Stars come together for charity single for Lily Mae

Thu, Oct 18, 2012

Elton John’s ‘Tiny Dancer’ has been recorded by a host of leading Irish singers as a charity single to raise funds for a seriously ill Galway girl.

The single, which will be launched in the Meyrick Hotel, Eyre Square, on Saturday November 17 at 9pm, is for Lily Mae Morrison, who is fighting neuroblastoma, a rare childhood cancer. The four-year-old is the daughter of Judith Sibley and Leighton Morrison of Galway dance companies Chrysalis and Youth Ballet West.

Dusty Banjos celebrate major birthday milestone

Thu, Oct 18, 2012

Dusty Banjos, the trad band and music session organisers, will hold a major 10th Birthday Session on Monday October 22 in The Western Hotel, Prospect Hill, from 9.30pm.

Lisbrook House protesters demand further talks with Justice Minister

Thu, Oct 18, 2012

Lisbrook House residents and their supporters have not given up the fight to halt the closure of the asylum accommodation centre with this week seeing a delegation of more than 30 people march to the offices of a Galway West TD demanding that further consultations should take place.

World pain experts to address Galway meeting

Thu, Oct 18, 2012

New advances in the diagnosis and treatment of common but often debilitating conditions such as migraine will be discussed at the Irish Pain Society’s annual scientific meeting at the Radisson Hotel on Saturday.

Galway’s female entrepreneurs attend ‘Going for Growth’ National Forum

Thu, Oct 18, 2012

Seventy Irish women entrepreneurs, including entrepreneurs from Galway, who run businesses with a combined turnover in excess of €75 million came together last week to attend the annual ‘Going for Growth’ National Forum in County Kildare.

Among them, the 70 women currently employ almost 700 people and at present, almost half are exporters. Over the next five years, they aim to increase this to 1,200 employees, with a combined turnover of €250 million.

Put Ó Conaire back in Eyre Square says Connolly

Thu, Oct 18, 2012

“Confining” the statue of Pádraic Ó Conaire to the Galway City Museum and abandoning the idea of a bronze state to the writer is “an insult to his memory”.

Public debate to ask if Jesus was crucified

Thu, Oct 18, 2012

The crucifixion of Jesus is one of the central symbols of western culture and an established historical fact, but in Asia it is a contested issue and one open to historical and archaeological doubt.

Poor Clares publish a book to calm the soul

Thu, Oct 18, 2012

A city based enclosed order of nuns has produced a book aimed at calming and nourishing the soul.

International plaudits for Galway based stocktaking business

Thu, Oct 18, 2012

A Galway based firm has become the first stocktaking company in Ireland to achieve the internationally recognised International Organisation for Standardisation (IS0) 9001:2008 quality management system certification.

Speak Irish while you have coffee at McCambridge’s

Thu, Oct 18, 2012

Galwegians keen to have a chance to speak and practice their Irish can look forward to McCambridge’s on Shop Street being added to Conradh na Gaeilge’s Is Leor Beirt scheme.

Galway woman scoops top prize at Irish Blog Awards

Thu, Oct 18, 2012

Claregalway woman, Móna Wise swept the boards at the first ever Blog Awards Ireland event held in the Osprey Hotel, Naas, Co Kildare on Saturday night, October 13.

Have your say at Galway heat of Europe Soapbox competition

Thu, Oct 18, 2012

Oscar Wilde’s dictum that ‘Youth is wasted on the young’ is the topic for the 2012 Europe Direct Soapbox Competition and Galwegians of all ages are being sought to take part.

In addition to offering people the opportunity to have their say, each entrant will also be in with the chance of winning an iPad and a trip to Brussels for two. There will be runner up prizes of €200 and €100 also.

Researchers and industry convene for GlycoSience Event at NUI Galway

Thu, Oct 18, 2012

An estimated 150 delegates are expected to travel to NUI Galway tomorrow for the fifth annual GlycoScience Ireland meeting. Glycoscience is the study of complex sugars which cover all cells in the human body including most proteins found in the bloodstream.

Grow a moustache for charity this Movember

Thu, Oct 18, 2012

“Since I don’t smoke, I decided to grow a moustache - it is better for the health,” so said the Spanish surrealist artist Salvador Dalí, and next month Galwaymen can grow a moustache for health reasons too.

Occupy Galway accuse gardai of ‘political policing’

Thu, Oct 18, 2012

Members and supporters of the former Occupy Galway movement accused gardai of “political policing” following an incident in Eyre Square earlier this week.

Taxpayers will not pay legal fees of Occupy Galway vandalism accused, says ludge

Thu, Oct 18, 2012

Charges against two members of the former Occupy Galway who had been accused of vandalising Galway City Council property with anti-austerity slogans written in chalk were withdrawn by the State this week. However, there was surprise when applications were made by both men looking for taxpayers to pay.

Judge Mary Fahy refused the legal aid applications for 27-year-old Christopher Duignan of 22 St Cormac’s Park, Kilcormac, Offaly, and 20-year-old Mark McKenna of 158 Laurel Park, Newcastle.

Burglary puts elderly person in fear, court hears

Thu, Oct 18, 2012

A woman and a juvenile have been charged with a burglary incident which left an elderly person in fear, the Galway District Court heard this week.

Something To Sing About for cancer survivors

Thu, Oct 18, 2012

A Galway medical specialist is spearheading a global initiative aimed at aiding people’s recovery from cancer.

Is there a point in having councillors anymore?

Thu, Oct 18, 2012

So Galway is to get 12 new councillors - a new dirty dozen - when the proposals in the Department of the Environment’s new plan, Putting People First, billed as the most significant local authority reform in Ireland since the Victorian era, are passed.

Justice Minister ignorant to concerns of Lisbrook residents, says senator

Thu, Oct 11, 2012

The Minister of Justice has been slammed for backing the decision of the Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) to close a Galway asylum accommodation centre with Sinn Fein senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh accusing him of being “absolutely ignorant to the fears and concerns of residents”.

Despite widespread condemnation and the tireless efforts of campaigners and local representatives Minister Alan Shatter hammered the final nail in the coffin yesterday by announcing the RIA’s decision should stand and that the transfers of more than 270 asylum seekers, many families with school going children, will begin with immediate effect.

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