No need to leave Galway for your Christmas gifts this year
Thu, Nov 24, 2011
Shoppers in Galway cannot have any complaints about the range of gifts that will be available to them this year and will have no need to leave the city or county in order to make sure their stockings are well filled this Christmas. With the Christmas market starting in Eyre Square this week and the wide range of shops in the city streets and county towns, there is plenty of food for thought as we plan our Christmas gift guide.
Read more ...Solve your gift dilemmas with the Radisson Blu
Thu, Nov 24, 2011
As well as sparkling Christmas parties, great food and excellent entertainment over the holiday season, Radisson Galway also has the perfect present solution, with its vouchers making the ideal Christmas gift for those difficult-to-buy-for family members or friends. For the really special — or really tricky — people in your life, Radisson Blu Galway vouchers are a super gift for Christmas, redeemable throughout the hotel, leisure centre, spirit one spa, and salt spa.
Read more ...Celebrate Christmas the Italian way at Basilico
Thu, Nov 24, 2011
Basilico owners Paolo Sabatini and Fabiano Mulas have put together a real feast of traditional, hearty, Italian dishes for the 2011 Christmas menu.
Read more ...Brendan Loughnane Butchers for quality and value
Thu, Nov 24, 2011
The best lamb, beef, pork, bacon and poultry from an award winning butcher.
Read more ...President and Taoiseach to join French invasion of city
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
The President of Ireland, Mr Michael D Higgins, returns to the west this weekend to support Connacht Rugby’s historic Heineken Cup fixture against Toulouse. The President will be accompanied by his wife Sabina to the province’s first Heineken Cup fixture at the Galway Sportsground when they host European aristocrats Toulouse on Saturday evening. It will be Mr Higgins’ second major sporting event since being inaugurated, having attended the Republic of Ireland’s Euro 2012 play-off against Estonia at the Aviva Stadium earlier this week.
Read more ...Government committed to smarter travel and getting people back on their bikes, says Minister
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
The Government is fully committed to making travel in Galway smarter, making roads safer, and getting people back on their bikes, that is according to Minister Alan Kelly who opened the Public Bike Symposium this week.
Read more ...Ireland’s R&D reputation secures €25 million Covidien investment
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
A “well-established” record of fostering successful innovation was a key factor in Covidien’s decision to locate a number of advanced research and development projects in Ireland, with Galway and Athlone to benefit.
Read more ...New overcrowding initiatives for UHG
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
University Hospital Galway is one of eight public hospitals responsible for almost 60 per cent of the country’s trolley waiting problem.
Read more ...No judge to hear Galway priest’s libel case against RTÉ
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
A High Court libel action brought by Galway priest Fr Kevin Reynolds against RTÉ has been adjourned as there was no judge available to hear the case.
Read more ...Workers will lose jobs if sick pay plan goes ahead, warns Healy Eames
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
A Galway employer has told her seven employees that if Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton’s proposal - that employers should pay the first four weeks of employees’ sick pay - goes ahead they will lose their jobs. The company will instead downsize to become a sole trader.
Read more ...Connacht thank Walsh and Ring for sourcing funding for Sportsground
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
The stage is set for Connacht to welcome Heineken Cup rugby to Galway for the first time this weekend following a major revamp of The Sportsground on College Road.
Read more ...City Council arts grants announced
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
The provision of arts grants to a wide selection of the city’s arts groups was announced at Monday evening’s Galway City Council meeting.
Read more ...Galway Film Fleadh qualifies for Oscar status
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
The Galway Film Fleadh has been accepted as a qualifying festival in the Academy Awards Short Film category, meaning short films shown at the fleadh have a chance at an Oscar nomination.
Read more ...One Hundred Hats for Hospice charity event
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
One Hundred Hats for Hospice, a unique fashion fundraiser, will take place in The Paint Box, Bearna, this Saturday from 11am to 3pm.
Read more ...Grady Joinery - energy efficient windows that look the business
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
Grady Joinery is Ireland's premier manufacturer of uPVC, timber, and aluminium A-rated energy efficient windows and doors.
Read more ...Book launch to highlight premature births in Ireland
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
Tiny Footprints, a book written by parents about their experience of having a baby born prematurely, takes place this evening at 6pm in The Ardilaun.
Read more ...New dog bills will ‘improve animal welfare’ says Grealish
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
The Greyhound Welfare Bill and Dog Breeding Establishment Bill, among the first bills signed into law by President Michael D Higgins, will significantly improve animal welfare and protection.
Read more ...TY Students to hold Christmas Craft Fair in Athenry
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
The Transition Year Students of Gairmscoil Mhuire, Athenry and St Raphael's College, Loughrea will hold a Christmas Craft Fair in Athenry next month.
Read more ...Assault accused gets ten-month suspended sentence and is banned from Supermac’s
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
A Rahoon man who punched a stranger in a unprovoked attack in Supermac’s has been banned from entering any of the fast-food restaurant’s outlets in the city and given a 10-month suspended sentence.
Read more ...New book on 1920s Galway politics to be launched
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
The early 20th century in Ireland witnessed many significant events - 1916, the War of Independence, the Civil War, etc - and Galway was as caught up in those events as anywhere else in the country.
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