EU Commissioner to speak at Galway BMW lunch

Thu, May 08, 2014

EU Commissioner Maire Geoghegan-Quinn will be the guest speaker at BPW Galway’s annual summer lunch on May 16.

Age-friendly Galway to host major conference on maximising the ability of older people

Thu, May 08, 2014

The county’s age-friendly status has attracted AIGNA, the All-Ireland Gerontological Nurses Association, to hold its sixth annual conference at the Clayton Hotel, Galway, on May 15.

More than 180 delegates from all over Ireland will attend the event which will focus on promoting positive ageing. Leading experts in the field including UK dementia care specialist Professor Jan Dewing and former Irish law commissioner Patricia Rickard-Clarke, are among the keynote speakers at the conference.

Giving a helping hand for hospice services

Thu, May 08, 2014

Legal eagles from from the Galway and Cork offices of RDJ Solicitors are cycling from Cork to Galway this weekend to raise funds for the Galway Hospice Foundation and Marymount University Hospice.

Anti-suicide walk in Galway set to exceed three thousand attendees

Thu, May 08, 2014

Almost 4,000 people are expected to take part in a 5k walk along Salthill to raise awareness of suicide prevention. The event, called Darkness Into Light, will be taking place in the early hours of Saturday morning and is the biggest event organized by Pieta House, a suicide prevention charity.

The walk starts at 4.15am on Saturday May 10, with the route going through the promenade to South Park, with participants returning to Leisureland as the sun rises over the bay. Online registrations have already started piling up, and organizers are confident that participants will exceed the 2,300 who took part last year.

Irish Workhouse Centre plans weekend history conference

Thu, May 08, 2014

The Irish Workhouse Centre is holding a conference from Saturday 17 to Sunday 18 May entitled ‘The Irish Workhouse Past and Present’.

Five-a-side tournament for emergency service members

Thu, May 08, 2014

A five-a-side indoor soccer tournament for members of the various branches of the emergency services throughout Ireland will be held in Galway on May 24.

NUIG hosts adult learners information evening

Thu, May 08, 2014

An information evening for students considering part-time study options is being held in the Orbsen Building on the NUIG campus from 5pm-7:30pm on May 13.

Galway meeting on asylum seekers’ living conditions

Thu, May 08, 2014

A public meeting focusing on the housing of asylum seekers living in Ireland will be taking place in the Menlo Park hotel at 11am tomorrow, March 9.

Bradley Motors help fight for Galway Hospice

Thu, May 08, 2014

Gary Giles (pictured) from Bradley Motor Works is supporting the Galway Hospice this June through the popular White Collar Boxing event.

Yeats College now enrolling for Irish summer college

Thu, May 08, 2014

Yeats College Galway has this week announced the return of its much sought after Irish language college. Now in its sixth year, Coláiste Yeats offers two-week day courses for Junior Certificate, Leaving Certificate, and primary school students.

The first course for Junior and Leaving Certificate students commences on June 16, with a second course commencing on June 30. The summer camp designed for fifth and sixth class primary school students also starts on June 30.

Learn QuickBooks computerised accounts

Thu, May 08, 2014

GPA Solutions is delivering its certificate in manual

Study French this summer in Galway — and in France

Thu, May 08, 2014

The summer programmes at the French Institute in Bridge Mills are set to begin from May 19.

Free maths assessment

Thu, May 08, 2014

Learning maths is like climbing a stairs — you proceed one step at a time. If a step is broken or weak then it is difficult to advance any further. That is why it is vital that children learn the fundamental maths concepts and skills, especially the four operations — addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Children who are not 100 per cent fluent in these four basic operations cannot proceed successfully onto fractions, decimals, and percentages and then further onto pre-algebra, algebra, geometry, and trigonometry. Like the stairs, we proceed from one step to the next and each step needs to be completely secure in order to ensure a successful journey.

Students with weak maths skills find the subject increasingly difficult and confusing and so may lose confidence and get lower grades. They may even develop “maths anxiety”. However when students achieve a solid maths foundation, you will be amazed at how confidence soars and the stress caused by poor maths skills disappears.

Christy Moore - Where he came from

Thu, May 08, 2014

Christy Moore makes a welcome return visit to Galway next week when he plays two concerts in Leisureland, on Thursday May 15, and Friday 16 (the latter is already sold out). Ahead of his appearances here, he took some time to chat about his life-long love for music, his family and his current tour.

Election candidates to hear Educate Together Newcastle expansion plans

Thu, May 08, 2014

The Galway Educate Together National School in Newcastle has invited local election candidates from all parts of Galway city to meet with teachers, parents, and children of the school to discuss the planned expansion of the school.

Galway brothers win major prizes in the World Irish Dance Championships

Thu, May 08, 2014

Brothers Michael (18) and Matthew (15) Gardiner from Parklands, Clarinbridge, are celebrating winning two major awards in the World Irish Dance Championships in London.

Blackrock Diving Tower repair works

Thu, May 08, 2014

The iconic Blackrock Diving Tower could soon receive a face lift as Galway City Council is currently seeking tenders for the rehabilitation project which is estimated to cost in the region of €100,000.

Reading the Runes: Local elections

Thu, May 08, 2014

Local Elections, like those coming up on May 23, are curious creatures. While they are undoubtedly local in the way that even a cursory glance at the different candidates election literature will immediately confirm – active in community initiatives, members of community councils, chairs of things like the Tidy Towns Committee, and, at least in the country, the GAA - local elections also have traditionally been seen, and used by voters, as a way of robustly telling the mainstream parties how they are seen from the groundlings point of view, and so providing either comfort or a harsh wake-up call, a two-fingered salute which is anything but comforting.

Broadcasting icon to officially open new Oughterard NS

Thu, May 08, 2014

The new national school in Oughterard, designed by award-winning Simon J Kelly & Sons, will hold its official opening at 5pm on Saturday May 17.

Public meeting to save Barnaderg Post Office

Thu, May 08, 2014

The future of Barnaderg Post Office and An Post’s refusal to outline its strategy for sustaining the rural post office network are the topics expected to be thrashed out at a public meeting at Barnaderg Community Centre next week.

The local community in Barnaderg, Killererin, outside Tuam, have come to together to try to prevent the closure of their post office as it is feared that it will have a massive impact on community life. Since An Post’s announcement in January that it is considering the future Barnaderg Post Office, including its possible closure, locals have made more than 200 written submissions against the proposal and gathered some 1,200 signatures in a petition.

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