Poor Clares launch new edition of best-selling book

Thu, Nov 16, 2023

The Poor Clares in Galway have just published an updated 10th anniversary edition of their number 1 best-selling book Calm the Soul.

Communities rally following Storm Debi destruction

Thu, Nov 16, 2023

As communities in the coastal towns of Kinvara and Clarinbridge rally to support one another following the devastating blow to buildings and infrastructure, the question facing affected residents and business owners is ‘how will we rebuild’?

Galway People of the Year honoured at glittering event in the city

Thu, Nov 16, 2023

The Galway People of the Year Award winners were honoured at a Gala Banquet and Awards Presentation in the Galway Bay Hotel at the weekend with over 400 guests in attendance, including Councillor Donal Lyons Deputy Mayor of Galway and Cathoirleach of Galway County Council, Councillor Liam Carroll.

Workshop on coping with loss

Thu, Nov 16, 2023

by Mary O’Connor
Mention the word “loss” and what immediately springs to mind? Usually death, and the impact of losing a partner, child, family member, or close friend on your life.

Mention the word “loss” and what immediately springs to mind? Usually death, and the impact of losing a partner, child, family member, or close friend on your life.

Rough sleepers braved Storm Debi

Thu, Nov 16, 2023

Homeless people could not be offered temporary shelter as Storm Debi approached Galway due to local authority staffing shortages, the Galway Advertiser has learned.

Galway Volunteer Centre to celebrate local volunteer managers

Thu, Nov 16, 2023

People who manage volunteers in charities, community groups or clubs are being invited to a Helping Others Help celebration evening in the PorterShed on the evening of November 29. The event is being organised by Galway Volunteer Centre to recognise the critical effort that often happens in the background of community initiatives in Galway city and county.

“Galway city would be a very different place without all the volunteers who help out in our communities every day,” said Helen Ogbu, organisation support worker with Galway Volunteer Centre. “But this volunteering would not happen without the people who recruit and look after volunteers - the volunteer managers. The volunteer manager is the person who makes sure the organisation has the right volunteers, and that they show up and are supported.”

ATU president on National Men's Health Month, the newly appointed Class Reps, and the 'Pobal Bia' initiative

Thu, Nov 09, 2023

November is National Men’s Health Month, and we are excited to celebrate and bring awareness to students within the college. We started off this past week with a simple coffee morning to get the conversation flowing. We will follow on with an awareness campaign, giving students a chance to speak with a diverse range of charities and companies. We will finish off the month with our societies raising money for a charity of their choice. There will be many different fundraisers, with one student even promising to shave his head when €1,000 is raised.

Gael Seachtain and Coldvember are hot on the agenda in University of Galway this week

Thu, Nov 09, 2023

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Teenagers with lifelong physical health conditions to spotlight issues with accessing cultural and public spaces in Galway

Thu, Nov 09, 2023

An art exhibition by the national arts and health charity Helium Arts is opening on November 13 that will spotlight issues with accessing cultural and public spaces in Galway for young people with lifelong health conditions.

Simon Community to benefit from Supermac’s charity fundraiser next week

Thu, Nov 09, 2023

Supermac’s is hosting its annual charity fundraiser on November 17 at the LoughRea Hotel & Spa and this year, proceeds will be in aid of the Simon Community.

255 eviction notices issued in Galway means homelessness will continue to rise, says SF’s O’Hara

Thu, Nov 09, 2023

Galway East Sinn Féin’s Louis O’Hara has said an emergency response is needed to address rising levels of homelessness.

O’Hara was speaking after the Residential Tenancies Board reported that 4518 eviction notices were issued to households in Q3 of this year, including 255 in County Galway.

Flaherty grateful for removal of weeds in Ballyloughane

Thu, Nov 09, 2023

Independent Councillor Terry O’ Flaherty would like to thank the Renmore Community Employment Scheme participants for the works they carried out in Ballyloughane recently.

The pathway inside the wall from the bridge to the beach is lined with concrete blocks and they cleaned out all of the weeds and the overgrowth in and around the blocks.

The importance of images — Galway filmmaker’s documentary long-listed for Oscar

Thu, Nov 09, 2023

‘The image of that little cottage, my grandparents used to run a textile business out of there, they used to do the markets. So that image is really important to me’ the filmmaker David McDonagh tells me in reference to the opening shot of his short documentary Being Put Back Together, which won best film in its category at this year’s Galway Film Fleadh and has been long listed for an Academy Award.

Standún named Small Business of the Year

Thu, Nov 09, 2023

Standún has been recognized with the “Small Business of the Year Award” at the prestigious 2023 Family Business Awards. This honour marks a significant achievement for Standún, celebrating their commitment to excellence and their enduring legacy in the community.

Deadline looms for Blue Teapot’s search for new stars

Thu, Nov 09, 2023

With the search for new acting talent for local troupe, The Blue Teapot Theatre Company, set to come to a close at noon on Monday, November 13, aspiring actors are being urged to throw their hat in the ring.

The award-winning Galway theatre company is looking to expand its talent pool by inviting aspiring actors with an intellectual disability to audition for a permanent place within the resident company of artists. This positive development is part of an overall expansion, aligned to the company’s Strategic Arts Plan (2023-2027).

Artist Kristy Verenga’s Gort exhibition explores ‘Who Am I?’

Thu, Nov 09, 2023

Experimental artist Kristy Verenga has opened her ‘Who Am I?’ exhibition which combines media to explore the question at The Gallery Café in Gort. Kristy uses painting and sculpture to build the world that she calls home, these abstract and symbolic narratives are an expression of her daily experience.

Using oil paint on a wax ground and sometimes a texture like sand which also lets the drawing remain visible as part of the dynamic whole, she makes her own paper clay for the sculpture, which process emerged as a pandemic palliative. The images in her work are both playful and expressive of this interior dialogue.

Bishop Michael to play organ in 100 churches in two weeks

Thu, Nov 09, 2023

The Church of Ireland Bishop of Tuam, Limerick and Killaloe, the Rt Rev’d Michael Burrows, plans to visit every church in this vast new merged diocese, which stretches from Co Mayo in the north to Co Kerry in the south and Co Limerick and parts of Offaly and Tipperary in the east.

Galway’s teens encouraged to apply for €45,000 local community fund

Thu, Nov 09, 2023

Young people aged between 13 to 19 have been encouraged to apply for a portion of a ‘major new educational fund’ worth €45,000’ ahead of its deadline on Friday, November 10.

Donohue raises issue of CLAR 2023 funding

Thu, Nov 09, 2023

At the October Plenary meeting of Galway County Council, Independent Councillor Geraldine Donohue under Questions raised the issue of CLAR 2023 funding and the confusion and frustration around the two different deadlines for same.

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