Making a good start to CAO Application 2017 this month

Thu, Jan 12, 2017

Deadline
The normal closing date for CAO Application 2017 is Wednesday February 1 at 5.15pm, with an online facility to amend course choices from February 6 to March 1 at 5.15pm.

Beechmount Art Studio expands to Oranmore

Thu, Jan 12, 2017

Beechmount Art Studio has launched a range of classes in its new facility at The Glassroom in Brazco Coffee Academy, Oranmore.

The next term of classes for adults, teens, and children at this multi-award winning art studio based in Lackagh, only 20 minutes from Galway city, is commencing the end of January and with some 14 classes weekly in two locations, there is bound to be a class that suits you.

Learn the Montessori curriculum at GTI

Thu, Jan 12, 2017

GTI Adult Education term 2 is open for registration with a great choice of programmes on offer for 2017.

Nutrition, a career you will love

Thu, Jan 12, 2017

Every New Year we make resolutions we may or may not keep. “Be healthier. Love my work…” This year, make a real commitment to yourself and your passions.

GMIT secures EU funding to develop food entrepreneur-focused rural economies

Thu, Jan 12, 2017

GMIT has been awarded funding for a unique project called Creating Entrepreneurs in Food, which aims to build food innovation and entrepreneurship-focused rural communities and economies in the west, and develop a model for Ireland and Europe.

Irish classes for adults at Conradh na Gaeilge

Thu, Jan 12, 2017

Register now for Conradh na Gaeilge’s Irish course for adults. Classes focus on conversational Irish and cater to all levels, and commence the week of Monday January 30.

NUI Galway to hold CAO information evening

Thu, Jan 12, 2017

NUI Galway will hold a special information evening for prospective students on Wednesday January 18 from 5.30pm to 8.30pm in the Arts Millennium Building. The event is aimed at mature students, Leaving Certificate students, and parents/guardians.

Sol y Luna Spanish classes for adults, children, and Leaving Certificate intensive preparation seminars

Thu, Jan 12, 2017

Due to the success of Sol y Luna's Leaving Cert classes the company is now offering a block of intensive revision seminars which will be available on a bi-monthly basis.

Bodhran Magic — a brilliant start to 2017

Thu, Jan 12, 2017

Rhythm is in all of us, all you need is the right inspiration to find it. If you have always wanted to play music but do not know where to start, or you are already playing but do not know how to take your playing to the next level, now is the time. The new year Bodhran Magic adult group courses are kicking off soon and running in the city centre.

Sean-nós dancing classes return to Club Áras na nGael

Thu, Jan 12, 2017

Club Áras na nGael’s popular sean-nós dancing classes will return at the end of January, under the expert tuition of Connemara sean-nós dancer Pádraig Ó hOibicín.

Happy New Year from the French Institute

Thu, Jan 12, 2017

This is the time of the year for les bonnes résolutions. Start 2017 by joining a French class in the pleasant environment of the well-established French Institute, Galway's very own French school, located in the Bridge Mills. The friendly staff are fully qualified, very experienced, and native; thus ensuring all students are immersed in an authentic linguistic and cultural experience.

Do you wish to take up a new language, refresh your school French, prepare for your holidays, or even plan a new life in France? Do you need to enhance your professional profile, avail of greater job opportunities, or develop your company’s potential on the French-speaking market? Or maybe your children would like to get a head start in French, or get good grades in their Junior or Leaving Cert examinations?

Bailey’s Hotel, Eyre Square

Thu, Jan 12, 2017

When Bailey’s Hotel was being sold it was advertised as being “Fifty Yards from the Railway Station. One hundred and fifty yards from the docks. Frontage; Fifty Feet. Depth: one hundred feet. Eigheen bedrooms, four reception rooms. One additional large room sixty feet by twenty six feet. Bath rooms, lavatories, Kitchen, Pantry, Yard etc. Electric light throughout. Very fine bar, seven day licence. Premises held under lease of 99 years from March 1904, at yearly rent of £4.”

Dr Sal O’Malley fought twenty-six years for equal pay

Thu, Jan 12, 2017

Week II
It was never about the amount of money being paid to Dr Sal O’Malley, who was the first woman consultant appointed to the Galway Central Hospital in 1929, it was the principal of the thing.

Time to get in shape

Thu, Jan 05, 2017

So 2017 has arrived and you are struggling to fit into your dress or your slick six pack has turned into a glorious keg thanks to the excesses of the festive period. Most people are wondering what they must do in order to remove the Christmas fat and get back into their pre-holidays shape.

Record Irish tourism figures boosted by Government investment in the diaspora

Thu, Jan 05, 2017

The year 2016 was a record year for Irish tourism and the Government's investment in reaching out to our Diaspora appears to be paying off.

Trip cancellation and illness top reasons for Irish travel insurance claims

Thu, Jan 05, 2017

Trip cancellation is the number one reason for Irish travel insurance claims, an analysis of data has revealed.

Robert MacDonald, sanitary and heating engineer

Thu, Jan 05, 2017

This photograph was taken in 1900 of the staff of Robert MacDonald, the plumber from Dominick Street. The business was started by his father, Peter MacDonald (late manager for Ross and Murray), who advertised himself in 1887 as “Plumber, Brassfounder and Gasfitter”.

Galway’s new anaesthetist: ‘Stuffed with learning’

Thu, Jan 05, 2017

Two remarkable Galway people, Conor O’Malley and Sal Joyce, grew up in the Maam Valley, Connemara, in the closing years of the 19th century. Although they were cousins, they probably never met until they were both doctors working side by side in the Galway Central Hospital, on Prospect Hill, the forerunner of the present University Hospital, in the 1920s.

56 Central team up with Her Story to Celebrate Nollaig Na mBan

Tue, Jan 03, 2017

This Friday January 6th is Nollaig Na mBan or Women's Little Christmas and to celebrate the Herstory programme, 56 Central have teamed up with the Herstory project to celebrate the event and from 6pm will play host to a celebration of life -

Sleep well this New Year with Better Bedding

Thu, Dec 29, 2016

It's that time of the year when our sleeping patterns go off the rails — late nights, excessive drinking and eating, worrying over shopping, family, and money, it all takes its toll.

A recent survey found we lose more than 30 hours of sleep over the festive period. Short term lack of sleep makes us drowsy, irritable, and concentration will be affected, plus when you are tired your appetite increases so be careful you don't overindulge more than normal.

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