Twenty-one businesses vie for top prize in promoting Irish language in Galway

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

The Mayor of Galway, Cllr Terry O’Flaherty, will announce the finalists of Gradam Sheosaimh Uí Ógartaigh next week as part of the city’s Seachtain na Gaeilge celebrations.

Saluting women of the world

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

“"The story of women's struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist nor to any one organisation but to the collective efforts of all who care about human rights" - Gloria Steinem

Young Galway actors show off their talents

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

Up to 500 young actors from 17 schools from around Galway took place in Coirm Gael Linn’s two day Irish language music, dance, and drama festival in the Town Hall Theatre, Galway, recently.

Jurys Inn makeover

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

Jurys Inn Hotel Group has completed a redesign and refurbishment of its Galway hotel.

Jurys Inn Galway, which this year celebrates its 20th anniversary, has redesigned its 130 bedrooms, costing €1.5 million.

Josh Ritter to play Galway Arts Festival

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

Josh Ritter, the American singer-songwriter, will be one of the Galway Arts Festival headline acts this year, as he is set to play the festival Big Top on Saturday July 20.

Help Galway Hospice build for the future

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

The Galway Hospice is organising a community meeting next Tuesday March 12 in the Clayton Hotel at 8pm as part of the recently launched ‘Building for the Future’ fundraising campaign.

Cast your vote for Best of Galway Awards

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

The voting stage of the Best Of Galway Awards commences today March 7 and will continue until Monday April 1, so do not delay in showing your appreciation for a local business and casting and vote in its favour.

People under 70 invited to train as ‘first responders’

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

A Co Galway paramedic is spearheading a drive to train people as community “first responders” in a bid to save lives in his local area.

Celebrating the wonders of women 

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

Tomorrow women around the globe can raise a glass to themselves and toast International Women's Day. Whether a homemaker, mudwrestler, or international diplomat, women may still be underestimated, but crucially they no longer underestimate themselves. 

International Women's Day was first inspired by American garment workers who had marched through New York City demanding shorter hours, better pay and voting rights at the turn of the century. While Women's Day has grown to become a global day of recognition and celebration, sadly some of those same issues are as relevant today as they were more than a century ago.

City to aid the resurrection of Fianna Fáil?

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

In ‘The Russians Are Coming’, one of the greatest episodes of Only Fools And Horses, Del Boy constructs a nuclear fallout shelter atop Nelson Mandela Towers. Then, after ruminating on a scenario for what might happen post a nuclear war, he announces: “The end of the world is the break we’re looking for Rodney.”

Shooting the Breeze with Kevin Brophy, author of The Berlin Crossing and Another Kind Of Country

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

Last year was a good one for Galway author Kevin Brophy with his Cold War thriller The Berlin Crossing garnering considerable critical acclaim. Now he follows that novel with a further foray into the murky world of East-West skulduggery and intrigue, in the newly published Another Kind Of Country.

Recession busting Irish summer course for only €570

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

Tá Coláiste Cholumba ag rith cúrsaí Gaeilge ar an gCeathrú Rua ar feadh caoga bliain. Le dhá bhliain anuas tá muid ag rith cúrsaí speisialta coicíse chun an seans a thabhairt do gach duine taithí a fháil ar ár dteanga dúchais i gceartlár na Gaeltachta.

Last year Coláiste Cholumba, an Irish summer college in the Connemara Gaeltacht, launched a recession busting two-week summer course to huge success. This year extra spaces have been added to cater for the huge numbers applying. However spaces are very limited and with all courses being oversubscribed last year, all indications are that this trend will continue for 2013. You can now enjoy 14 days of the same Gaeltacht experience with all its spraoi, spóirt, craic and ceol, while learning Irish, which has made Coláiste Cholumba a huge success for more than 40 years.

HiTec Education announces new FETAC awards

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

HiTec Education Centre has just received full validation for new FETAC awards. The company is one of the first private colleges in the west of Ireland to offer these new awards in childcare and healthcare. It offers these through different delivery methods with classroom based, online, and blended learning options.

Irish and craic for less at Coláiste na n-Oileán

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

Located in the heart of the true Connemara Gaeltacht, Coláiste na nOileán is one of the longest-running Irish colleges. The college promises plenty of ceoil agus craic this summer.

Success at maths and English is essential for your child’s future

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

A 2004 study by the University of Oxford found that: “Individualised work with children who are falling behind in arithmetic has a significant impact on their performance. The amount of time given to such individualised work does not, in many cases, need to be very large to be effective.”

New Spanish class starting next week

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

Practical classes in beginning Spanish will start again next week at the Language Institute in the Granary Learning Centre. These 12-week courses are designed to give students the words and phrases they will need to visit Spain or Latin America with ease and confidence.

ICPPD to offer professional qualification in holistic counselling and psychotherapy in GMIT

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

The International College for Personal and Professional Development (ICPPD) is based in Athlone with outreach centres at Belfast, Dublin, Galway, and Wexford. The ICPPD was set up to inspire, encourage, and support continuous learning. The college provides training and education to adult learners interested in personal development or a career in counselling and psychotherapy, and to professionals already working in those areas.

The ICPPD will hold an open evening on Wednesday March 27 at GMIT, Galway, from 6pm to 8pm.

When school and grinds cannot work

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

Welcome to the March edition of how the brain works and what affects its performance. Success in school today can be vital to your child’s future, so if your child has a learning, speech, phonics, reading, or language problem, etc, school can prove to be difficult, even with grinds.

City to aid the resurrection of Fianna Fáil?

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

In ‘The Russians Are Coming’, one of the greatest episodes of Only Fools And Horses, Del Boy constructs a nuclear fallout shelter atop Nelson Mandela Towers. Then, after ruminating on a scenario for what might happen post a nuclear war, he announces: “The end of the world is the break we’re looking for Rodney.”

Significant rise in new breast cancer cases diagnosed at Galway Unit

Thu, Feb 28, 2013

There has been a significant increase in the number of new breast cancer cases diagnosed at the Symptomatic Breast Unit at Galway University Hospitals, according to a new report, just launched.

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