Delights online and outdoor at Baboró

Thu, Oct 08, 2020

Baboró International Arts Festival for Children opened in Galway on Monday with a programme of in-person events and a wide range of online activities to enjoy from home, and from school classrooms.

SARAH MCGINLEY – BABORÓ AMBASSADOR

Thu, Oct 08, 2020

This year’s Baboró International Arts Festival for Children is now on and the spirit of this year’s festival is all about acknowledging the bravery of our incredible children, and about recognising how vital young people are to our communities at this time.

Green light for Moycullen Bypass as council invites five companies to tender

Thu, Oct 08, 2020

The Galway County Council has been sanctioned to go to tender for the construction of the Moycullen Bypass. The local authority has invited five shortlisted companies to tender for the project which has an approximate cost of €50 million.

Fantasy Football review

Wed, Oct 07, 2020

I think it is fair to say no one would have predicted what happened in game week four of the Premier League. Champions Liverpool were thumped 7-2 by Aston Villa, Man United were smashed 6-1 by Spurs at Old Trafford, and Leeds earned a point against Man City. What a weekend it was.

Canney welcomes progress on Gort Lowlands Flood Relief Scheme

Tue, Oct 06, 2020

A feasibility report for the Gort Lowlands has identified a potential scheme that is both environmentally acceptable and cost beneficial according to Deputy Sean Canney.

Students’ Union launch Walktober step challenge

Mon, Oct 05, 2020

NUI Galway Students’ Union has launched the Walktober Step Challenge for NUI Galway students and staff.

Canney raises issue of Tuam and Ballinasloe swimming pools funding

Mon, Oct 05, 2020

Deputy Seán Canney has raised the issue of funding for the Galway County Council to keep the two pools open in Tuam and Ballinasloe with Minister Paschal Donohue.

Level Three threat hangs over Galway

Thu, Oct 01, 2020

A meeting of the National Public Health Emergency Team (NEPHET) this afternoon (Thursday) will decide whether Galway city and county will move to Level Three Covid-19 restrictions based on continued leaps in the 14-Day incidence rate.

Now is the time to 'act and prevent rather than react and blame'

Thu, Oct 01, 2020

Fears that the Government will impose a county-wide lockdown on Galway have, throughout this week, hardened to a resigned certainty, after hundreds of students congregated in the Spanish Arch area in defiance of public health guidelines and social distancing requirements.

Deputy Mayor demands plan to tackle 'insane explosion of drinking in public places'

Thu, Oct 01, 2020

The "insane explosion of drinking in public places" in Galway will persist unless without the adoption of a strategy to tackle the issue by the Galway City Council, the gardaí, the HSE, and third-level institutions.

NUI Galway will provide refunds to students not proceeding with accommodation

Thu, Oct 01, 2020

Students who decide not to proceed with their booking of university owned accommodation will be entitled to a full refund NUI Galway has confirmed.

'You're not invincible', warns NUI Galway student who was struck down by Covid-19

Thu, Oct 01, 2020

It is Tuesday morning and many of us are waking up to the images on our social media pages of Galway's Spanish and Middle Arches being thronged with young people revelling and drinking from the night before.

Arts Fest centrepiece has Connemara unveiling put back to March

Thu, Oct 01, 2020

John Gerrard’s stunning outdoor art installation, Mirror Pavilion, Corn Work, a centrepiece of Galway International Arts Festival’s Autumn Edition and a significant event in the Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture programme, which was due to be unveiled in Connemara this month will not make its appearance until next March.

Just halve your interactions, HSE asks young people

Thu, Oct 01, 2020

The chief executive of the Saolta University Health Care Group, which runs the local public hospitals, has appealed to young people to halve their weekly social interactions in a bid to reduce the spread of Covid-19.

Galwaymen to embark on epic unsupported Transatlantic row

Thu, Oct 01, 2020

One of the world’s foremost extreme adventurers, former professional rugby player Damian Browne from Renmore, along with lifelong friend Athenry’s Fergus Farrell are embarking on a journey that will take them across the Atlantic in 2022.

'Government has ability to end consistent child poverty,' says Hanley

Thu, Oct 01, 2020

“No child or family chooses to live in poverty, that choice is made for them. The State has allowed more and more children, decade after decade, to fall into poverty."

Galway GAA calls on local clubs to take part in the Virtual Sleep Out for Simon

Thu, Oct 01, 2020

Galway GAA are calling local clubs from across County Galway to swap their beds for sleeping bags for one night and host their own Virtual Sleep Out in support of those facing homelessness in our community.

Primary care centres 'not being used to full potential' says Canney

Thu, Oct 01, 2020

Galway East TD Sean Canney has described the HSE and Department of Health's "inability" to provide services within the new primary care centre in Tuam as "ludicrous".

Galway libraries to receive €100,000 for essential Covid-19 upgrades

Thu, Oct 01, 2020

Three public libraries in Galway have been allocated a total of €100,000 for essential upgrades and alterations in response to new demands created by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Online public meeting on Galway's housing crisis

Thu, Oct 01, 2020

An online public meeting on the State's housing crisis will take place next week, with speakers from the National Homeless and Housing Coalition and An Taisce.

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