What’s with all the doubling up of dates?

Fri, Feb 16, 2018

As if there aren’t enough days in the year.
Three hundred and sixty-five of them. At least.

Three hundred and sixty-five of them. At least.

Naughton confident new Merlin Park Hospital will be announced tomorrow

Thu, Feb 15, 2018

Funding for a new state-of-the-art elective hospital for Galway and the west based in Merlin Park is expected to be included in the Government’s Capital Plan, due to be announced in Dublin tomorrow.

Rent hikes show Rent Pressure Zones in Galway are not working says Farrell

Thu, Feb 15, 2018

Average rents in Galway city are now in excess of €1,096 a month or 30 per cent above rental rates at the end of the Celtic Tiger era in 2008, a situation that is leading to Galway politicians calling on the Government to admit the introduction of Rent Pressure Zones in the city has failed.

Petition for Galway light rail system is 'gathering momentum' claims Connolly

Thu, Feb 15, 2018

Close to 10,000 signatures have been collected in the petition demanding Transport Minister Shane Ross support the provision of light rail in Galway, with organisers confident they can secure another c20,000 signatures within the next four weeks.

City council hits back at claims Eglinton Canal works are destroying area's biodiversity

Thu, Feb 15, 2018

Claims that works being carried out on the Eglinton Canal are destroying the biodiversity of the region, are being carried out without consultation, and are in effect, a redevelopment of the canal, have been dismissed as incorrect by the Galway City Council.

Galway East - no longer ‘the boring constituency’

Thu, Feb 15, 2018

For many years, Galway East was derided for its predictability – ‘the boring constituency’ guaranteed to return two FF and one FG TD and with no doubt about who the individuals concerned would be.

Looking to the future as An Taibhdhearc reaches 90

Thu, Feb 15, 2018

In August this year An Taibhdhearc will celebrate its 90th birthday. There are also changes afoot at the venue at board level and a re-casting of staff structures. Last week Aodh Ó Coileáin was elected chair of An Taibhdhearc and, following his accession, sat down with me to outline his vision for the Irish language theatre.

Plan to repeal Eighth ditches key messages of marriage equality campaign, says Galway For Life

Thu, Feb 15, 2018

In 2015, Irish people voted in a referendum to introduce same-sex marriage. The key messages of that campaign were equality, diversity and ending discrimination. Strange then, that just three years on, the people of Ireland are about to be asked to vote in a referendum that will render those three things meaningless.

Williams’ masterpiece revisited in all its delicate beauty by Compántas Lir

Thu, Feb 15, 2018

A new take on Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie will be performed in Galway next week when the awardwinning drama group Compántas Lir open a run in An Taibhdhearc.

When Tennessee Williams wrote his first masterpiece in 1944 his production notes asked directors to take the play on a journey and discover what the script offered to the production. In Compántas Lir’s take on the classic, Tom, played by Vincent Moran, takes centre stage. His story is told in flashback scenes where he recounts his mother Amanda’s efforts to find a husband for his sister Laura.

COPE Galway Domestic Violence Service talks to students about dating abuse in Valentines Week

Thu, Feb 15, 2018

This Valentine’s week, COPE Galway Domestic Violence and Outreach Service were back on campus at NUIG and GMIT to raise awareness among young people of the signs of an abusive relationship.

NUI Galway to host Women’s History symposium tomorrow

Thu, Feb 15, 2018

NUI Galway’s Moore Institute will tomorrow (Friday Feb 16) host a symposium presented by the Women’s History Association of Ireland. One of Ireland’s leading historians, Professor Mary O’Dowd from Queen’s University Belfast, will address the association on the progress and pathways for future research on Irish women’s history from 1500-1800.

Power of Seven event at Galway Chamber

Thu, Feb 15, 2018

We could all benefit from making better decisions especially when we are planning and managing the change involved with working more ‘on’ our business and less ‘in’ our business.

Business owners are invited to attend a Power of Seven ‘Make Better Decisions’ Briefing to learn how being surrounded by six other business owners using the Power of Seven process will help them to make better decisions.

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Thu, Feb 15, 2018

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On Thursday February 22 and Thursday March 8, free legal advisory evenings on the importance of making a Will and the practical steps to take in order to make a valid Will, will be delivered by Cormac McCarthy Solicitor B.A., L.L.B., MBS, Dip. Prop. Tax and John Mitchell Solicitor L.L.B. The advisory evenings will take place from 7.30 pm to 8.30 pm in The Connacht Hotel on the Dublin Road and The Westwood Hotel in Newcastle respectively.

Table quiz in aid of Rosabel’s Rooms

Thu, Feb 15, 2018

The Sure What Else Would You Be At table quiz in aid of the charity Rosabel’s Rooms, takes place on Tuesday February 27 at 7.30pm in Monroe’s Live, Dominick Street.

Rosabel’s Room was established by Gary Monroe and his wife Suzanne following the tragic death of their daughter Rosabel, in April 2017. Rosabel’s Rooms aims to establish family focused bereavement suites in hospitals in Ireland and will provide financial and therapeutic support for those impacted by child loss. All proceeds from the table quiz will go to Rosabel’s Rooms.

Should flu symptoms be treated with antivirals in primary care?

Thu, Feb 15, 2018

The HRB Primary Care Clinical Trials Network Ireland, based at NUI Galway, are working with researchers in Oxford University’s Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, on the ALIC4E trial, which investigates whether the flu drug oseltamivir (Tamiflu) is cost effective and beneficial to patients consulting their GP’s with flu symptoms.

In particular, the study aims to understand if older people, infants, people with other health conditions, those treated early, or those with particularly severe flu can benefit from the treatment.

Are you the best in Galway? Now’s your chance to find out

Thu, Feb 15, 2018

Do you feel your company or charity is the best in your business in Galway? Sure you do, but do you feel that there is never an opportunity for your customers to show just how much they appreciate your fare? Maybe you did, but not any more because the Best Of Galway awards are the answer to your prayers.

Ó Tuathail welcomes pay restoration process for care workers in Ability West and Rehabcare

Thu, Feb 15, 2018

A process, to work towards pay restoration for Section 39 Care Workers, has this week been put in place by the Workplace Relations Commission and SIPTU - a move that has been welcomed by the Galway West Social Democrats.

Hurlers looking for third league win

Thu, Feb 15, 2018

The Galway hurlers will be looking for a third division 1B win this weekend when they face Offaly in Pearse Stadium (2pm).

Read en Français at Oranmore Library

Thu, Feb 15, 2018

FRENCH LANGUAGE books will now be available to read and borrow from the Oranmore Library which opened its new ‘French Section’ last weekend.

This is an initiative by Galway Accueil, a group of French people living in county Galway, who meet regularly to take part in Franco Irish themed events. Catherine Gagneux, the French Honorary Consul to Galway, welcomed the new French section of Oranmore Library, saying it will be “a great way for Francophiles and French learners and speakers to get more acquainted with classic and more recent literature from France, and many other French speaking countries”.

Browne nears end of epic Atlantic race

Thu, Feb 15, 2018

Galway’s solo Atlantic rower Damian Browne is closing in on the finish line of his epic journey, and is expected in Antigua in the early hours of tomorrow morning.

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