Forget Playstations as Console offers traditional family day out in Ross Castle

Thu, Aug 27, 2009

Take a trip back in time to when you were a child growing up, there were no mobile phones, no playstations, and not a whole lot of money, so what did you do for fun?

Public to fight any attempt to downsize Portiuncula Hospital

Thu, Aug 20, 2009

People in Galway will fight tooth and nail to oppose any attempt to downsize Portiuncula Hospital, vpwed FG deputy Paul Connaughton last evening.

Tourist in charge of hostel took €2,000

Thu, Aug 20, 2009

An American tourist, who had been left to run a hostel in return for free accommodation, betrayed the trust bestowed upon him by siphoning off €2,000 from money paid by other patrons.

Two arrested in Galway following night of violence in Ballinrobe left four injured

Thu, Aug 20, 2009

Two men have been arrested in Galway following a series of attacks in Ballinrobe at the weekend.

Remand for man accused of stealing woman’s handbag

Thu, Aug 20, 2009

A young man accused of allegedly attacking a woman and then stealing her handbag has been remanded in custody after being refused bail, and is due to appear in court again next week for the service of the book of evidence.

Jack Watchorn (18), with an address at Aras Gael, Whitestrand Avenue, Salthill, was brought before the holiday sitting of Galway District Court last Tuesday facing charges of allegedly robbing a woman of her handbag and its contents, valued at €150, at The Promenade, Salthill, on February 21, 2009.

Va va broom — world record Irish brush dance for GOAL

Thu, Aug 20, 2009

Students from Coláiste Lurgan, Indreabhán, are to take part in a world record attempt for the largest number of people to perform the Irish brush dance at one time with all the proceeds going to Goal.

Galway Gay Pride Festival

Thu, Aug 20, 2009

This weekend will see events taking place across the city for the annual Galway Gay Pride Festival.

Galway’s Mr Gay — it could be you

Thu, Aug 20, 2009

Galway pride is to set to be the first Pride festival to host a heat of the Mr Gay Ireland contest.

Seamus Heaney to read at Clifden Community Arts Week

Thu, Aug 20, 2009

Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney will read as part of this year’s Clifden Arts Festival.

Fancy a career as a make-up artist?

Thu, Aug 20, 2009

The School of Make Up Artistry and Business Training offers courses designed to teach all levels of students, from beginners to advanced, which are suitable for all age groups. Based at Briarhill, Galway, the school provides interesting courses which cover all aspects of make-up artistry.

Staff terrorised and threatened by troubled teen

Thu, Aug 20, 2009

Staff at a care home were left terrorised and locked in their office while a teenager smashed up everything in sight and threatened to break their legs. The Galway District Court also heard this week that nurses, security, and gardai at a busy hospital were spat at and kicked.

Stay ahead in business with the Galway Business School

Thu, Aug 20, 2009

Galway Business School will hold an open day on Monday August 24 from 4pm at GCI House in Salthill where prospective students can learn all about the school’s excellent range of business courses, all of which are validated and accredited in Ireland and the UK.

Radisson launches new wedding packages

Thu, Aug 20, 2009

Ever since the Celtic Tiger began to roar brides-to-be everywhere have been fretting about how to find the perfect chair covers while soon-to-be-grooms have worried where to get the extra cash to pay the pianist.

Man who stole sweaters and aftershave fined for theft from shops and pubs

Thu, Aug 20, 2009

A man, with 67 previous convictions and described as a “nuisance”, was fined this week for stealing aftershave and sweaters from city centre shops and then having a drink in a local pub and walking out without paying for it.

Galway prepares for oldest inland waterway race

Thu, Aug 20, 2009

Experienced sailors will take to the Corrib next week for the Cong-Galway race, Europe’s oldest inland water race.

Bohermore water problem almost resolved

Thu, Aug 20, 2009

Galway City Council has this week confirmed to Cllr Ollie Crowe that almost all of the houses in Bohermore now have their water back to a safe drinkable level.

Remembering the Connaught Rangers

Thu, Aug 20, 2009

For those interested in the history of the Connaught Rangers a walking tour of Galway city to seek out memorials and artefacts related to the once great regiment is planned by the Connaught Rangers Association. Galway City has many great memorials related to the once great regiment including the memorial window in Galway Cathedral, and the cannons at City Hall which have been in the city since 1857 to commemorate the involvement of the regiment in the Crimea War.The tour will start in Renmore and then move towards City Hall, Saint Nicholas Collegiate Church, and finish in Galway Cathedral.

The tour is free to anyone who wants to participate. The meeting point is Renmore Garrison Church on Saturday August 29 at 11am. For information contact Joe Loughnane at 087 6754328

Sophie’s choice — university for some, Uganda for others

Thu, Aug 20, 2009

This week Leaving Cert students across the country eagerly awaited the CAO college offers. While talk and excitement for most will be on whether or not they get their chosen course, one local student, 17-year-old Sophie Connolly, has decided to embark on a different kind of adventure.

Burren inspired exhibition in Kinvara

Thu, Aug 20, 2009

The Waters and the Wild, an exhibition of some 60 paintings and drawings inspired by the landscape of the Burren, is open to the public from August 22 to August 30 at The Mountscribe Gallery, near Kinvara, Co. Galway. The exhibition is the work of Helen Frayling, who has been painting and drawing in and around the Burren for 10 years and more.

Helen Frayling trained at the Royal Academy School and the Royal College of Art in London. She has exhibited at the Royal Academy and The New Art Centre in London, and has worked with the celebrated community arts group Free Form in East London.

Hairs and Races comedy series available online to download

Thu, Aug 20, 2009

The popular local-based radio comedy series Hairs and Races which was broadcast on Galway Bay fm during Race Week is now available to download on the station’s website.

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