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Thu, Aug 24, 2017
Saolta IT ’30 years out of date’ – Canney
IT systems in the Saolta hospital group are 30 years out of date, according to Galway East TD Seán Canney.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Paris was shocking until Brussels was until Nice was until London was until Barcelona. And this coming after a year of coverage of the horrors in Syria and people drowning and dying on the shores of Europe. Because of this, it is easy to become weary of human suffering, to dismiss it because it has become so commonplace in our space. In the past, it was horrifyingly easy to dismiss suffering if it was on the African continent. As long as it stayed over there, and wasn’t over here, it was not easy for us to empathise fully with the life-altering awfulness of events in those regions.
Read more ...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”.
Read more ...Vodafone Comedy Carnival line-up revealed
Mon, Aug 21, 2017
The full line-up for the Vodafone Comedy Carnival 2017 has been revealed.
Read more ...'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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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).
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
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