County Mayor gets on board the ‘Out and Proud’ Road Show

Thu, Oct 18, 2012

The County Mayor, Cllr Thomas Welby, has this week launched Social Inclusion Awareness Week in Clann Family Resource Centre, Oughterard, an event which was held in conjunction with the launch of the ‘Out and Proud’ Road Show.

Hectic programme of events for Halloween week at Coole Park

Thu, Oct 18, 2012

Families across the Galway region should reserve a few hours for the ‘Deireadh an Fomhair’ celebrations at Coole Park during the October Bank Holiday weekend. The line-up of events commences on Sunday October 28 with a multitude of activities to appeal to children collectively known as ‘Spooky Stuff For Kids’. Spooky Stuff For Kids consists of smelly spell cocktail and stick skeleton making, with an eerily themed scavenger hunt to finish the day. Children are invited to arrive bedecked in a Halloween costume but they do not have to dress up. The fun begins at 2.30pm and ends at 4pm.

The next portion of events takes place on Monday with a guided tree walk tour at 2.30pm. This is all inclusive day for the whole family and will be both an enjoyable family day out and an educating experience. Visitor staff will treat the walkers to a journey into the history of Coole by mirroring it through the various tree planting stages along the route. Participants can expect to spot native and non-native species throughout the walk and the day will be punctuated by an exploration into the remains of the Pinetum of exotic conifers that once belonged to Sir William Gregory.

Ballyloughane Road to get traffic calming measures

Thu, Oct 18, 2012

Traffic calming measures are due to be installed on the Ballyloughane Road once the plans drawn up by the Galway City Council for the work is agreed by local residents.

Lackagh Apostolic Work display and sale

Thu, Oct 18, 2012

Lackagh Apostolic Work Society is holding its annual display and sale in aid of the missions this Saturday and Sunday in the Lackagh Parish Centre.

Four Angry Men to debate the state of the nation

Thu, Oct 18, 2012

Journalists Fintan O’Toole, Nick Webb, and Shane Ross, along with economist David McWilliams will be in Galway in December to hold a public talk on the state of the nation.

Car theft accused gets eleven months suspended

Thu, Oct 18, 2012

A 23-year-old man, with 49 previous convictions, was given an 11 month suspended sentence at Galway District Court this week for the unauthorised taking of a vehicle.

Presiding District Court judge Mary Fahy stressed that it had not been her intention to show such leniency to a defendant who clearly had a history of offending but that the system in place prevented her from imposing a custodial sentence. Jamie Bailey of 1 Rossa Avenue, Mulgrave, Limerick, is currently serving 25 months in jail for a seperate offence, the maximum that can be imposed at district court level.

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.

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