Our pitch gives us identity — Inishbofin GAA features in latest Guinness tv advertising campaign

Thu, Aug 24, 2017

As the 2017 GAA All-Ireland Senior Championships enter the final stages, GUINNESS has launched its latest TV advertising campaign , ‘Behind Every Great Town’ featuring Inishbofin native Simon Murray. The captivating 30-second film celebrates the every day GAA volunteers, who willingly give their time in communities across Ireland all year round.

Galway human rights academic identifies clear violation of basic human rights at Guantánamo Bay

Thu, Aug 24, 2017

A leading academic from Barna stated yesterday that the legal processes at Guantánamo Bay are unfair and that human rights are being denied those who are being detained there.

The Redingtons of Clarinbridge to be relaunched this weekend

Thu, Aug 24, 2017

Clarinbridge and Kilcornan will always be associated with the Redington family; a progressive, liberal, gentry family who generously developed schools, churches, village greens, and many woods and amenities.

PhD researcher seeks interviewees for study on foster care

Thu, Aug 24, 2017

An NUI Galway PhD researcher, who is undertaking an historical study of foster care in 20th century Ireland, is seeking interviewees for the project.

Jamie Canavan, who already holds BA and MA degrees and who grew up in Boston in the United States, is interested in meeting people who were fostered as children, parents who had a child fostered and foster carers (parents/guardians).

Free food growing heritage, gardening, and permaculture workshop

Thu, Aug 24, 2017

Derrick Hambleton of An Tasice and permaculture advisor, Hannah Mole will host a free workshop on food growing, gardening, and permaculture this weekend as part of Galway City Heritage Week.

Grealish demands end to discrimination

Thu, Aug 24, 2017

Families hoping to retain ownership of the homes where they were raised are being hampered by a rule that bars some people from buying out their council homes according to Independent TD Noel Grealish

Joyce’s Supermarkets to buy Nestor’s Supermarkets in Galway city and county

Thu, Aug 24, 2017

Joyce’s Supermarket Group announced today (Thursday) that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the assets of the Nestor’s Supermarket Group in Galway — a move that will see the creation of four new Joyces stores in the city and county.

Exposure to the language of hate will strengthen our resolve to oppose it

Thu, Aug 24, 2017

There seems to be no downtime from tragedy and events now. As our news cycle goes to sleep on one side of the world, another erupts with a vengeance on the other side. Perhaps in years to come, the true impact of the events of the past two years on our mental health will come to be analysed and quantified.

Little John Nee

Thu, Aug 24, 2017

A new show from Little John Nee is always to be savoured and, on September 4, Druid’s Mick Lally Theatre hosts the premiere of Radio Rosario, a serious comedy about frustration, foreboding, and fulfilment, and an ode to “the magical wireless”.

Vodafone Comedy Carnival line-up revealed

Mon, Aug 21, 2017

The full line-up for the Vodafone Comedy Carnival 2017 has been revealed.

'They’re all mad in Galway, that’s why I feel so at home'

Thu, Aug 17, 2017

The inimitable and flamboyant Mr Pussy - the doyen of Ireland’s drag acts - was in Galway last weekend for a performance at the Róisín Dubh as part of Club GASS’s Galway Pride events. On Saturday afternoon I met him for a chat about his colourful life, career, and many celebrity fans.

Athenry model attends glittering midsummer party at Hef’s

Thu, Aug 17, 2017

A County Galway model, who moved to the United States five years ago and is a regular guest at Playboy boss Hugh Hefner’s Los Angeles mansion, has had her work visa extended for a further three years.

Arts organisations set to benefit from major grants

Thu, Aug 17, 2017

Druid Theatre, Macnas, and the Galway Arts Centre are among the leading local arts organisations set to benefit from a Goverment allocation of more than €90,000 under the Government’s Arts and Culture Capital Scheme.

The Galway allocation is Druid Performing Arts CLG (€19,180), Galway Arts Centre (€17,172), Oughterard Courthouse Conservation & Heritage CLG (€14,000), Taibhdhearc na Gallimhe Amharclann Naisiunta (€17,792), Galway Community Circus Company (€10,258), Macnas CLG (€9,799), and Baboró Galway International Children’s Festival (€2,624).

Pretty in pink — celebrations galore as May Quinn turns 101

Thu, Aug 17, 2017

A Galwaywoman who was born just months after the Easter Rising celebrated her birthday ins type at the Little Flower Nursing Home last week.

Local woman tells of surviving double tragedy in her autobiography

Thu, Aug 17, 2017

A local woman, whose life was marred by tragedy but who went on to rebuild her life and make a major contribution to her community, has written her life story.

New hospital for Galway now ‘realistic prospect’ says TD

Thu, Aug 17, 2017

The Saolta University Healthcare Group has requested funding of €1 million to advance plans for the development of a new hospital at Merlin Park in its budgetary submission to the Department of Health.

The group is seeking the €1 million for “initial planning” of a new hospital. Saolta is currently carrying out an options appraisal in respect of the proposed development, which was given the go-ahead by Health Minister Simon Harris earlier this year.

Vacant homes must be used to help ease housing crisis, says McNelis

Thu, Aug 17, 2017

The Minister for Housing, Eoghan Murphy, has “finally woken up to the fact there are nearly 200,000 empty homes across the country” and that could be used to ease the pressure of the State’s housing crisis.

This is the view of Labour Galway City West councillor Niall McNelis, a member of City Hall’s Housing Strategic Policy Committee, who has welcomed confirmation that the Government will “finally be introducing measures to bring vacant homes back into use”. However the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government, Eoghan Murphy, has yet to publish the Vacant Homes Strategy.

Kiltartan church celebrates its 175th anniversary

Thu, Aug 17, 2017

St Attracta’s Church, Kiltartan was the scene of a joyful outpouring of faith last week as the parish celebrated the 175th anniversary of the opening of the church. The clergy, led by four Mass servers, walked in procession from the old church while the large outdoor bell was rung by Tommy Nolan. The faith journey of the parish was recalled by the chief celebrant, a native of the parish, Canon Martin Downey.

Let Supermac’s SuperTedí find you All-Ireland tickets

Thu, Aug 17, 2017

Fancy joining an online treasure hunt for some All Ireland Hurling Final tickets?

All you have to do is find SuperTedí, the Supermac’s All Ireland Teddy Bear. Every day this week Supermac’s has posted clues on its social media platforms indicating where SuperTedí can be found.

Remembering Devon Place from afar

Thu, Aug 17, 2017

SHEILAH MORRIS (now Cangley) was born in Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) in 1928. Her father, who was born in Galway, had been recruited in London in 1920 to join the Veterinary Department of the Civil Service in Northern Rhodesia. He married a Galway girl, and they both moved to Mazabuka, where he worked at a veterinary research station. Now in her eighties and living in Australia, Sheilah recalls her childhood memories of Galway in the 1930s.

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