Two hundred works to go under the hammer at weekend art auction
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
Dolan’s Art Auctions will return to the Marriott Hotel, Galway, this Sunday, when more than 200 paintings will go under the hammer at the new earlier start time of 3pm. As always, this is likely to be a very popular and well received event.
Read more ...Galway schools get 20,000 tickets for Science and Technology Festival exhibition
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
The Galway Festival of Science and Technology is the biggest single free event for youngsters in the West of Ireland and this week 20,000 tickets went out to schools all over the county for the festival exhibition, which is to be held at NUI, Galway on Sunday, November 21.
Read more ...Cancer Care West launches 2010 Christmas cards
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
Cancer Care West held the launch of its 2010 Christmas card collection on Thursday last at its Cancer Support Centre on Seamus Quirke Road. The cards feature a wonderful collection of images of Galway city and county.
Read more ...Celebrating the centenary of Coláiste Chonnacht
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
Coláiste Chonnacht will celebrate its centenary on Saturday evening with the launch of a new book.
Read more ...Visit Santa and his deer at Glendeer Pet Farm
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
It is not every day that you arrive at a farm decorated with thousands of twinkling lights, meet Santa and his live deer Dancer and Prancer, or see an illuminated crib with a live cow and donkey, except of course when you visit Ireland’s Lapland at Glendeer Pet Farm.
Read more ...Salthill history and magical tales at the museum
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
Storytelling sessions for children and for adults and a talk about the history of Salthill take place in the Galway City Museum next week.
Tom Kenny of The Kenny Gallery, will give a talk entitled The Rise of Salthill, next Monday at 7pm, focusing on the rise of Salthill as a seaside and tourist resort.
Read more ...Ardilaun receives white flag award
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
The Ardilaun Leisure Club has recently been awarded the White Flag Award, a quality award which recognises high standards of excellence in health and leisure facilities.
Read more ...Survival of Irish craft workers tops agenda
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
A two-day conference for craft workers in Ireland begins in Galway tomorrow.
Read more ...Aggressive taxi passenger squeezes garda’s throat in headlock, court hears
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
A garda who confronted an aggressive passenger of a taxi over the non payment of a fare was suddenly punched in the face twice and had his throat squeezed while being held in a tight headlock before a colleague was forced to use pepper spray and a baton to free him, the Galway District Court heard this week.
Read more ...Rezoning would damage business in Galway says Ó Brolcháin
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
Proposals to re-zone land for commercial use on the outskirts of the city will only draw business away from the city centre and serve to facilitate those who wish to set up liquidation sales.
Read more ...Labour to hold national conference in Galway next year
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
The Labour Party could be part of, or else leading, the next government, by the time it holds its national conference in Galway next spring.
Read more ...Elite swimmers compete in Leisureland
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
Top class swimming action returns to Galway this weekend when Leisureland hosts the National Short Course Swimming Championships 2010.
Read more ...Galway Future Homes & Building Exhibition comes to Leisureland
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
Galway Future Homes & Building Exhibition is returning to provide ideas, advice, and inspiration for those building, extending, or improving their home. The show will take place in Leisureland, Salthill, on Friday November 26 from 6pm to 9pm, Saturday November 27 from 11am to 6pm, and Sunday November 28 from 12 noon to 6pm.
Read more ...GMIT hotel school donates thirty meals for Lions Club ‘live’ auction
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
Hotel school students in Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) have volunteered to prepare, cook, and serve a ‘Gourmet Dining Experience’ for 30 guests that will be auctioned off to the highest bidder during the Galway Lions Club ‘live’ radio auction in December.
Read more ...Christmas craft fair in Moycullen
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
The Moycullen Shopping Centre, An Cearnog Nua, will hold its first Christmas craft fair, which opens tomorrow, and runs up to Christmas Eve.
Read more ...Get your skates on for Galway Bay on Ice
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
The Grooveyard will return to Galway this Christmas with the popular Galway Bay on Ice, and this year’s attraction promises to be bigger and better than ever.
Read more ...Tesco opens in Oranmore
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
The new Tesco Oranmore store was officially opened this week, which according to the company, will create 110 jobs for the town.
Read more ...Coole hosts its first conferring ceremony
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
Coole Park hosted a conferring ceremony for graduates of the NUI Maynooth certificate in local history last weekend, the first ceremony of its kind to be held at the park. The course was run as an outreach programme at Coole by the NUI Maynooth department of modern history, in association with the university’s adult education office. Nineteen students were conferred on the day.
Read more ...New language exchange night in Galway
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
Local Galway residents Jack Kinsella and Una Timlin recently set up a language exchange meetup where language lovers, Galwegians, and visitors from all walks of life can come together. The first night was held in Kelly's on Monday October 25.
Read more ...Man charged with stealing more than €4,500 of cigarettes
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
The case of a Dublin man who allegedly damaged a vending machine beyond repair and stole more than €4,500 worth of cigarettes from a hotel has been adjourned until after the New Year.
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