New local CF unit shortlisted for award

Thu, Nov 20, 2014

The new cystic fibrosis (CF) unit at Galway University Hospital was shortlisted for the Patient Organisation Project of the Year award at the Irish Healthcare Awards which took place recently.

Let the market forces give you the taste of Christmas

Thu, Nov 20, 2014

John F Kennedy might have said that on a clear day you can see Boston, but from tomorrow evening, we're nearer Berlin than Boston. Just when you're thinking where has the year gone since you sank your teeth into your last kangaroo burger, the Galway Continental Not So German But Full of Foreign Crusty Types Anyway Incontinence Christmas Market is upon us yet again.

Free energy and environmental show

Thu, Nov 20, 2014

The first even specific Energy and Environmental Trade Show will take place in the Menlo Park Hotel this Saturday November 22 from 11am to 6pm.

Ability West announces killer fundraiser at the Clayton Hotel

Thu, Nov 20, 2014

Ability Westis to hold a new and unique murder mystery dinner fundraiser event taking place on November 27 at the Clayton Hotel. Providing the entertainment is Murder on the Menu, Ireland’s fastest growing murder mystery entertainment company.

Galway Bay Hotel to host ‘A Fair To Remember’

Thu, Nov 20, 2014

Galway Bay Hotel’s wedding team invite all to join them on Saturday November 29 at 2pm, for their annual winter wedding fair. Catwalk modelling agency will be turning heads yet again with this season’s trends and fashions in association with Belladonna Bridal, Corless Menswear and Don’t Call me Dear.

Heart and stroke expert to give talk at Croi

Thu, Nov 20, 2014

Internationally acclaimed author and speaker, Prof Barry Franklin, from Michigan USA, who is a world recognised expert on how to prevent and recover from heart disease (and other cardiovascular illnesses such as stroke, diabetes and obesity) will visit Galway this month to give a free public talk on Friday November 28 at 7.30pm in the Croí Heart & Stroke Centre, Newcastle, Galway.

Irish Heart Foundation to host white collar boxing fundraising event

Thu, Nov 20, 2014

Are you looking for a new challenge in 2015? Then the Irish Heart Foundation may have exactly what you are looking for as it launches its fouth annual Big Heart Fight Night this week. The Fight Night which has become one of the most popular nights in Galway’s social calendar is organised by the Irish Heart Foundation in association with Black Dragon gym Galway.

NUIG Steiner education conference attracts strong interest

Thu, Nov 20, 2014

A conference on the art of education in Steiner national schools, which was held in NUI Galway on Saturday, saw lively engagement by Galway parents and educators as well as large numbers of participants from outside the county.

Clifden Community school public speaking team success

Thu, Nov 20, 2014

The Clifden Community School public speaking team won the Business Professional Women Connacht Public Speaking Regional Competition held in The Ardilaun hotel on November 11.Ten teams from Connacht took part.

Leaving and Junior Cert revision courses at the Galway Study Centre

Thu, Nov 20, 2014

The Galway Study Centre will be offering one week of intensive revision classes, from Monday December 29 and until Saturday January 3. This will be the 30th annual Christmas revision course to take place at the study centre.

Water tax to be fixed at €160 for families and €60 for single households

Wed, Nov 19, 2014

In the latest climbdown by the Government on its deeply unpopular water tax, charges are now set to be capped at €160 a year for families while a single adult household will pay an effective €60 rate.

New national waste management plans to be launched in Galway tomorrow

Mon, Nov 17, 2014

A NEW waste management plan for Galway and the entire Connacht/Ulster region, as well as for other regions throughout the State, are to be launched tomorrow at 11.30am in City Hall.

Registration opens for Galway’s bike rental scheme ahead of launch in ten days

Thu, Nov 13, 2014

Registration has opened this week for the Coca-Cola Zero Bikes scheme, which is due to launch in Galway later this month.

The National Transport Authority this week announced further details of the scheme, which will go live in Galway on Monday November 24.

Will Walsh or Kyne survive the 2016 General Election?

Thu, Nov 13, 2014

It was not the bank collapse of 2008, the implosion of the economy, the unforgivable bank guarantee, nor four years of harsh austerity measures which forced the Irish people on to the streets in protest.

‘Being an outsider gives me a different view on things other people might take for granted’

Thu, Nov 13, 2014

There is a horse farm about a mile and a half outside Motala, a small town located between Stockholm and Gothenburg in southern Sweden. There it is surrounded by vast woodlands, a huge lake, hunters cabins, and amid the rural isolation, an old mental asylum.

Free places for ten students at reforming learning conference

Thu, Nov 13, 2014

A number of second and third level students can avail of free places at a conference which explores how second and third level education prepares young people for the future.

Independent Senator Fidelma Healy Eames is offering 10 free places to local students for the upcoming “Reforming Learning: Driving Success conference which will take place at NUI Galway on Friday December 5.

€1m was awarded to 22 Galway people who sustained injuries in workplace accidents last year

Thu, Nov 13, 2014

A total of €1m was awarded to 22 Galway people who sustained injuries in workplace accidents last year.

The average award was €47,400 according to an analysis of 2013 workplace claims released by the Injuries Board, the Government body which makes personal injury awards.

Remove penalty point appeals from gardai says Higgins

Thu, Nov 13, 2014

Penalty point appeals must be removed from An Garda Síochána and be decided upon by district judges instead.

Tree planting symbolises new beginning for COPE Galway’s campaigns

Thu, Nov 13, 2014

An Taoiseach Enda Kenny launched the development plan for COPE Galway’s new Domestic Violence Refuge on Monday. The occasion was marked with a symbolic tree planting ceremony as a symbol of new beginnings for those women and children experiencing domestic violence.

We have an onus to make Galway more vibrant and enhanced for next generation, says chamber president

Thu, Nov 13, 2014

There is an onus on Galway to deliver to the next generation a more enhanced and vibrant city, the president of Galway Chamber told more than 200 business leaders who attended the Galway Chamber Business Briefing and the Galway Chamber Port Development Committee update on Monday.

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