Film quiz in aid of Solas Picture Palace

Thu, Mar 28, 2013

A film based table quiz, in aid of the Solas Picture Palace arthouse cinema, takes place in the Róisín Dubh this evening at 7.30pm.

There will be a maximum of 30 tables and the cost is €5 a head or €20 a table, there is a maximum of four people per table. All proceeds are in aid of the picture palace, which is currently under construction. It will contain three cinemas, a café, bar, a film/art books and DVD shop, and an online film archive.

New educational centre and dog kennels opens in Loughrea

Thu, Mar 28, 2013

Canine Buddies educational dog centre, dog rescue shelter, and kennels, launched in Kincullia, Loughrea, last week, aims to promote responsible dog ownership and the ethical treatment of all animals.

Public meeting on home and water taxes

Thu, Mar 28, 2013

The Campaign Against Home and Water Taxes will be holding two public meetings in Galway city, one tonight, with the second next week.

The first meeting takes place this evening at 8pm in the Westwood House Hotel, Dangan, while the second is on Tuesday at 8pm in Flannery’s Hotel, Renmore.

GMIT students’ union president elected as head of USI

Thu, Mar 28, 2013

GMIT students' union president Joe O'Connor has been elected as USI (Union of Students in Ireland) president for 2013/14.

Investigation into burglary at Caherlistrane parochial house continues

Thu, Mar 28, 2013

Gardai are continuing their efforts to track down the culprits who left a parish priest tied up and in fear during an aggravated burglary at a parochial house in Caherlistrane at the weekend.

New teen novel from Galway author

Thu, Mar 28, 2013

Galway author Deirdre Sullivan will launch her new novel, Improper Order, the sequel to the hilarious and much praised Prim Improper, next week.

Consumers advised to shop around for prescription medicines

Thu, Mar 28, 2013

People are being urged to shop around for prescription medicines in a bid to get the best deal on offer.

Galway Cathedral to go blue for World Autism Awareness Day

Thu, Mar 28, 2013

The Galway Cathedral will be transformed from its normal colours of stone and copper green to become a blue temple, in order to mark World Autism Awareness Day.

It’s lights, camera, action as award winning directors descend on Connemara

Thu, Mar 28, 2013

Gréasán na Meán Skillnet represents a growing core of the various media industries predominantly based in the west of Ireland and has identified media training needs that can be best addressed through an innovative and collaborative approach to training. One of which is the training initiative Scéal.

Compántas Lir brings powerful west of Ireland play to An Taibhdhearc en route to All Ireland Drama finals

Thu, Mar 28, 2013

The award winning production of The Way You Look Tonight by local drama group Compántas Lir will be staged over three nights at An Taibhdhearc in two weeks time.

Master of tae-kwon-do publishes revolutionary fitness book

Thu, Mar 28, 2013

In a bookstore you do not have to search for too long before locating a large proliferation of fitness books and in most cases they all contain the same messages and guides. But Shane Fitzgibbon, a kick-boxing and tae-kwon-do athlete, has just released an offering that aims to offer the reader more than the average health and fitness book.

New mortgage proposals will favour homeowners, not banks, says Ó Cuív

Thu, Mar 28, 2013

Newly published proposals on tackling the mortgage crisis will put homeowners “back in the driving seat” instead of giving “all the power to the banks”.

This is the view of Fianna Fáil agriculture spokesperson and Galway West TD Éamon Ó Cuív, who was speaking about the party’s Mortgage Resolution Bill 2013.

US visitors treated to early morning Spirit of Connemara wake-up call

Thu, Mar 28, 2013

Vistors from the US arrived off a flight at 5am to be greeted to more of an Irish experience than they had bargained for as local sean-nós dancer Emma O’Sullivan and Aran Island natives, the Mulkerrin Brothers, were there at Shannon Airport recently ready to treat them to a musical performance traditional Irish style.

County council ‘concerned’ over proposed fish farm

Thu, Mar 28, 2013

The proposed fish farm for Galway Bay has met with the “reservations” of Galway county councillors, who are demanding that the Government take note of their concerns.

At Monday’s county council meeting, Independent councillor Jim Cuddy put forward a motion expressing “concerns and reservations about the proposed fish farm”. A planning application for the farm, by An Bord Iascaigh Mhara, is seeking to locate it off the coast of Inis Óirr.

Nolan welcomes fuel allowance extension

Thu, Mar 28, 2013

Labour TD for Galway West, Derek Nolan, today welcomed news from the Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton, that the fuel allowance scheme is to be extended by one week.

Sinn Féin to hold Easter 1916 commemorations

Thu, Mar 28, 2013

Commemorations of Galway’s part in the 1916 Easter Rising and of IRA volunteers who fought in the War of Independence and the Border Campaign, will take place this weekend.

Fianna Fáil Easter Commemoration

Thu, Mar 28, 2013

The annual Fianna Fáil Easter Commemoration will take place on Easter Sunday next.

Kinvara Farmers Market

Thu, Mar 28, 2013

The Kinvara Farmers Market reopens tomorrow from 10am to 2pm.

Abortion- a legislator's duty is to consider the evidence’

Thu, Mar 28, 2013

The recent Oireachtas health hearings on abortion, held in January 2013, shed a lot of light on the question of whether abortion is needed to protect women’s health in Ireland.

NUI Galway pain researchers win prize for best research paper

Thu, Mar 28, 2013

Dr David Finn of NUI Galway has been awarded the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland’s Doctor Award for best paper published in an indexed journal in 2012 in the Pain/Anaesthesia category.

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