Mike Cubbard to run as Independent
Thu, Nov 07, 2013
Mike Cubbard has announced that he will be running as an Independent candidate in Galway City Central in next year’s Local Elections.
Read more ...Barna Recycling to take over city council refuse service
Thu, Nov 07, 2013
Barna Waste has reinvented itself as Barna Recycling after being named this week as the preferred bidder to take over Galway City Council’s household waste collection service.
Read more ...Galway Science and Technology Fest returns with a ‘Gangnam Style’ dancing robot
Thu, Nov 07, 2013
The 16th Galway Science and Technology Festival, part of National Science Week, sponsored by Medtronic, kicks off next Monday 11th November and runs for two-weeks until the November 24. The aim of the festival is to instil a love of science and technology in students from a young age.
Read more ...Galway truckers to benefit from a toll free November
Thu, Nov 07, 2013
Galway drivers of heavy goods vehicles will be able to travel toll-free throughout the month of November as part of a limited trial in order to determine the impact of tolls on traffic flows.
Read more ...Albanian Ambassador to visit Galway to launch photographic exhibition
Thu, Nov 07, 2013
The Ambassador of Albania is to visit Galway this month to unveil a photographic exhibition which is being launched by the Galway Education Centre in collaboration with Irish Friends of Albania.
Read more ...Comedy table quiz for Galway Rape Crisis Centre
Thu, Nov 07, 2013
Devils roller derby team is holding a comedy table quiz to raise money for the Galway Rape Crisis Centre.
Read more ...Work to start on Westside Sporting Facilities this month
Thu, Nov 07, 2013
Work is due to start this month on new GAA and soccer pitches and a children’s playground for Westside, with a local councillor hailing it as “great news” for the area.
Read more ...Movember funding aids nurse-led prostate centre
Thu, Nov 07, 2013
Galway University Hospital will be one of two centres in the State to pilot a specialist nurse-led side effects clinic for men with prostate cancer.
Read more ...Five hundred men have undergone innovative prostrate cancer treatment
Thu, Nov 07, 2013
Some 500 men have undergone a once off prostrate cancer treatment, involving the implantation of radiation seeds directly into the prostate as an alternative to conventional external beam radiotherapy and surgery, at Galway University Hospitals (GUH) since 2007.
Read more ...CAO launches invaluable resource guide for parents and guardians
Thu, Nov 07, 2013
The Central Applications Office (CAO) has launched The CAO: A guide for parents and guardians to coincide with the opening of the online applications facility this week.
Read more ...‘No show’ patients to be targeted in hospital efficiency campaign
Thu, Nov 07, 2013
University and Merlin Park Hospitals [GUH] are aiming to reduce their number of “no show” patients further in the coming months.
Read more ...Clifden RNLI to name new inshore lifeboat ‘Joyce King’ in memory of a beloved wife
Thu, Nov 07, 2013
A new Atlantic 85 lifeboat for Clifden RNLI is to be officially named ‘Joyce King’ during a ceremony at the lifeboat station in the Connemara town at 2pm on Saturday November 9. The lifeboat, which went on service in June, was funded by a legacy from the late John Charles King in memory of his wife Joyce.
Read more ...Excellent savings and a dedication to the local community at Hughes’ Londis Plus
Thu, Nov 07, 2013
Hughes’ Londis Plus in Mountbellew has established a long tradition of excellence in terms of customer service and a dedication to the local community.
Read more ...People urged to examine their relationship with alcohol
Thu, Nov 07, 2013
People are being urged to challenge their personal relationship with alcohol in a bid to reduce its potential harm.
The call comes from Martin Lee, the chairperson of the Western Region Drugs Task Force, in the run up to the organisation’s seminar on the subject.
Read more ...Galway City Comhairle na nÓg invites young people to AGM
Thu, Nov 07, 2013
Galway City Comhairle na nÓg will hold its AGM on November 12 in the Meyrick Hotel, Eyre Square and it is encouraging young people to attend.
Read more ...New COPE Galway shop to provide funds for increased demand in services
Thu, Nov 07, 2013
COPE Galway have announced the opening of their new charity shop on St Augustine St., Galway. The shop will provide vital funds for COPE Galway and all proceeds from the shop will help deliver front-line services to vulnerable and isolated people in Galway city and county.
Read more ...African minister to launch autobiography in Galway
Thu, Nov 07, 2013
Rev Sahr Yambasu, the former minister for Galway’s United Presbyterian and Methodist Church will return to the city next week to launch his autobiography.
Read more ...Ballinasloe Library to host annual soapbox competition
Thu, Nov 07, 2013
The Europe Direct Centre at Ballinasloe Library is organising its annual soapbox competition and is calling for entries over the next two weeks from the people of Galway. The competition is broken up into two categories, one for adults and one for under 18 years. This year’s event will once again take place in the Westside Library in Galway city on Friday November 15 at 8pm.
Read more ...Theatre and social media
Thu, Nov 07, 2013
SOCIAL MEDIA, be it Twitter or Facebook, are, like the theatre stage, a performance space where people ‘perform’ versions of themselves to the outside world.
Read more ...Fine Gael to choose Oranmore-Athenry candidates tonight
Thu, Nov 07, 2013
Six candidates will tonight be competing for four places on the Fine Gael ticket as the party holds its selection convention for the new Oranmore-Athenry ward in the 2014 Local Elections.
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