Don Stiffe to headline breast cancer research fundraiser

Thu, Apr 07, 2011

All Ireland Talent Show finalist Don Stiffe will headline a fundraising night at The House Hotel tomorrow (Friday) in aid of the National Breast Cancer Research Institute (NBCRI).

“Pretty in Pink” promises to be a great night with a drinks reception and lots of prizes to be won. Many fun events are planned. including leg waxing, with additional music coming from the Classics.

No strings attached

Thu, Apr 07, 2011

There is black and white footage of Jimi Hendrix playing a violin, not with a bow, but just plucking it like a guitar, experimenting with it. The young Galway based musician Daithí Ó Drónaí uses his violin to play trad and left-field indie pop. Stéphane Grappelli was as comfortable playing with Paul Simon and Frankie Gavin as he was playing jazz.

English couple who walked across Ireland to raise funds for cancer prevention praise kindness of Irish people

Thu, Apr 07, 2011

An English couple with Galway connections, who walked across Ireland to raise funds for a British breast cancer prevention charity, said they were “deeply touched” by the generosity and kindness of the people they met along the way.

Go Cúirting in the kitchen next week

Thu, Apr 07, 2011

In a new departure for the Cúirt International Festival of Literature, a number of readings will take place in the kitchens of Galway city homes.

The Kitchen Readings will see poet Yvonne Cullen read in two homes in the Westside area on the morning of Thursday April 14 and in the Westside Library on the afternoon of the same day. On Friday 15, Ms Cullen will read in two Ballybane homes in the morning and in Ballybane Library in the afternoon.

Rape Crisis Centre AGM

Thu, Apr 07, 2011

Galway Rape Crisis Centre have announced that it is holding its AGM next week.

The event will take place on Tuesday April 12 at 5pm at Westside Resource Centre. All are welcome to attend.

New taewkwon-do centre for Ballybane

Thu, Apr 07, 2011

Galway can now boast the first dedicated taekwon-do centre in Connacht after a new academy opened its doors on Saturday 26th March. Located at Glenrock Business Park in Ballybane Industrial Estate, The Connacht Taekwon-do Academy’s purpose built arena features a 1,600ft training area, ladies’ and gents’ shower rooms, a waiting area for parents and visitors with a window offering a full view of the dojang.

What did the ancient Irish see in the night sky?

Thu, Apr 07, 2011

People in ancient times looked towards the sky to examine the stars and used them to work out directions, the changing of the seasons, and to predict the future.

Let Cava cook for you

Thu, Apr 07, 2011

Established in 2007, Cava Outside Catering provides an excellent outside catering service to the greater Galway area. From private dinner parties, large corporate functions and weddings to Communions and birthdays, Cava can provide you with everything you need, from personalised menus to tables, cutlery, plates and wine glasses. Cava specialises in a wide range of foods, which use organic and local produce when available. There is a special emphasis on regional Spanish cooking, particularly tapas, those small Spanish dishes that seem to encapsulate the entire Spanish culinary tradition.

New art gallery to open in the city

Thu, Apr 07, 2011

A disused, ground level space on Lower Merchants Road will not be idle for much longer as it is about to be transformed into a new art gallery.

New NUI, Galway study finds clues to the nature of human intelligence

Thu, Apr 07, 2011

A new study by an NUI Galway researcher has found clues to the nature of human intelligence.

Information evening on dementia

Thu, Apr 07, 2011

An information evening on dementia will be held at the Menlo Park Hotel tonight (Thursday) at 7.30pm.

RPS appointed to progress the Claregalway Inner Relief Road

Thu, Apr 07, 2011

RPS Consulting Engineers has been appointed to provide engineering services for the Claregalway Inner Relief Road.

Work continues on Carraroe water supply after oil leak

Thu, Mar 31, 2011

As Galway County Council staff work to contain and rectify a oil leak which contaminated the water supply in the Carraroe area a local councillor has called on the new Minister for the Environment, Phil Hogan, to ensure that the long-awaited Costello Regional Water Supply Scheme is approved as a matter of urgency.

Time to liaise with families of patients as organ donor numbers fall

Thu, Mar 31, 2011

The Galway branch of the Irish Kidney Association is calling for the appointment of a dedicated staff member at University Hospital Galway to liaise with families of intensive care patients in a bid to increase the number of donors available.

...and not a child in the house washed

Thu, Mar 31, 2011

Ya know, with all the years when we had money and a few cars outside all of the houses owned, and the Jacuzzi bubbling away on the acre of decking, when every village had its own coke dealer, and the selection of brothels open all hours, when we were just like every other country in Europe nobody ever came calling. We tried to get all shapes of world leader in to show just how far removed we were from the image of the John Hinde postcard.

We wanted to show the world that the freckly-red-faced kids aboard the turf-laden donkey had grown up and had apartments in Croatia, two 4X4s. Heck even the donkey had got a decent share portfolio and had his own box at Leopardstown. We wanted to order cappuccino for the Yanks and say that we wanted a double shot espresso to show that we were more Manhattan than Moycullen. We wanted to show them how this God-forsaken island on a rock on the edge of the Atlantic was now able to outbid the Arabs in Sloane Square, that there would never be a famine here again, unless the Fettucine crop failed, that while the US had ‘yes we can,’ we had ‘yes, we can buy it.’

Marine Institute to welcome Monaco’s Prince Albert

Thu, Mar 31, 2011

Galway is set to receive a royal visit next week in the form of Prince Albert II of Monaco who will be stopping by the Marine Institute at Rinvelle, Oranmore, at the end of his three-day trip.

Ram raider targets Barnaderg post office

Thu, Mar 31, 2011

GARDAI in Tuam are hunting the raider who attempted to ram a rural post office early yesterday (Wednesday).

The man, driving a stolen black VW Passat rammed the car into the entrance of Barnaderg post office, just outside Tuam, at 7am.

Galway city shown to millions as scenic backdrop for new Japanese Anime cartoon

Thu, Mar 31, 2011

The Japanese animation style of Anime is popular the world over and is best seen in such films as The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and The Cat Returns.

Private security watchdog concerned by non-compliance of identity badges in Tuam

Thu, Mar 31, 2011

The Private Security Authority (PSA) has expressed concern at the number of door security staff in the Tuam area found not complying with the legal requirement to wear an identity badge.

Recruitment embargo could see Lough Corrib strangled

Thu, Mar 31, 2011

MEP Jim Higgins this week expressed his concern that the presence of African Pond Weed in Lough Corrib is leaving Ireland open to large EU fines, unless the situation is rectified soon.

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