Tips aplenty at annual Cheltenham preview night

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

Galway is gearing up for the Cheltenham Festival with its annual preview night in aid of charity.

Ahead of the four day festival, John Mulholland Bookmakers, the Racing Post, and NUIG Horse Racing Society are hosting the annual Cheltenham Preview Night on the Monday March 2 in the Salthill Hotel, Galway.

Gradam Sheosaimh Uí Ógartaigh 2015 nominees announced

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

Gaillimh le Gaeilge, the organisers of Gradam Sheosaimh Uí Ógartaigh, in association with the Galway Advertiser and with support from the IrishTimes and the Galway Chamber has announcde this year’s nominees for Gradam 2015.

Glitzy Pearl Gala Ball to celebrate 30 years of Croi

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

Croi, the heart and stroke charity will celebrate 30 years of service and leadership in the fight against heart disease and stroke in the west of Ireland on Friday March 27 with a Gala Pearl Ball in the Radisson Blu Hotel Galway.

The Connemara Coast Hotel listed in McKennas’ Guide for seventh successive year

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

The Connemara Coast Hotel has been listed in the McKennas’ Guide for the seventh consecutive year. The Guides written by John and Sally McKenna have acquired a reputation as the most original and imitated guidebooks to Ireland.

Electric Galway - the Soft Launch this weekend

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

Over the past three years, Electric on Abbeygate Street has become one of Galway’s leading venues, playing host to an array of exciting and influential figures in techno and house music, while also being home to clubnights such as Bap To The Future.

Hopes that problems at Kilconnell landfill will be resolved permanently

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

A controversial landfill site located between Loughrea and Ballinasloe is to be re-opened by the Galway County Council - but only so it can be closed permanently in future.

Invisalign clearbraces — the choice of champions

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

If the thought of metal braces fill you with dread, then invisalign clearbraces could be the perfect solution for you.

Tales of Finn mac Cumaill to be inked to places of exceptional natural resources in city lecture

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

Places associated with Finn mac Cumaill in the Fenian cycle of tales and named after him and his warrior band have an historical reality as important boundary points, hunting grounds and areas of mineral enrichment in medieval and prehistoric times. This concept will be explored further in a public lecture on 5 March by NUI Galway archaeologist, Professor Elizabeth FitzPatrick.Finn mac Cumaill (Finn McCool) and his fían or warrior band are central figures in the literature and oral tradition of Gaelic-speaking peoples of Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man.

Tales of Finn reveal that he lives in a strange boundary place, a wilderness at the margins of territories. An examination of places associated with him in the real landscape show that they occur where different rock types meet and where mineral and metal ores are usually found. Red deer frequented such places to obtain their essential mineral licks and so they became important hunting grounds in the past. “These place names are much more important than instances of the survival of Finn folklore. They indicate areas of enriched natural resources and physical boundaries in the landscape,” explains Professor Elizabeth FitzPatrick.

Documentary screening for Education is Not a Crime campaign

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

Galway will take part in the global day of action for the Education Is Not A Crime campaign by screening the documentary To Light A Candle tomorrow at 7.30pm in the Salthill Hotel.

Art exhibition in UHG

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

CONSTRUCTING NARRATIVE, a new exhibition of drawings by Eleanor Brennan is running in the UHG Arts Corridor until Thursday March 12.

Brennan creates drawings mainly of trees, roots, children, animals, and birds, often set in dreamlike landscapes. “I am drawn to work which is unfinished in appearance and feel,” she says. “This mirrors the transitory nature of feelings and thoughts and references an unfixed sense of self.”

Inter-schools showjumping competition returns to Salerno

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

Following the success of last year’s event, Salerno Secondary School, Salthill, will host its second Inter-schools showjumping competition on Sunday March 8 at Duffy’s Equestrian Centre, Claregalway.

Have you entered your business or charity in the Advertiser’s Best of Galway awards?

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

Do you feel your company is the best in your sector in Galway? Do you feel that there is never an opportunity for your customers to show just how much they appreciate your fare? If the answer is yes, then the Best Of Galway awards are the answer to your prayers.

As part of the Galway Advertiser’s ongoing campaign to encourage people to appreciate the range of retail and charitable excellence that exists in our community, The Best of Galway Awards gives your business or organisation the opportunity to stand out from the crowd, as voted for by the people whose opinions matter the most - your customers and supporters.

Killeeneen N.S. to host Thousandaire tomorrow night

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

Killeeneen N.S. is running a ‘Who wants to be a Thousandaire’ tomorrow night in the Lough Rea Hotel to raise funds for the building of a GP room (school hall) and provide a facility that will benefit both the children and the local community.

Siobhán Gohery, Acting Principal, said that the GP room was built in 1998 for 109 children.

Bringing Apple to a sort of orchard

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

Sssshhh, quiet now, quiet now lads, give him a chance give him a chance….

Public lecture on the trial of Adolf Eichmann

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

More than any one man Adolf Eichmann was responsible for the day to day mechanics and logistics that lay behind the Holocaust, and made it possible.

Eichmann will be the subject of a Renmore History Society public lecture, by Brian MacGabhann, entitled Inconvenient Truths, on Thursday March 5 at 8pm in Renmore Barracks.

Galway punters striking it rich with football bets

Wed, Feb 25, 2015

A lucky Galway punter has scooped a whopping €206,000 for a measly €1 bet.

NUIG Students Union to hold referendum on legalising cannabis

Tue, Feb 24, 2015

NUI Galway Students’ Union could become the first such student body in Europe to support the legalisation, regulation, cultivation, sale, and possession of cannabis for over 18s, if a referendum to be held next month is passed.

Fidelma Healy-Eames to run as Independent in Election 2016

Mon, Feb 23, 2015

Fidelma Healy-Eames will contest the 2016 General Election as an Independent candidate for the Galway West, saying she would prefer “to dedicate my energy to policies that can make a difference rather than putting my energy into a party”.

Four thousand cases of abuse and neglect in Galway over last four years

Thu, Feb 19, 2015

Nearly 4,000 allegations of child neglect or abuse of a sexual, physical, or emotional nature were reported to social and child protection workers in Galway in the past four years.

‘Life led me away from writing another novel until now’

Thu, Feb 19, 2015

Percy Bysse Shelley once famously declared that “poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world”. While he may have been boosting his own profession with the remark, history furnishes quite a few examples of authors who were actual legislators.

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