Chamber CEO lashes ‘heavy handed’ crackdown on sandwich boards

Thu, Aug 12, 2010

Galway Chamber of Commerce CEO Michael Coyle has criticised the “heavy handed approach” taken by the City Council and the Gardaí for their joint operation in removing signs in the pedestrianised area of the city earlier this week.

People urged to join hands to save Portiuncula Hospital

Thu, Aug 12, 2010

A local action committee is urging businesses, clubs, organisations and individuals to take part in a “Hands Around Our Hospital” protest aimed at highlighting concerns over future services at Portiuncula Hospital.

The event takes places at the 197-bed Ballinasloe facility on Tuesday at 1.30pm amid growing fears that the county hospital may suffer as the health cuts continue to bite.

Review announced of the Coole Park Cultural Programme

Thu, Aug 12, 2010

The Friends of Coole has announced a review of its biannual Coole Park Cultural Programme.

NUIG special maths exam offers Leaving Cert students a second chance

Thu, Aug 12, 2010

The College of Engineering and Informatics at NUI Galway has announced details of a special entrance maths examination which will give students a second chance to pursue a career in engineering. The exam, which takes place on Wednesday August 25, is for students who achieve the CAO points for an undergraduate engineering degree course at NUI Galway but who have not met the obligatory maths requirement.

Survey on Galway’s ‘ghost estates’ due next month

Thu, Aug 12, 2010

A survey, due to be completed next month, is expected to give a full picture of the extent of the problems caused by ‘ghost estates’ - 26 such estates are believed to be in Galway alone.

Broaden your mind at new city courses

Thu, Aug 12, 2010

Are you interested in dreams? Would you like to learn how to explore their meaning? If so, you may be interested in attending a one-day dream workshop which takes place on Saturday October 2 from 10am to 4pm.

The senator who cried wolf and other short stories

Thu, Aug 12, 2010

Good evening and welcome to an open interview to introduce this evening’ s main event in the Arts Festival — An Evening of Anecdotes with Senator Ronan Mullen. (polite applause from audience of luvvies.)

HSE pay out €90k for health cuts report

Thu, Aug 12, 2010

As jobs in the health sector continue to be under threat it was revealed this week that the HSE paid a staggering €90,000 to a consultancy firm for a cost-containment report.

Walsh hits out at ‘unethical’ inference over his role in seminars

Thu, Aug 05, 2010

County councillor Seamus Walsh has hit out at media coverage this week of his role in two companies which organise seminars for local authority members, claiming there is nothing unethical in the enterprise.

Edward Lee photography exhibition in Galway city library

Thu, Aug 05, 2010

Today an exhibition by talented photographer Edward Lee will begin in Galway city library running until Monday August 30.

As well as being a successful photographer Lee is also a writer and painter originally from Dublin, but now living in Galway. This is his first photography exhibition. He has exhibited his paintings in many venues in Dublin and Galway, with many of his works in private collections. His photographs have appeared in magazines on both sides of the Atlantic. He is currently working on two photography collections "Lying Down With The Dead" and "Naked". His poetry and short stories have appeared in magazines in Ireland, England, America and Canada. His debut poetry collection, Playing Poohsticks On Ha'Penny Bridge, was published last year by Spider Press.

Deportation of ill woman is death sentence, warns Galway consultant

Thu, Aug 05, 2010

A Galway consultant has criticised the deportation of a seriously ill Nigerian woman describing it as a death sentence.

Ivor’s biggest sin — getting caught

Thu, Aug 05, 2010

Sssssh. Listen. Can you hear the patter of hundreds of tiny trotters as the piglets sprint away from the massive swill trough before the bold pig spills it over. Off they run lest they be splashed with any of the muck-spreading that has been caused by the bould pig Ivor. They’ve all known for a long time that the bould pig Ivor had been lashing up the swill with all four trotters, but sure, they let him carry on because they just didn’t want the farmer to come over and see what was going on at the trough. ‘Cos then he might look at them all, and see the muck on the trotters from the fumbling in the greasy swill.

Be made up and made over by COPE

Thu, Aug 05, 2010

COPE Galway have launched their ‘Make a Star’ 2010 makeover fundraising extravaganza, which will take place in the Galway Bay Hotel on Sunday, 3rd October.

Underage soccer festival in full swing at Drom

Thu, Aug 05, 2010

The prestigious underage soccer competition, theUmbro Galway Cup, kicked off yesterday in Drom Soccer Park.

Now in its sixth year, the four-day competition this year boasts 51 teams from six countries involved in six different competitions and involving 1,000 young up-and-coming players.

Bottom of the table — Galway hospital flunks national performance survey

Thu, Aug 05, 2010

University College Hospital in Galway has been named and shamed as the worst performing hospital in the country, failing terribly in areas such as access to services for patients as well as the use of beds and other resources.

The hospital ended up bottom of the heap in a performance survey released this week by the Health Service Executive (HSE). The survey, which is a series of assessments carried out under the HealthStat programme in May of this year, found that University College Hospital Galway’s performance, under the criteria set out by the HSE, was “unsatisfactory, requiring urgent attention”.

‘Nawthing in hurling’ — Hollywood’s finest get Canning brothers to show them the basics

Thu, Aug 05, 2010

All Star hurlers Ollie and Joe Canning were given the tough task of teaching some of the biggest stars in Hollywood how to play hurling on TV3’s Xposé. The Supermac’s sponsored hurlers taught Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Kevin James, and David Spade, stars of The Grown Ups, how to handle a hurley and sliotar.

Life in the cast Lane

Thu, Aug 05, 2010

It’s the third week of rehearsals for Druid’s forthcoming production of The Silver Tassie and this week we talk to the five young people from Galway we will be seeing on stage in just a few weeks. Lara Connaughton, John Gaughan, Martin Kenny, Peadar O’Goill and Miriam Ward all auditioned through Druid’s open auditions process last June.

Councillor says increased anti-litter attitude is needed in Galway

Thu, Aug 05, 2010

Fianna Fail’s City Councillor Ollie Crowe has called on traders, city officials and pedestrians to adopt a more anti-littering attitude stressing that by doing so we are ensuring the future prosperity of the city.

”In 2007, Galway embarked on an energetic anti-litter campaign and managed to obtain eighth place in the Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) Anti litter League,” Cllr Crowe continued, “However, Galway’s ‘litter Free’ status was short lived and we have now dropped to 45th place. If we continue to drop litter, we’ll continue to drop on this league, and inevitably our visitor numbers and revenue will drop.”

Don’t let Magdalene statue go the way of Padraic O Conaire, warns Boston professor

Thu, Aug 05, 2010

Galway City Council decided this past week to remove a statue memorializing the women who lived, worked and, in some cases, died at the Sisters of Mercy Magdalene laundry in the city. Dedicated in March 2009, the Mick Wilkins statue was commissioned by the same city councilors who now seek to remove it. It is located at the corner of Forster Street and Bothár Breandan O Eithir, standing in full public view close to where the laundry institution once stood.

Discover the beaches of County Galway

Thu, Aug 05, 2010

To celebrate the wonderful beaches available to us in County Galway, a series of walks is taking place throughout the month of August, organised with the aim of exploring and discovering these magnificent beaches.

The walks which are led by experienced and local marine biologists as well ecologists, will look at various aspects of marine ecology, taking in all different areas of marine life, exploring everything from seaweeds and shellfish to rock pools teaming with life. All the walks are interactive and an excellent way to learn about the various habitats which can be found on our beaches from sand dunes to the shoreline.

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