Annual charity ride and dog walk to take place in Clifden this weekend

Thu, Mar 21, 2013

The third annual charity ride and dog walk will take place in Clifden this Saturday. The event, first started by Joe McNamara in memory of his wife Margaret McNamara, will this year aim to raise funds for the GSPCA.

Connemara Coast marks the Gathering with a weekly trad music night

Thu, Mar 21, 2013

Last weekend saw the launch of the traditional Irish nusic show by Lonndubh in the Connemara Coast Hotel. The show will continue every Wednesday night in the Connemara Coast Hotel for the year of the Gathering.

Galway County Integration and Diversity Strategy to be launched tomorrow

Thu, Mar 21, 2013

Tomorrow (Friday) will see the launch of the Galway County Integration and Diversity Strategy 2013-2017.

Clonboo card drive to raise funds for lay family mission

Thu, Mar 21, 2013

A 25 card drive at Regan’s Pub in Clonboo tomorrow (Friday) night at 8pm will raise vital funds for PLANT Family Mission, the brainchild of Sr Imelda O’Sullivan of Galway’s Little Sisters of the Assumption.

Public lecture on 1913 Galway lockout

Thu, Mar 21, 2013

Most people know something of the Dublin lock-out of 1913, in which James Larkin’s ITGWU faced an Employers’ Federation led by William Martin Murphy.

Less well-known is the Galway conflict of the same year, which pitted Máirtín Mór McDonogh, of Thomas McDonogh & Sons, against the Galway General Workers & Labourers’ Union, led by William O’Halloran.

NUIG-based fellow is named as finalist in Researcher of the Year

Thu, Mar 21, 2013

Galway-based NUIG researcher Dr Eva Szegezdi was announced as a finalist at the Irish Cancer Society’s Researcher of the Year 2012, which took place at a special Celebration of Research night in Dublin last week.

Using the whole hen — Kai demo part of festival plan to highlight Galway as real food destination

Thu, Mar 21, 2013

The Galway Food Festival is about getting behind local producers and making the west of Ireland a real food destination, says Jessica Murphy of Kai Cafe and Restaurant who will be one of the many exhibitors during the much-anticipated bank holiday foodie event.

Get ready to savour — Galway Food Festival is just a week away

Thu, Mar 21, 2013

Next Thursday, the excellence of food in Galway will be highlighted as the second Galway Food Festival gets underway. The five-day Festival will run from March 28 – April 1 during the Easter Bank Holiday Weekend. And there is something for everyone.

Participation in fashion innovation awards - a significant career boost

Thu, Mar 21, 2013

Student fashion designers were told this week that taking part in the Irish Fashion Innovation Awards can make a significant difference to their careers, especially when applying for further education courses in fashion design.

Galway school competes in Griffith College Legal Debating Competition

Thu, Mar 21, 2013

Students from Coláiste Éinde, Salthill, were among the several students who took part in the final round of the Griffith College National Debating Competion on Wednesday March 13.

Woman gets seven years for manslaughter

Thu, Mar 14, 2013

A seven year sentence has been imposed on a Galway woman found guilty of the manslaughter of her former partner who was stabbed 18 times.

Will the greenway be our green shoot?

Thu, Mar 14, 2013

One of the upsides of the ‘we are where we are” scenario that has engulfed this country for the last few years is that it is forcing more and more people to look for opportunities in the sea of adversity in which we are all floundering. One of these opportunities has come to Galway in the past 48 hours with the news that a greenway trail for cyclists and pedestrians from Oughterard to Clifden has been approved by An Bord Pleanála.

Medtronic workers turn to boxing for Galway Hospice

Thu, Mar 14, 2013

A special white collar boxing event in aid of the Galway Hospice Foundation takes place tomorrow evening in the Clayton Hotel (Friday March 15).

Connemara Greenway will be major tourist magnet for Galway says Kyne

Thu, Mar 14, 2013

The Connemara Greenway Project has the potential to “emulate the success of the Great Western Greenway between Westport and Achill” and become a major tourist magnet for County Galway.

Athenry model Shahira invited to spend summer at Playboy mansion

Thu, Mar 14, 2013

A 21-year-old County Galway model has been invited to spend the summer in Los Angeles with Playboy boss Hugh Hefner.

Families in mortgage difficulty cannot afford property tax says Ó Cuív

Thu, Mar 14, 2013

It is “deeply unfair” to expect homeowners, who “cannot afford their home as it is”, and are in mortgage arrears, to have to pay “hundreds of euro in extra tax on that home”.

This is the view of Fianna Fáil agriculture spokesperson and Galway West TD Éamon Ó Cuív, who was speaking as the Revenue Commissioners prepare to issue letters to homeowners in Galway, and across the State, this month.

Galway Autism Partnership AGM to be held next week

Thu, Mar 14, 2013

The Galway Autism Partnership will hold its AGM on Thursday March 21 at 7.30pm in the Blake Suite of the Menlo Park Hotel.

Cameron raises questions over public artwork on Seamus Quirke Road

Thu, Mar 14, 2013

The absence of any prominent public artwork on the Seamus Quirke Road raises questions over whether the Galway City Council applied for money for such work under the Per Cent for Art Scheme.

Curtain up at Claregalway Drama Festival tonight

Thu, Mar 14, 2013

The finest amateur drama talent in the country will head to Claregalway from tonight (Thursday) March 14 when the Claregalway Drama Festival gets under way at the local leisure centre.

Mayor to honour Galway historians with civic reception

Thu, Mar 14, 2013

Galway Advertiser chairman Ronnie O’Gorman is to be among those honoured at civic receptions in City Hall next month.

At Monday’s city council meeting, the Mayor of Galway Terry O’Flaherty announced that she would hold two civic receptions to honour historians and those involved in “musicals, panto, and light opera”.

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