Mental Health Minister to do his ‘utmost’ to secure future funding for counselling service for young people

Thu, Oct 05, 2017

The Minister for Mental Health has pledged to do his “utmost” to secure long term funding for a local counselling service which has helped 800 children and teenagers since it was set up five years ago.

Western Rail Corridor ‘must be included’ in new Capital Plan says Kyne

Thu, Oct 05, 2017

It is “vital” the Western Rail Corridor be included as part of the Government’s Capital Plan, as developing rail is essential for connectivity, more balanced regional development, and in supporting more sustainable and lower environmental impact transport options.

More than €1 million funding for Galway under Town and Village Scheme

Thu, Oct 05, 2017

More than €1 million in funding has been allocated to 13 development and enhancement projects towns across County Galway under the Town and Village Scheme.

15 new jobs as Connollys Mercedes-Benz to open in Galway

Thu, Oct 05, 2017

Fifteen new full-time jobs are to be created in Galway by Connolly Motor Group, which has just been appointed as main dealers for Mercedes-Benz passenger cars in the area.

Cultivating the complete players by giving them a sense of community

Thu, Oct 05, 2017

A complete person has to be more than the sum of their parts — whether it be in sport, culture or in general society. We have seen that in the role that the victorious Galway hurlers have played in highlighting social issues since their win last month. We have heard interviews where they talk of their role in society and the role that they would prefer that society adapted to them.

Poets, cast out your lines for Thoor Closing Night this weekend

Thu, Oct 05, 2017

Aspiring poets are asked to answer the call of Yeats this weekend at the Thoor Closing Night at the Yeats Tower in Gort and to read their poems at the usually lively event.

Irish poets, learn your trade,

Lone parent seminar to focus on mindfulness and effective communication

Thu, Oct 05, 2017

Galway Rural Development (GRD) in collaboration with Youth Work Ireland Tuam, Solas Family Resource Centre Headford, Gort and Loughrea Family Resource Centres will be hosting a Lone Parent Seminar for East Galway in the Family Centre, Dublin Road Tuam Co. Galway. The seminar will run on Monday October 16 from 10am to 3pm.

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Thu, Oct 05, 2017

Tenth anniversary Mass for Manuela Riedo in Renmore Church

Rabbitte demands restoration of funding for family resource centres

Thu, Oct 05, 2017

The Government must restore Tusla funding for family resource centres to pre-2011 levels as such centres “offering some of the most powerful tools we have in overcoming childhood poverty and deprivation”.

Ballindooley Crossroads set for major redesign

Thu, Oct 05, 2017

The Ballindooley Crossroads is to be redesigned in the coming months following Transport Infrastructure Ireland confirming it will commit €400,000 towards the project.

Galway to host Romanian Orthodox youth congress

Thu, Oct 05, 2017

More than 100 delegates from across Ireland and Britain will gather in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church this weekend, for the Romanian Orthodox church’s annual Youth Congress of Nepsis, which this year takes place in Galway.

Charity which supports children and families affected by child sexual abuse seek volunteers

Thu, Oct 05, 2017

A charity which provides a support service for children and families affected by child sexual abuse is seeking volunteers.

Witness appeal for Clooniffe traffic collision

Thu, Oct 05, 2017

On Sunday night October 1, at approximately 8pm a road traffic collision occurred at Clooniffe, Moycullen, between a car and a pedestrian.

House burglaries in county

Thu, Oct 05, 2017

On Wednesday morning, September 27, a house in Derrylissane in Menlough was broken into.

Suicide prevention initiative to be launched in Kinvara

Thu, Oct 05, 2017

A Kinvara based organisation which promotes positive mental health and suicide prevention will be launched on Sunday in the village. Everyone over the age of 14 is welcome to attend.

Heartless thieves break into school and steal pupil’s go-kart

Thu, Oct 05, 2017

On Tuesday September 26 at 12.15pm, two youths entered the grounds of Rosedale School, Renmore, and proceeded to take a pedal go-kart which was for use by a pupil in the school.

Remembering those who never came home

Thu, Oct 05, 2017

In the midst of that wonderful book Solar Bones written by Mayo author Mike McCormack, there is an intensely moving passage which encapsulates the atmosphere of a house after its children have grown and left. It is as if the soul of the house has been hoovered out and what is left is a void within a space made for many, but now occupied by just one or two. It is feeling that many of you have experienced as your own children have grown up and left, the end of a slow metamorphosis of your home becoming just a house again, its four walls no substitute for the noise, the bustle, the drama.

The rooms they leave behind a perpetuation of your agony, the markings on the walls of their increasing heights scribbled in a place where you are reluctant to paint over lest it hasten the day they depart or hasten the day they cease being children, your children.

It is not possible to reclaim a lost childhood, says rapporteur at launch of COPE Galway report

Thu, Oct 05, 2017

Childhood is for a limited period of time and cannot be reclaimed if a child has a sub-optimal experience due to inadequate housing, claimed Dr Geoffrey Shannon, Special Rapporteur on Child Protection, when he delivered the keynote speech at the launch of COPE Galway’s 2016 Annual Report.

Grealish demands 'new initiatives' for city shops following M18 opening

Tue, Oct 03, 2017

Shops and businesses in Galway city risk a major loss in trade, following the opening of the M18 Tuam to Gort motorway, which could see "thousands of shoppers going to Ennis and Limerick instead".

Galway now 'most expensive city' outside Dublin in which to buy a house

Tue, Oct 03, 2017

The average house price in Galway now stands at €245,000 - the highest of any city in the State outside Dublin - and a 8.9 per cent increase in house prices compared with the same time last year.

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