Crumlin hospital helps thousands of Galway children. Now, it’s time for us to help Crumlin

Thu, Mar 29, 2012

Children's hospitals are like disabled parking spaces — you tend to ignore them and hope you will never need them. And then suddenly, when it turns out you do need them, they become the most important thing in the world.

25,000 ag rith ar son na Gaeilge

Thu, Mar 29, 2012

Ghlac breis agus 25,000 duine páirt i Rith 2012, ollrith 700km ar son na Gaeilge a bhí ar siúl mar chuid de Sheachtain na Gaeilge.

Dúirt Cóilín Ó Cearbhaill, bainisteoir Rith 2012: "Is ardú croí dúinn ar fad gur tháinig na mílte agus na mílte daoine amach ar bhóithre na hÉireann chun tacú leis an teanga do Rith 2012 mar chuid speisialta de Sheachtain na Gaeilge i mbliana.

Raidió na Gaeltachta 1972-2012

Thu, Mar 29, 2012

Ba ar Dhomhnach Cásca, 2 Aibreán 1972, a thosaigh Raidió na Gaeltachta ag craoladh don chéad uair, lá stairiúil do phobal na Gaeltachta agus na Gaeilge. Bunaíodh an Raidió mar thoradh ar fheachtas Chearta Sibhialta na Gaeltachta agus don chéad uair riamh bhí a stáisiún raidió féin ag pobal na Gaeltachta. Ní bhíodh sé ar an aer ach ar feadh beagáinín os cionn dhá uair an chloig sa lá i dtús aimsire, agus é le cloisteáil sna ceantair Ghaeltachta amháin.

Diaidh ar ndiaidh, tháinig méadú ar na huaireanta craolta agus ar an réimse cláir ar an stáisiún agus anois bíonn Raidió na Gaeltachta ag craoladh 24 uair sa lá, seacht lá na seachtaine, go náisiúnta agus ar fud ar domhan ar chóras satailíte agus ar an idirlíon.

Babógbaby outwits Wossie in ‘cúpla focail’ challenge

Thu, Mar 29, 2012

Audiences of UTV hit, the Jonathan Ross Show, were treated to a ‘cúpla focail’ challenge in which Irish talking teddy bear Babóbaby outwitted the popular chat show host.

Julie Feeney to play ten nights off-Broadway

Thu, Mar 29, 2012

Julie Feeney, the award winning Athenry born vocalist and composer is heading to New York where she will perform in a new off-Broadway music show.

Druid announces cast and dates for DruidMurphy

Thu, Mar 29, 2012

Druid Theatre company has announced the cast members for the DruidMurphy project, an ambitious staging of three classic dramas by the Tuam born playwright.

DruidMurphy will present Famine, Conversations on a Homecoming, and A Whistle in the Dark, and three of his Murphy’s greatest plays, which span the period 1846 to 1970. The plays will be performed around Ireland, Britain, and the USA.

New jobs for Galway as Sogeti announces expansion plans

Thu, Mar 29, 2012

A leading IT consultancy and services provider has announced that a number of jobs in Galway will be created, as well as in Dublin, through the expansion of its offices over the next three years.

Minister for Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation, Richard Bruton, announced on Tuesday that Sogeti, which has offices located in the Galway Technology Centre in Mervue, is to create 65 new jobs. Recruitment is already in progress and it is understood that there has been high interest shown in the positions which will be a mix of high skilled and graduate roles in the IT sector.

Tributes paid to former county manager Donal O’Donoghue

Thu, Mar 29, 2012

Sen Michael Mullins has paid tribute to former county manager Donal O’Donoghue, who died this week.

Thu, Mar 29, 2012

NUI Galway is to link up with two leading Chinese universities to further research and facilitate student and researcher exchanges between Galway and China.

Boost as NUI Galway forges links with Chinese universities

Thu, Mar 29, 2012

NUI Galway is to link up with two leading Chinese universities to further research and facilitate student and researcher exchanges between Galway and China.

Galway Fianna Fáil made ‘sober and realistic’ by damning Mahon Tribunal report

Thu, Mar 29, 2012

It has taken the full impact of the Mahon Report to bring home to many Galway Fianna Fáil members that it is likely to remain a minority party for a long time to come.

Who’s gonna blink first?

Thu, Mar 29, 2012

Go ahead punk, make my day. Just picture the scene. Dirty Harry aka Phil Hogan pointing his pistol in the face of the nation and asking “Do you feel lucky, You’re asking, did I fire five or did I fire six?” Yes, folk’s with just 72 hours until the deadline for the Household Charge, the country and the Government are playing the ultimate game of brinksmanship.

It is a case of waiting to see who is going to blink first and if the million or so households which have not yet registered blink, the flap of those eyelashes will represent a major coup for Minister Hogan and the Government.

Tributes paid to former county manager Donal O’Donoghue

Thu, Mar 29, 2012

Sen Michael Mullins has paid tribute to former county manager Donal O’Donoghue, who died this week.

New jobs for Galway as Sogeti announces expansion plans

Thu, Mar 29, 2012

A leading IT consultancy and services provider has announced that a number of jobs in Galway will be created, as well as in Dublin, through the expansion of its offices over the next three years.

Julie Feeney to play ten nights off-Broadway

Thu, Mar 29, 2012

Julie Feeney, the award winning Athenry born vocalist and composer is heading to New York where she will perform in a new off-Broadway music show.

Top restaurants in Galway announced at regional finals of Irish Restaurants Awards

Thu, Mar 22, 2012

Galway’s top restaurants were named this week in the regional finals of the Santa Rita/Sunday Independent Life magazine Irish Restaurant Awards, which took place in The House Hotel on Tuesday.

Old Barracks gets thumbs up from Georgina Campbell

Thu, Mar 22, 2012

Athenry’s new restaurant of Choice “The Old Barracks” on Cross St. has recently received a glowing recommendation from Georginal Campbell’s Ireland.

Joyces Supermarkets Giveaway could see you wired for sound and vision this summer

Thu, Mar 22, 2012

From next week, Joyces Supermarkets are giving all of their customers a chance to win some fantastic electrical prizes .

With a week to go, Ó Cuív calls for extension of Household Charge deadline

Thu, Mar 22, 2012

With only nine days to the deadline for the payment of the highly controversial household charge, many homes in Galway city and county have still not received an information leaflet.

This, alongside the general feeling of a lack of proper information from the Government regarding what the €100 will be used for, and concerns over the inequalities with payment procedures, has led to Fianna Fáil Galway West TD Éamon Ó Cuív to call for an extension on the Household Charge deadline.

Mayor of Galway city announces gearrliosta for Gradam

Thu, Mar 22, 2012

The Mayor of Galway City, Cllr. Hildegarde Naughton last week announced the finalists of Gradam Sheosaimh Uí Ógartaigh 2012 at a press event which took place as part of the Seachtain na Gaeilge celebrations in the Eyre Square Centre.

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