members of the Athenry-Oranmore Municipal Council, the first time a local authority has passed such a motion on the head of Government.

Series of events to celebrating Moycullen’s heritage

Thu, Apr 12, 2018

The first of a series of events to celebrate Moycullen’s heritage will be held on Sunday.

Walter McDonagh, a member of the Moycullen Historical Society, will lead the party for a seven-kilometre walk and talk from Moycullen village to Moycullen Castle and Sean Relig, Home Farm.

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