GTI launches new media production traineeship

Thu, Jun 29, 2023

Galway Technical Institute has announced the launch of its new Media Production Assistant Traineeship, based in the institute's Spiddal campus commencing September 2023. This traineeship is for anyone with a real passion for film and TV, who hopes to build a career in the screen sector. The traineeship aims to produce the kind of technically and creatively multi-skilled individuals required in a rapidly developing industry.

The cost of going to college

Thu, Jun 29, 2023

The deadline to make changes to your course choice is fast approaching - the Change of Mind facility remains open until July 1 at 5.15pm. It’s still not too late for you to sit and double check that you have fully researched your course choices. Sit down with your parents/guardians not just regarding your choices, but also at the actual costs of going to college. Looking at options where you can live at home is always a worthwhile option.

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Galway University? a ‘godless College’

Wed, Jun 28, 2023

After Catholic Emancipation where for the first time Catholics won the right to be elected and to sit in the House Of Commons, the English government, led by an enlightened Robert Peel, believed it would be worth extending emancipation to third level education.

Leisureland, fifty years old

Wed, Jun 28, 2023

The front page story on the first ever issue of the Galway Advertiser in 1970 was about the announcement of plans for a proposed new leisure centre to be situated between Revagh Road in Rockbarton and the Promenade.

Thinking of changing your CAO course choice selection?

Mon, Jun 26, 2023

Many applicants use the initial CAO application in January as a holding exercise and it will soon be time to submit a definitive list of options.

Galway - ‘The only city that raised a statue to an author’

Thu, Jun 22, 2023

During the first 20 years of the 19th century Maria Edgeworth was the most successful and celebrated living novelist. With her friends Sir Culling Smith and his lady wife they had travelled from Edgeworthstown, Co Longford, to Galway, and from there they planned a leisurely holiday in Connemara.

The Boy’s Club, 83 years old and still going

Thu, Jun 22, 2023

Our Lady's Boys Club was founded in 1940 by Fr. Leonard Shiel S.J. “to help young lads, flung into work at an early age when their characters are most easily formed for good or for ill. The Club hopes to play its small part in the present day effort all over Ireland to help poor boys to be more reliable and useful members of society and a credit to their faith”.

It’s time to decide on your college course choices

Thu, Jun 22, 2023

Whether you are a current year Leaving Cert student or sat your school leaving exams at another time or in another jurisdiction, and have applied to the CAO in 2023, now is decision time.

Paint Like a Pro: How to Paint a Wooden Shed

Thu, Jun 22, 2023

By John Kavanagh, Manager, Pat McDonnell Paints – Galway

Explore the vineyards of France on a 5-star Rivercruise

Thu, Jun 22, 2023

If you are looking for something truly different for this summer, there is no region in the world that is richer in cuisine, more abundant in wine and more stunning in scenery than Bordeaux.

Cong Food Village Festival is back

Thu, Jun 22, 2023

Cong Food Village Festival is back, and it’s bigger and better than ever. This year’s festival will showcase the best produce and creative crafts that the west has to offer, all thanks to our sponsors and biggest supporters Ashford Castle Estate, and our charity partner Daisy Lodge in Cong.

Matt Orlando - One Night Only in Aniar

Thu, Jun 22, 2023

Aniar is delighted to announce a guest chef collaboration with Matt Orlando from Copenhagen on June 24. Matt Orlando was the visionary behind Amass, a Danish restaurant which consistently featured in the top 100 restaurants in the world. Matt has had a meaningful influence on many chefs, including JP McMahon, with his approach to excellence in sustainability, zero waste and improving the food ecosystem.

Matt’s Amass restaurant was a benchmark for how to run a restaurant sustainably and still produce award-winning food. While Amass closed in December 2022 Matt has continued his passion for producing food in an environmentally low-impact way and building a more circular food system. His new company Endless Food Co is devoted to transforming the food industry by tapping into the flavour potential of overlooked or undervalued food resources. With ‘deliciousness’ as the focus, the Endless Food Co aims to transform new food resources into ‘tasty, valuable, and sustainable products and ingredients’.

Better health together

Thu, Jun 22, 2023

The Kingfisher Fitness Club is a fantastic facility offering everything you need to improve your fitness. Their spacious gym floors offer dedicated zones that cater for every type of workout with state-of-the-art equipment.

Shannon Airport and United Airlines marks 25th anniversary of New York/Newark Service

Thu, Jun 22, 2023

Shannon Airport and United Airlines are marking the 25thanniversary of the airline’s nonstop service between Shannon and New York/Newark.

Galway to host 45 Street Feasts this Sunday

Thu, Jun 22, 2023

This Sunday is Street Feast 2023 — the national day of street parties and community celebrations, when you get together with your neighbours to share food and enjoy some conversation and camaraderie this summer.

Reduce chronic inflammation with Hyperbaric Oxygenation

Thu, Jun 22, 2023

Chronic inflammation is a persistent immune response that can lead to a range of debilitating conditions, including chronic pain and discomfort.

In recent years, hyperbaric oxygenation (HBOT) has emerged as an effective therapy for reducing chronic inflammation and alleviating associated symptoms.

Like to lose two stone in 10 weeks?

Thu, Jun 22, 2023

With total focus on fixing your metabolism, System 10 can transform your weight loss, energy, sleep, health and much more! A good metabolism is the foundation of everything you are! A good metabolism gets you burning more fat every hour, 24 hours a day! Nothing can beat it for results! It is your weight loss master switch!

It controls the results from your diet and exercise. It doesn’t matter how good you are with your food and exercise, metabolism faults severely limit your results and cause the stubborn fat on your stomach, hips, thighs and back of arms. A good metabolism means you can lose up to three pounds of real fat each week – almost one stone per month!

It’s time to decide on your college course choices

Tue, Jun 20, 2023

Whether you are a current year Leaving Cert student or sat your school leaving exams at another time or in another jurisdiction, and have applied to the CAO in 2023, now is decision time.

A visit to Fluntern Cemetery

Thu, Jun 15, 2023

On a late August afternoon my friend John Hill drove me across the city of Zurich, climbing the suburban heights until we stopped at the gates of Fluntern Cemetery. We walked up the last incline to where, among the trees and billard-table lawns, we saw the Joyces’ grave. There was no mistaking it. Just above the grave is the Giacometti-like sculpture of the writer himself, the work of American artist Milton Hebald. There James Joyce sits, in characteristic pose, deep in conversation, head tilted, one leg resting on the other knee, cigarette poised, his slim cane delicately balanced. Someone once remarked that he held his cane like a musical instrument.

Pearse Stadium, Páirc an Phiarsaigh

Thu, Jun 15, 2023

Sixty six years ago this week, on June 16 1957, Pearse Stadium opened.

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