Dragon’s Den star visits GMIT student entrepreneurship exhibition

Fri, Dec 27, 2013

Dragon’s Den star Bobby Kerr paid a visit to GMIT’s Galway campus recently to attend

Successful u-21 footballers remember year with colourful calandar

Thu, Dec 19, 2013

Galway’s U-21 footballers enjoyed a successful year in 2013 and to mark the occasion they have produced a calendar to meet the costs of preparing the team and to support the Pieta House Mind Our Men campaign.

The calendar is a great stocking filler and highlights not only the most recent u21 success but successes in 1972, 2002, 2005 and 2011.

Galway County Council pass 2014 budget with expenditure of €122 million

Thu, Dec 19, 2013

The 2014 budget for Galway County Council was passed unanimously with an anticipated expenditure of €122 million, representing €4.5 million reduction on the budget adopted for 2013.

Great quality tyres at best prices at Fahy Tyre Worx

Thu, Dec 19, 2013

Fahy Tyre Worx, located in Ballindooley on the Headford Road, is committed to providing the best quality tyres, exhausts, and catalytic converters at great value prices. 

Give the gift of football with a Galway FC season ticket

Thu, Dec 19, 2013

The ideal Christmas gift for any local football fan is on sale now with the announcement that Galway FC are selling season tickets for the highly anticipated 2014 season, starting next March.

Remembering the true meaning of Christmas

Thu, Dec 19, 2013

A group of young people involved in organising an evening of prayer at Galway Cathedral in the run up to the festive season will take to the streets to encourage people to remember the true meaning of Christmas.

Make most of the Park and Ride service over next few days

Thu, Dec 19, 2013

With just a few days left until Christmas, enjoy hassle free travel to Galway City by using the Park and Ride from Ballybrit for just €3

A rocking winter solstice celebration

Thu, Dec 19, 2013

THE WINTER solstice is this Saturday and to mark the shortest day of the year Campbell’s Tavern, Cloughanover, hosts a gig featuring Stephen James, The Deans, and The Johnny Ringo Band.

Agri-food leader to seek a western EU nomination

Thu, Dec 19, 2013

The chair of the Northern Ireland Livestock and Meat Commission Pat O’Rourke, is to seek the Fianna Fáil nomination for the Midlands-North-West EU constituency, which includes County Galway.

GOAL urges Galway people not to forget their GOAL Mile this Christmas

Thu, Dec 19, 2013

Galway GOAL Mile organisers, including GOAL’s own Maura Lennon have been busy making calls, sending emails, and issuing general reminders to people throughout the county over the past week, urging them to get out and run, jog, or walk the popular annual event this Christmas, and raise as much money as possible for GOAL’s programmes for the poor.

Funding for sports clubs up by 60 per cent says Crowe

Thu, Dec 19, 2013

Funding for sports clubs is to increase by more than 60 per cent to €125,000 in 2014, a measure that is due to be passed at the Galway City Council budget meeting in City Hall tomorrow.

Kyne welcomes new scheme to benefit Galway’s historic buildings

Thu, Dec 19, 2013

Conservation of historic buildings and job creation are the goals of the new Built Heritage Jobs Leverage Scheme from which Galway city and county is to benefit.

Thousands of Galwegians suffering food poverty

Thu, Dec 19, 2013

MORE THAN 25,000 people in Galway cannot put a proper meal on the table every week according to a new report from Unite and the Irish Congress of Trade Unions.

The report, Hungry For Action: Mapping Food Poverty in Ireland found that 25,300 people in Galway are affected by food poverty. The figures does not include the Travelling community, asylum seekers, or the homeless.

New Inn gets ready for influx of mummers

Thu, Dec 19, 2013

When everyone else is enjoying the Christmas break, the committee of the New Inn Mummers Festival will be putting the final touches to arrangements for the annual festival which takes place on Saturday night January 4 and Sunday afternoon January 5 in the leisure centre.

NUI Galway alumni Christmas get-together this evening

Thu, Dec 19, 2013

The NUI Galway Alumni Club is holding its annual alumni Christmas get-together this evening from 5.30pm to 8pm in the Aula Maxima, The Quadrangle, NUI Galway.

Minister Bruton launches €88 million SFI data analytics research centre

Thu, Dec 19, 2013

Insight, a new research centre for data analytics run by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), has been officially announced by the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation Richard Bruton and the Minister for Research and Innovation Sean Sherlock.

Budget backs ‘Brand Galway’and Capital of Culture bid

Thu, Dec 19, 2013

The development of ‘Brand Galway’ and undertaking a review of major venues in the city to ensure a sucessful bid for the European Capital of Culture in 2020 are just some of the economic initiatives that are being promoted and funded in the Galway City Council draft Budget 2014.

Budget fund essential for community involvement at Knocknacarra Community Centre, says Keane

Thu, Dec 19, 2013

The fight for national funding to provide even more sporting amenities and further promote community involvement at facilities such as the Knocknacarra Community Centre has been made even stronger by provisions in Budget 2014, according to Fianna Fáil city councillor Peter Keane.

UHG cancer centre dealt with 43,000 referrals in one year

Thu, Dec 19, 2013

More than 43,000 referrals were made to University Hospital Galway’s cancer centre last year.

Civic and religious leaders gather for silver anniversary Christmas Messages radio programme

Thu, Dec 19, 2013

Galway’s civic and religious leaders will be delivering their Christmas messages on Galway Bay fm on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

The 25th annual Christmas Messages programme will be broadcast at 6.04pm on Christmas Eve and 1.04pm on Christmas Day and will feature music from Galway Parkinsons Association's Christmas CD.

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