Iconic Aran Islands ferry Naomh Éanna to feature in permanent maritime heritage exhibition

Thu, Mar 09, 2023

The iconic Naomh Éanna, which served as the main ferry link between the Aran Islands and the mainland for several decades up to the 1980s, is set to feature in a permanent maritime exhibition at the National Museum of Ireland – Country Life in Mayo.

Students to strike over climate concerns

Thu, Mar 02, 2023

Students will take to the streets in Galway tomorrow (Friday) as part of an international movement that will see students across 150 countries strike in a demonstrative response to what they consider a lack of action by global leaders when it comes to climate change.

Organised by Fridays for Future, a movement inspired by young climate change activist, Greta Thunberg, it has become a global ideology with national and regional branches across the world. The origin of Fridays For Future stems from Thunberg’s 2018 protest which saw her set up camp outside the buildings of Swedish parliament, frustrated with the lack of action to combat climate change by global leaders. The first school strike took place that year, with four million protesters around the world, made up largely of school children who abandoned their classrooms and took to the streets in protest.

Government action needed as five thousand people leave local EDs without being assessed

Thu, Mar 02, 2023

A total of 5,327 people walked out of emergency departments in Galway's public hospitals last year without being assessed.

McNelis slams electric Ireland for favouring business over struggling families

Thu, Mar 02, 2023

Labour City Councillor Niall Mc Nelis has slammed Electric Ireland for failing to pass on a reduction in energy bills for businesses to ordinary householders at a time when more and more families are sinking into energy poverty.

This Is Art is back

Thu, Mar 02, 2023

The annual, all-island national art competition This Is Art! is back for its third consecutive year.

Through the glass darkly

Thu, Mar 02, 2023

In sonnet 78, by Shakespeare we catch the poet’s oblique allusion to the physical effects of the destruction wrought by the Reformation –

Galway annual Novena commences on Monday

Thu, Mar 02, 2023

The final preparations are being made in Galway Cathedral for the upcoming annual Novena which runs for nine days from Monday March 6 to Tuesday March 14.

The theme this year is ‘Faith In Challenging Times’, and the Novena will hear from a number of insightful speakers, each with diverse experiences of church, and each bringing a unique personal perspective.

Galway businesses invited to celebrate Local Enterprise Week 2023

Thu, Mar 02, 2023

Small businesses and budding entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to sample a varied programme events aimed at helping them to start or grow their business as part of this year’s Local Enterprise Week across County Galway.

Galway Credit Unions warn of SMS phishing scam

Thu, Mar 02, 2023

Three Galway credit unions are warning their members and the public of a phishing scam.

On the road to nowhere

Thu, Mar 02, 2023

Grace Bruen is 30-years-old. She is warm, charming, and has impeccable manners. She would love to work with people where her personality would be allowed to shine and where she could contribute to society and feel fulfilled. Instead, she sits at home.

UHG performs first incisionless surgery in Ireland for blockages of the oesophagus

Thu, Mar 02, 2023

The west's biggest hospital is the first in the country to introduce incision-less, minimally invasive surgery to help correct blockages of the oesophagus.

The procedure is being carried out at University Hospital Galway by Mr Paul Carroll, a consultant oesophagogastric and general surgeon who specialises in minimally invasive and endoscopic surgery for oesophago-gastric cancer and benign disease.

Greens step forward to contest local elections

Thu, Mar 02, 2023

The Galway Green Party has selected its candidates to run in the next local election, which will take place in 2024.

Wanted: Galway volunteers to save lives at sea

Thu, Mar 02, 2023

The RNLI is looking for new fundraising volunteers to join its lifesaving crews in Galway City, Clifden/Connemara and Aran Islands.

Women’s Day talks on historic Galway industries

Thu, Mar 02, 2023

A special public event will be held in the Galway next Wednesday (March 8) to celebrate International Women’s Day.

University of Galway hosts free Family Fun Day for Engineers Week 2023

Thu, Mar 02, 2023

University of Galway is calling all wannabe engineers to participate in a free family event, Engineering Our Future: Family Fun Day.

Three Galway restaurants clinch top honours at Just Eat Awards

Thu, Mar 02, 2023

Three Galway restaurants scooped top prizes in separate categories at the ninth annual Just Eat Awards earlier this week.

The awards, which celebrate and recognise Ireland's favourite restaurants and takeaways, were hosted by TV presenter and podcaster, Muireann O'Connell at Dublin's Mansion House.

Social Democrats nominate Alan Curran for vacant city council seat

Thu, Mar 02, 2023

The Galway West branch of the Social Democrats held a meeting in Renmore on Monday, February 27, to select a candidate to be nominated for co-option for a vacant council seat on Galway City Council.

The previous occupant of the seat was Owen Hanley, who resigned his seat in the council in early January 2023, following allegations made against him on social media. The nominee is Coláiste Éinde secondary school teacher Alan Curran, whose extensive resumé has seen him participate in a plethora of local organisations including, Galway Cycling Campaign, Native Woodland Trust Galway Branch, Irish Wildlife Trust Galway as well as being an active member of the Galway Mountain Rescue Team for eight years and coaching athletics, the U14 and Junior Rugby Team and an underage coach for St. Michael's GAA. Curran is also a co-founder of the Galway Cycle Bus project, a volunteer led group that allows children to cycle safely to and from school.

University of Galway launches initiative to enhance social life of the farming community

Thu, Mar 02, 2023

University of Galway’s Rural Studies Centre is to lead a new social organisation for the farming community, called Farmer's Yards, with a pilot initiative at Mountbellew Livestock Mart.

Galway people asked to join the National Spring Clean

Thu, Mar 02, 2023

Registrations are now open for the National Spring Clean 2023, and organiser An Taisce is asking people across Galway to get involved.

Tim Robinson's contribution to understanding our landscape to be celebrated

Thu, Mar 02, 2023

Architecture at the Edge presents a one-day symposium to celebrate Tim Robinson's contribution to understanding the landscape of the west of Ireland at Kylemore Abbey on March 24.

The symposium will be run in collaboration with Kylemore Abbey, the Royal Irish Academy and the Moore Institute, and University of Galway on the occasion of the exhibition ‘Interpreting Landscapes; Tim Robinson and the west of Ireland/Rianú Talún: Tim Robinson agus Iarthar na hÉireann’.

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