People urged to join hands to save Portiuncula Hospital

Thu, Aug 12, 2010

A local action committee is urging businesses, clubs, organisations and individuals to take part in a “Hands Around Our Hospital” protest aimed at highlighting concerns over future services at Portiuncula Hospital.

Review announced of the Coole Park Cultural Programme

Thu, Aug 12, 2010

The Friends of Coole has announced a review of its biannual Coole Park Cultural Programme.

NUIG special maths exam offers Leaving Cert students a second chance

Thu, Aug 12, 2010

The College of Engineering and Informatics at NUI Galway has announced details of a special entrance maths examination which will give students a second chance to pursue a career in engineering. The exam, which takes place on Wednesday August 25, is for students who achieve the CAO points for an undergraduate engineering degree course at NUI Galway but who have not met the obligatory maths requirement.

Survey on Galway’s ‘ghost estates’ due next month

Thu, Aug 12, 2010

A survey, due to be completed next month, is expected to give a full picture of the extent of the problems caused by ‘ghost estates’ - 26 such estates are believed to be in Galway alone.

Broaden your mind at new city courses

Thu, Aug 12, 2010

Are you interested in dreams? Would you like to learn how to explore their meaning? If so, you may be interested in attending a one-day dream workshop which takes place on Saturday October 2 from 10am to 4pm.

The senator who cried wolf and other short stories

Thu, Aug 12, 2010

Good evening and welcome to an open interview to introduce this evening’ s main event in the Arts Festival — An Evening of Anecdotes with Senator Ronan Mullen. (polite applause from audience of luvvies.)

HSE pay out €90k for health cuts report

Thu, Aug 12, 2010

As jobs in the health sector continue to be under threat it was revealed this week that the HSE paid a staggering €90,000 to a consultancy firm for a cost-containment report.

The contract was awarded to UK consultants Mott MacDonald following a tender process in April of this year. The Mott MacDonald team made up of medical, nursing, and accountancy professionals, then carried out on-site visits to hospitals and community services across the HSE west region.

Walsh hits out at ‘unethical’ inference over his role in seminars

Thu, Aug 05, 2010

County councillor Seamus Walsh has hit out at media coverage this week of his role in two companies which organise seminars for local authority members, claiming there is nothing unethical in the enterprise.

Edward Lee photography exhibition in Galway city library

Thu, Aug 05, 2010

Today an exhibition by talented photographer Edward Lee will begin in Galway city library running until Monday August 30.

Deportation of ill woman is death sentence, warns Galway consultant

Thu, Aug 05, 2010

A Galway consultant has criticised the deportation of a seriously ill Nigerian woman describing it as a death sentence.

Ivor’s biggest sin — getting caught

Thu, Aug 05, 2010

Sssssh. Listen. Can you hear the patter of hundreds of tiny trotters as the piglets sprint away from the massive swill trough before the bold pig spills it over. Off they run lest they be splashed with any of the muck-spreading that has been caused by the bould pig Ivor. They’ve all known for a long time that the bould pig Ivor had been lashing up the swill with all four trotters, but sure, they let him carry on because they just didn’t want the farmer to come over and see what was going on at the trough. ‘Cos then he might look at them all, and see the muck on the trotters from the fumbling in the greasy swill.

Ya see, when your head is stuck deep into the swill at the trough, it’s important that you don’t splash about or burp or gobble too loudly ‘os then what you do (to quote the great B Ahern, Dublin) is to upset the apple tart and ruin it for everything.

Be made up and made over by COPE

Thu, Aug 05, 2010

COPE Galway have launched their ‘Make a Star’ 2010 makeover fundraising extravaganza, which will take place in the Galway Bay Hotel on Sunday, 3rd October.

Underage soccer festival in full swing at Drom

Thu, Aug 05, 2010

The prestigious underage soccer competition, theUmbro Galway Cup, kicked off yesterday in Drom Soccer Park.

Bottom of the table — Galway hospital flunks national performance survey

Thu, Aug 05, 2010

University College Hospital in Galway has been named and shamed as the worst performing hospital in the country, failing terribly in areas such as access to services for patients as well as the use of beds and other resources.

‘Nawthing in hurling’ — Hollywood’s finest get Canning brothers to show them the basics

Thu, Aug 05, 2010

All Star hurlers Ollie and Joe Canning were given the tough task of teaching some of the biggest stars in Hollywood how to play hurling on TV3’s Xposé. The Supermac’s sponsored hurlers taught Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Kevin James, and David Spade, stars of The Grown Ups, how to handle a hurley and sliotar.

Life in the cast Lane

Thu, Aug 05, 2010

It’s the third week of rehearsals for Druid’s forthcoming production of The Silver Tassie and this week we talk to the five young people from Galway we will be seeing on stage in just a few weeks. Lara Connaughton, John Gaughan, Martin Kenny, Peadar O’Goill and Miriam Ward all auditioned through Druid’s open auditions process last June.

Councillor says increased anti-litter attitude is needed in Galway

Thu, Aug 05, 2010

Fianna Fail’s City Councillor Ollie Crowe has called on traders, city officials and pedestrians to adopt a more anti-littering attitude stressing that by doing so we are ensuring the future prosperity of the city.

”In 2007, Galway embarked on an energetic anti-litter campaign and managed to obtain eighth place in the Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) Anti litter League,” Cllr Crowe continued, “However, Galway’s ‘litter Free’ status was short lived and we have now dropped to 45th place. If we continue to drop litter, we’ll continue to drop on this league, and inevitably our visitor numbers and revenue will drop.”

Don’t let Magdalene statue go the way of Padraic O Conaire, warns Boston professor

Thu, Aug 05, 2010

Galway City Council decided this past week to remove a statue memorializing the women who lived, worked and, in some cases, died at the Sisters of Mercy Magdalene laundry in the city. Dedicated in March 2009, the Mick Wilkins statue was commissioned by the same city councilors who now seek to remove it. It is located at the corner of Forster Street and Bothár Breandan O Eithir, standing in full public view close to where the laundry institution once stood.

Discover the beaches of County Galway

Thu, Aug 05, 2010

To celebrate the wonderful beaches available to us in County Galway, a series of walks is taking place throughout the month of August, organised with the aim of exploring and discovering these magnificent beaches.

Up to 200 Galway city health jobs at risk, say unions, as talks drag on

Thu, Aug 05, 2010

Talks between the Health Service Executive and health sector unions over proposed job cuts and savings in the west adjourned on Tuesday after seven-and-a-half hours.

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