GMIT film and TV degree students showcase their work in special Eye screenings
Thu, Jun 06, 2013
A graduate showcase of work by 28 students on the GMIT film and TV degree programme will be shown in the Eye cinema in Galway tomorrow (Friday) June 7, from 10.45am.
The screening will comprise 10 short films including documentaries, short films, and experimental work which will be opened by the head of the GMIT Centre for the Creative Arts and Media, Sarah Searson.
Read more ...GMIT to host ninth national Tourism and Hospitality Research Conference this week
Thu, Jun 06, 2013
Delegates from the Irish hospitality sector will gather in GMIT today (Thursday) and tomorrow for the ninth annual Tourism and Hospitality Research in Ireland Conference (THRIC). Hosted by the GMIT College of Tourism and Arts, the conference gathers industry, academia, and students together to discuss the sector’s research and industry trends.
Read more ...New classrooms for Holy Rosary College
Thu, Jun 06, 2013
Four new classrooms are to be provided at Holy Rosary College in Mountbellew while St Raphael’s College in Loughrea is set to get new facilities.
Read more ...Learn all the latest beauty and fashion tips at teen camp
Thu, Jun 06, 2013
The popular beauty and fashion teen camp in back this summer in Galway. Hosted by fashion stylist Delilah and Joy Colleran of Purejoy beauty, the camp will take place on July 8 and 9 in Born in Newtownsmith.
Read more ...No decision taken on Steiner patronage
Thu, Jun 06, 2013
In last week’s edition, the article ‘Gaelscoil Mhic Amhlaigh building to house new Steiner school’, in relation to a new primary school being established in Knocknacarra in 2014, stated that the new school being established will be under Steiner patronage.
Read more ...City Mayor launches free senior citizens guide book
Thu, Jun 06, 2013
A new free guide book for senior citizens has been hailed by a HSE manager as a “valuable resource” for older people, their families, friends and carers.
Read more ...High Court decides that VEC chief McDonagh can hold on to allowance
Thu, May 30, 2013
The High Court has ruled that Galway VEC CEO Joe McDonagh can retain a €12,500 a year allowance for transport liaison duties despite the fact that he ceased doing the duties two years ago.
Read more ...Board members are not ‘common people’ says Conneely
Thu, May 30, 2013
Five non-executive board members appointed to the new West/North West Hospital Group are not representative of the common people, the chairperson of the HSE West’s regional health forum claimed this week.
Read more ...A nation stands shocked
Thu, May 30, 2013
When the children of Ireland were being abused and beaten in the industrial schools of this country for decades, it all happened in black and white. And because things happened in black and white, they seemed less real. Almost as if they have to be proven to have happened at all. The cameras were not there for those terrible deeds that happened to the vulnerable of this country up to not so long ago and so they did not have the same imprint on the mind if they would if they were captured on video for us to watch over and over again.
Read more ...Arts Festival launches cracking programme
Thu, May 30, 2013
World, European, and Irish premieres in theatre and dance, leading international rock bands, the best in Irish comedy, and an array of international street theatre will all feature in this year’s Galway Arts Festival which takes place from Monday July 15 to Sunday 28.
Read more ...County council to face 2013 property tax of €100,000
Thu, May 30, 2013
Galway County Council will be liable to pay for the property tax on its housing stock to the tune of between €90,000 and €100,000 by January 1, 2014, councillors at a meeting held on Monday were told.
Read more ...City to find out today how its electoral wards will change
Thu, May 30, 2013
The future of Galway electoral make-up and boundaries will be known later today when the Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee report is published.
Speculation has been intense over the last number of months as to what the commission will recommend. It is already known that Galway City Council will increase from 15 seats to 18 but it is as yet unknown how the seats will be distributed.
Read more ...Bohermore woman to run as Independent in local elections
Thu, May 30, 2013
Phil Kennedy from Bohermore has declared she will run for a seat in the 2014 Local Elections to be held next May.
Read more ...Council denies claims by Cameron over unused bins
Thu, May 30, 2013
City Hall is not refusing to collect unused bins from customers who have moved to other refuse providers, despite claims to the contrary.
Read more ...What is life about if we can’t care for our children?
Thu, May 30, 2013
My heart goes out to the parents and families of the children who featured in the RTE Primetime programme about the treatment of children in some of our creches. Listening and watching the various news programmes of what happened the young children in these creches makes me wonder'what life is really all about?'
Read more ...City taxi driver celebrates turning sixty with charitable act
Thu, May 30, 2013
A Galway city man will mark his 60th birthday in a unique way this summer by raising much needed funds for a suicide prevention and bereavement charity in the city.
Read more ...Dragon Tattoo star to feature in Ken Bruen TV series
Thu, May 30, 2013
Michael Nyqvist, the Swedish actor who played Stieg Larsson’s journalist/detective Mikael Blomkvist in the Millennium Trilogy film adaptations, is to star in a new TV series created by Ken Bruen.
Read more ...McNelis asks city businesses to adopt a flower box
Thu, May 30, 2013
Adopt A Spot, a campaign to put in place an extra 100 flower boxes across the city over the summer months, is calling on city businesses for support.
Read more ...Grealish demands free vote on abortion legislation
Thu, May 30, 2013
Political parties must allow a free vote on the forthcoming abortion legislation so TDs can “vote with their conscience and not according to the Party Whip”.
Read more ...County council adopts homeless action plan to tackle increasing numbers seeking help
Thu, May 30, 2013
The number of homeless people presenting to Galway County Council and other local authorities in the West is increasing with the complexity of cases described as very worrying, necessitating the implentation of a Regional Homeless Action Plan, which will shift the focus from the hostel model to providing a more permanent solution.
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