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Public lecture on Obama’s Irish roots

BARACK OBAMA’S Irish heritage will be the subject of a lecture tomorrow at 8pm in the Aula Maxima, NUI Galway.

The Irish roots of Barack Obama

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BARACK OBAMA was born on August 4 1961 in Honolulu to a mother from Kansas and a father from Kenya. His parents met at the University of Hawaii, where his father was a foreign student on scholarship.

Citylink announces new timetable for Dublin route

Citylink has announced a new improved timetable for its direct non-stop service between Galway and Dublin. The new timetable incorporating earlier departure times of fifteen minutes means passengers can now travel between Galway and Dublin with even more ease and convenience. To help travellers remember that Citylink is now running fifteen minutes earlier, Citylink is offering 15 per cent off fares on its direct Galway to Dublin service until May 31.

'We Shall Overcome'

That is the mantra we have been hearing over the past twenty-four hours since the big news was announced that Democrat, Barack Obama is the new president of the United States of America.

Barack, come to Galway — says Mayor

No sooner had the news emerged from America that Barack Obama had been elected the 44th president of the USA yesterday morning, than the Mayor of Galway Cllr Padraig Conneely had drafted a letter of invitation for the president-elect to offically visit Galway city.

Obama victory - What does Galway think?

Michael D Higgins

Now, isn’t it high time we had a Traveller Taoiseach

Could Galway produce a Barack Obama?

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Many of us never thought we would see the day when a black man would become president of the USA, but in the early hours of Wednesday morning, it happened.

I’ll be coming to Ireland, Obama tells Galway student

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Galway man Peter Mannion had one hell of a summer job, one that culminated in him meeting president-elect Barack Obama on the steps of Capitol Hill.

Galway welcomes Obama’s victory

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In the early hours of Wednesday morning, Sen Barack Obama became the 44th president of the United States of America and the first African-American to achieve this office. It is a day few thought would ever come.

 

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