Eight NUIG students for arts festival’s Selected programme
Thu, Jul 04, 2013
Eight NUI Galway students from the university’s theatre and drama postgraduate courses will join Irish theatre makers, producers, and visual artists, as part of a partnership with the Galway Arts Festival.
Read more ...Honour local achievers by nominating them for People of the Year award
Thu, Jul 04, 2013
As the closing date for nominations for the 18th annual Rehab Galway People of the Year Awards loom (tomorrow Friday) people are being urged to name the person they would most like to salute and honour.
Read more ...Galway Garden Festival to benefit Galway Simon and Christian Blind Mission
Thu, Jul 04, 2013
What started out four years ago, as in most people's eyes, a unique opportunity to see the wonderfully-restored Claregalway castle, has turned into one of the must-attend festivals in the west and also into one of the leading horticultultural events in the country. And this weekend, the Galway Garden Festival is back for round four.
Read more ...Castletown again as Ballyglunin station hosts dramatic production of The Quiet Man
Thu, Jul 04, 2013
Ballyglunin will be transported back 50 years this month when a stage production of The Quiet Man will be performed at the iconic railway station which featured in the famous film.
Read more ...Keaveney jumps ship from labour
Thu, Jun 27, 2013
“The more I articulate the views of members, or try to facilitate a discussion of real Labour policy, I am seen as a problem, a difficulty, an inconvenience...I can no longer go along with what is increasingly like a political charade.”
Read more ...Keaveney jumps ship from labour
Thu, Jun 27, 2013
“The more I articulate the views of members, or try to facilitate a discussion of real Labour policy, I am seen as a problem, a difficulty, an inconvenience...I can no longer go along with what is increasingly like a political charade.”
Read more ...When will the blather machine ever run dry?
Thu, Jun 27, 2013
I don’t do sincerity very well. Don’t get me wrong, it‘s not a flaw or anything which gets me down, it’s just a conditioning, a layer that has applied itself to me since a long time back. There are days when I wish I was a very principled person, one who could be strongly committed to one cause of another. I encounter lots of people who strongly believe in a cause or a campaign and I lay the resources of my pages at their disposal and I admire them. But I’m not one of them. And because I’m afflicted with a latent lack of sincerity, I tend to get that little twitch in my nose when I detect similar insincerity, when I resist the temptation to have an almighty yawn and say to someone ‘save the bullshit for someone else.”
Read more ...No action against Savita carers until HIQA report
Thu, Jun 27, 2013
The board of the Galway and Roscommon University Hospital Group are awaiting the publication of the HIQA report into the death of Savita Halappanavar at University Hospital Galway (UHG) in October last year before a decision will be made as to what action, if any, will be taken against clinicians charged with her care.
Read more ...Details announced of Best Dressed Lady and Best Hat competition ahead of Galway Races
Thu, Jun 27, 2013
With just over a month to go, the countdown is on to the most glamorous fashion event of the Irish racing calendar when thousands of fashionistas will don their glad rags and compete for the coveted title of Best Dressed Lady at the Galway Races.
Read more ...Lady Gregory Autumn Gathering to celebrate women writers
Thu, Jun 27, 2013
The Lady Gregory Autumn Gathering, now in its 19th year, will this year include a tribute to women writers around the world. This year’s event will take place in Coole Park over five days in October.
Read more ...McNelis calls for better tour bus parking facilities
Thu, Jun 27, 2013
The lack of proper tour bus parking facilities and the distance buses must drop tourists from the city centre “needs to be addressed as soon as possible”.
Read more ...NUI Galway spin-off company scoops major international tender
Thu, Jun 27, 2013
Qpercom, a spin-off company from NUI, Galway, which specialises in providing high-tech solutions for practical examinations, has won a major tender with the National University of Singapore.
Read more ...Model inspiration for tough Console challenge for Mr Catwalk
Thu, Jun 27, 2013
Galway’s Ger O’Connor is taking a break from the glamour of the catwalk to tackle the Gael Force West adventure challenge and raise money for suicide prevention and bereavement Charity Console.
Read more ...When will the blather machine ever run dry?
Thu, Jun 27, 2013
I don’t do sincerity very well. Don’t get me wrong, it‘s not a flaw or anything which gets me down, it’s just a conditioning, a layer that has applied itself to me since a long time back. There are days when I wish I was a very principled person, one who could be strongly committed to one cause of another. I encounter lots of people who strongly believe in a cause or a campaign and I lay the resources of my pages at their disposal and I admire them. But I’m not one of them. And because I’m afflicted with a latent lack of sincerity, I tend to get that little twitch in my nose when I detect similar insincerity, when I resist the temptation to have an almighty yawn and say to someone ‘save the bullshit for someone else.”
Read more ...Speed limit increase between Galway Airport and Ballintemple
Thu, Jun 27, 2013
The speed limit on the road from Galway Airport to Ballintemple is to be increased from 60kmph to 80kmph.
Read more ...No action against Savita carers until HIQA report
Thu, Jun 27, 2013
The board of the Galway and Roscommon University Hospital Group are awaiting the publication of the HIQA report into the death of Savita Halappanavar at University Hospital Galway (UHG) in October last year before a decision will be made as to what action, if any, will be taken against clinicians charged with her care.
Read more ...Funding announced for Claregalway/Oranmore roads
Thu, Jun 27, 2013
Additional funding of €400,000 for roads in the Oranmore area has been provided by the Department of Transport, but it must be spent within the next six months.
Read more ...Only twenty eight per cent of HSE West emergency responses met eight minute target
Thu, Jun 27, 2013
HSE West ambulance crews are still a long way off meeting the response time of eight minutes to life-threatening emergency calls. In the first five months of 2013 only 28 per cent of emergency calls were responded to within the eight minute time frame as set out by the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) in 2011.
Read more ...Nominations sought for Rehab Galway People of the Year awards
Thu, Jun 27, 2013
Nominations for the 18th Annual Rehab Galway People of the Year awards are now being accepted by the Rehab Foundation in Galway which the organisers of this very high profile and prestigious event which honours and recognises the high achievers in our city and county.
This week Ollie Robinson on behalf of the organising committee said that last year the awards captured the imagination of the Galway public and they received a record number of entries from at home and abroad. The dedication, commitment, and achievements of all the winners were a shining example for all to follow and the contribution whether social, economic, educational, sporting, or cultural of the people who drive Galway’s communities have been recognised by those Awards
Read more ...Details announced of Best Dressed Lady and Best Hat competition ahead of Galway Races
Thu, Jun 27, 2013
With just over a month to go, the countdown is on to the most glamorous fashion event of the Irish racing calendar when thousands of fashionistas will don their glad rags and compete for the coveted title of Best Dressed Lady at the Galway Races.
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