Galway City Museum wins 2018 Experts’ Choice Award
Thu, Apr 12, 2018
Galway City Museum has been chosen as a winner of the TripExpert Experts’ Choice Award - an accolade accorded less than two per cent of of attractions worldwide.
Read more ...Gardai probe burglaries in city and county
Thu, Apr 12, 2018
A house on Wellpark Road was broken into on Thursday April 5 at 3pm. The home owners returned to find the front window forced open and a number of items stolen.
Read more ...NUI Galway co-hosts Judging Shaw exhibition at Columbia University on Monday
Thu, Apr 12, 2018
NUI Galway and The Royal Irish Academy, in association with the Heyman Center, Columbia University, New York, will host a Judging Shaw Day, featuring a roundtable discussion entitled, ‘Shaw, Our Contemporary?’ a keynote lecture by Fintan O’Toole and a Judging Shaw Exhibition, on this Monday April 16 at Columbia University.
Read more ...Connolly says that Carraroe day centre should be open on a fulltime basis
Thu, Apr 12, 2018
by mary O’Connor
A day centre for older people in Connemara, which has been closed for more than a month, will re-open three days a week.
Shannon year-round service to JFK is good news for Galway, says Cannon
Thu, Apr 12, 2018
Shannon Airport has welcomed the announcement by Aer Lingus that its Shannon / New York JFK service will operate year-round in 2019. Shannon is set to operate it largest Transatlantic service in 17 years with eight transatlantic services operated by six different carriers across seven destinations from Shannon in 2018.
Read more ...Council caps housing units at new urban village
Thu, Apr 12, 2018
Galway city councillors have voted unanimously to put a cap on housing units per hectare at a new urban village.
Read more ...Leisureland LoveBoth rally hears calls for campaign to remain focused
Thu, Apr 12, 2018
1,000 supporters of the Eighth Amendment attended the “Stand Up For Life” rally which was organised by LoveBoth in Leisureland last week.
Read more ...Oranmore volunteer to head for Haiti with Haven
Thu, Apr 12, 2018
A volunteer from Oranmore is among a group of 35 who will travelling to Haiti this weekend. Haven, a prominent Irish NGO working on the ground in Haiti, is undertaking its twelfth volunteer trip to Haiti and Jan Gottsche from Oranmore is setting off on this life-changing experience with Haven’s 2018 Volunteer Programme.
Read more ...Let’s talk creepy crawlies
Thu, Apr 12, 2018
Eanna Ni Lamhna, well-known TV and radio presenter of Mooney Goes Wild, will give a talk entitled “Going Wild in the World of Creepy Crawlies” to the Headford Environment Group.
Read more ...Burglary in Loughrea
Thu, Apr 12, 2018
A house in Creggpark, Abbey, Loughrea, was broken into last week.
Read more ...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.
Two TechSpace groups are running in the youth café. The first group is for those aged from 12 to 14 years and is on Tuesdays from 4.30pm to 5.30pm. The second TechSpace group is for those aged from 15 to 18 years and is on Tuesdays from 6pm to 7.15pm. Some activities, which both groups will partake in, between now and the end of the academic year will be STEM activities and digital media.
Read more ...County schoolgirl wins Spelling Bee title
Thu, Apr 12, 2018
Eleven-year-old Holly Shaughnessy from Crumlin National School, Ballyglunin, Tuam, was named winner of the Galway County Spelling Bee when came out on top against 41 other spelling enthusiasts at the county championships this week.
Read more ...Galway Theatre Festival seeks new festival director
Thu, Apr 12, 2018
Galway Theatre Festival has advertised the role of festival director, with the current holder of the post, Máiréad Ní Chróinín, having announced she will be standing down in June, having overseen the last four festivals.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...Work should finish when work is done, says Mayor
Thu, Apr 12, 2018
The April meeting of Galway City Council was a long and arduous affair but it was ultimately a productive one. We sat at 2.00pm and finished at the mandatory time of 8.45pm. I intend to bring forward a motion to allow the procedures committee to change the rules to allow for a later finishing time when required. Work should finish when work is done is my belief.
Read more ...West gets ready for Connemara Mussel Festival
Thu, Apr 12, 2018
Organisers of this year’s Connemara Mussel Festival on the May Bank Holiday weekend (May 4-6) are planning an exciting range of events as the festival takes its place on the Region of Gastronomy calendar.
Visiting chefs chatting and demonstrating at the event include Cliodhna Prendergast, Declan McManus, Jonathan Keane, Keith Carden and Tim O Sullivan.
Read more ...Council expresses condolences to family of homeless man who died
Thu, Apr 12, 2018
The Galway City Council has expressed its condolences to the family of a homeless man who died last Friday on ‘The Line’ near Lough Atalia in the city.
Read more ...Rabbitte demands action over fodder crisis in Galway
Thu, Apr 12, 2018
The on-going fodder crisis in Galway is an “emergency situation” with “fodder reserves are rapidly running out”, leading a Galway East TD to demand the Government “urgently” introduce “measures to alleviate the growing pressure” on farmers.
Read more ...Dun Aengus visitor centre to get €600,000 in funding
Thu, Apr 12, 2018
The visitor centre at Dun Aengus on Inis Mór is set for a major upgrade after funding totalling €600,000 was confirmed - a move one leading Galway TD said he hoped would boost tourism to the region.
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