Anthony Ryans to showcase latest Communion wear at annual fashion show

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

Anthony Ryan’s special annual fashion show devoted exclusively to communion wear will take place at Anthony Ryans on Wednesday next January 11 at 7.30pm.

HSE says get out and get active this winter

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

The HSE is urging people to resist the temptation to stay by the fire or watch television for long periods and instead get active as we settle into the New Year.

Paws 4 Thought

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

If you are looking for a pet, check out these gorgeous animals looking for homes. While we can only show you a sample here, please check our website www.galway-spca.com and have a look at all our animals. Please note home checks are carried out for all our animals, and a donation is required.

Our office number is (091) 563631. Please leave a message and the staff will return your call. We ask people leaving telephone numbers to say them slowly as we are having difficulty with people flying through their number, and when it is replayed it is impossible to know what the person is saying. If giving directions, please give them from Galway to the location in question.

Forster Street bus lane blamed for business closures

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

The bus lane on Forster Street has made it “impossible for businesses to successfully trade” there, and is the chief reason so many premises on the street have closed over the last month.

Spriocdháta do scrúduithe TEG

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

Beidh scrúdú C1 Teastas Eorpach na Gaeilge ar siúl in Ollscoil na hÉireann Má Nuad ar an 27 agus 28 Eanáir 2012. Is cáilíocht é seo do dhaoine gur mhaith leo cruthúnas a bheith acu ar a gcuid ardscileanna teanga.

Imní faoi scoileanna beaga Gaeltachta

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

Tá tréimhse dhúshlánach roimh phobal na Gaeltachta más mian leo cosaint a dhéanamh ar an gcóras oideachais ar an mbunléibheáil. Tá an ghéarchéim nua ag eascair as cinneadh an tAire Brendan Howlin, mar chuid den cháinfhaisnéis.

Sraith ranganna Gaeilge an earraigh

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

Cuirfear tús leis an gcéad shraith ranganna Gaeilge eile in Áras na nGael ar oíche Luain 23 Eanáir. Tá ranganna á gcur ar fáil ag 7 leibhéal éagsúla agus is féidir clárú ar líne do na ranganna tríd an suíomh www.cnag.ie

Galwayman leads Dublin campaign to occupy empty NAMA buildings

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

A 27-year-old Galwayman is leading a campaign to occupy houses and buildings owned by NAMA to highlight the fact that thousands sleep rough while there are thousands of empty homes across the country.

Conneely accuses council of ‘failing’ to tackle flooding

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

The Galway City Council’s roads department has been accused of “ignoring” the “serious levels of flooding” on the Seamus Quirke Road.

Engineers Week landing in Galway next month

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

Engineers Week 2012, this year themed ‘Connecting our lives’, is ‘landing’ in Galway and across Ireland on Monday, February 27 and will run until Sunday, March 4, Engineers Ireland has announced.

Funeral tomorrow of NUI Galway student who died after Mullingar assault

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

A night out celebrating turned into a nightmare when a NUI Galway student died as a result of a horrific assault days earlier in Mullingar, Westmeath.

Eyre Square left ‘as naked as Jesus’ over Christmas, claims Conneely

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

Eyre Square was left “as naked as Jesus when he was born” over the Christmas, making the area “dull” and lacking in “Christmas atmosphere”.

This is the view of Fine Gael councillor Pádraig Conneely who has criticised City Hall, accusing them of leaving Eyre Square “without any Christmas colour” once the Continental Christmas Market finished on December 18.

Vote to help Athenry model become face of German clothing company

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

A County Galway model is one of the finalists in an international modelling competition.

A wheelchair in Galway

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

Saturday December 3 was the UN International Day of Persons with Disability. We marked it in Galway by holding what we called a ‘Speakout,’ at one o’clock outside Brown Thomas’s, where the Christmas shopping crowds were thickest. Ten of us, men and women in wheelchairs, all ages from late twenties to over eighty, spoke in turn about the need to combat our social exclusion in the city, letting the public know the everyday obstacles we face to our mobility and ease of access.

Wanted, men and women to take part in white collar boxing for heart charity

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

A local heart charity is seeking men and women to take part in a white collar boxing fundraiser in the city on the eve of St Patrick’s Day.

Meeting on archaeological excavations in Claregalway

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

A public meeting discussing the most recent archaeological finds in the Claregalway area will take place in the Harbour Hotel, Dock Road, on Monday at 7.30pm.

The lecture, entitled Recent Excavations at Claregalway, will be given by Brian Mac Domhnaill, survey manager for Rubicon Heritage Services Ltd.

Funding of more than €347,000 approved for St Brigit’s Garden and Letterfrack astro turf pitch

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

More than €347,000 in funding has been allocated for the development of an astro turf pitch in Letterfrack and the development of a sustainable garden at St Brigit’s Garden in Rossachill.

Council takes months to turnaround local authority houses, report reveals

Thu, Dec 29, 2011

The average turnaround time for making vacant houses ready for occupation in Galway City is between two to five months, it was revealed yesterday in a national survey of local authority housing stock.

The survey carried out by a national newspaper revealed that in Galway, 71 of the city’s 2,799 houses are currently lying empty.

2012 — a spaced-out odyssey?

Thu, Dec 29, 2011

There is no doubt that 2012 will be hard pressed to be half as interesting as 2011, but taking a look into my crystal ball, I can see some fascinating developemnts in the months ahead.

Alcoholics Anonymous Galway gets ready for annual convention

Thu, Dec 29, 2011

62 years after it was established in Galway, Alcoholics Anonymous will hold the 37th Annual Galway West Area Convention in the Galway Bay Hotel, Galway from Friday January 6 to Sunday January 8.

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