West’s first official pumpkin patch gearing up for another busy season

Thu, Oct 17, 2019

Galway Pumpkin Patch will open for its second season over Halloween. The pumpkin patch, which proved a big hit with the public last year, the first of its kind in the west of the country, is based on a farm in Ardrahan and opens for six dates this year. Adults and children can go along for a fun Halloween themed day out, which includes fancy dress, Halloween themed games, and farm animals on site, and much more.

Fáilte Ireland’s €6.6million Atlantic Museum plan will transform Spanish Arch area

Thu, Oct 17, 2019

The Spanish Arch area of the city is set to be transformed following the announcement by Failte Ireland that it is making its single biggest investment in an attraction — the new Atlantic Museum Galway.

Macnas to ‘Danse Macabre’ for Halloween

Thu, Oct 17, 2019

Ireland’s largest free Halloween event set to unleash curiosity, fear, grief, love, laughter and party onto the streets

Let the sea be a symbol of our openness

Thu, Oct 17, 2019

For too long we have looked away from the sea, been blind to its potential, to its possibilities. Even when JFK mentioned going to the Claddagh and seeing the O’Flahertys working on the docks in Boston on that clear day, we put it away with our misty-eyed memories and never gave it another thought.

But the sea, our sea, our ocean, laps right up to our coast here in this city. In times past, it brought many colourful and mysterious people to our shores, merchants, sailors, travellers. They brought with them ideas, and cultures and ways of living, that over the centuries went on to make Galway and its people a place and kind of its own. And to be fair, this difference has been maintained in the city and it is a difference that we try to implement.

Fantasy Football round nine preview

Wed, Oct 16, 2019

So the second international break has concluded and for Mick McCarthy and Ireland fans, it was one to forget. A drab 0-0 draw against Georgia in Tbilisi on Saturday was followed up by a meek 2-0 defeat in Geneva to Switzerland on Tuesday night.

AcademyWest to create 500 new jobs at Galway Technology Centre

Thu, Oct 10, 2019

Over 500 jobs will be created by innovation driven enterprises at the new AcademyWest at Galway Technology Centre (GTC), resulting in an annual €62 million boost to the west of Ireland over the next five years – and the facility is poised to act as a driver of regional growth in the technology sector.

Budget 2020 'will not solve crisis in health service' says McNelis

Thu, Oct 10, 2019

Budget 2020 will do "absolutely nothing" to solve the problems faced by patients and front line staff in the health service, a former Mayor of Galway city has said.

Galway 2020 launched in Belgium

Thu, Oct 10, 2019

Galway 2020 was launched in Brussels this week at an event attended by leading Belgian travel professionals and journalists, as well as those who were at the European Week of Regions and Cities in the Belgian capital.

Budget 2020 is a 'slap in the face for the most vulnerable in society'

Thu, Oct 10, 2019

Galway families on low or fixed incomes have been failed by the Government and Fianna Fáil in Budget 2020 with no increases to either the weekly social welfare rates or the minimum wage.

Galway Pride elects new committee

Thu, Oct 10, 2019

Galway Community Pride has elected its new committee this week, and has pledged that next year's Pride celebrations will be "the biggest yet" with events happening "throughout the year and beyond" the traditional Pride week in August.

Naughton calls for greater funding to combat illegal dumping

Thu, Oct 10, 2019

Illegal dumping in Galway city and county will only be effectively combatted if the Government increases funding under its own Enforcement Measures Grant, a local TD has said.

Kyne approves funding for two Irish language schemes

Thu, Oct 10, 2019

Funding of more than €683,000 has been allocated to the Irish language organisation, Glór na nGael for 2019 to 2022 in order to develop the Joe McDonagh Foundation and support the Teanga Tí/Family Language Scheme.

Kyne welcomes increase in Budget funding for the Gaeltacht

Thu, Oct 10, 2019

Funding for the Irish language, the Gaeltacht, and the Islands saw an increase of €2.5 million in Budget 2020, and will help fund "numerous organisations and programmes in Galway and beyond".

Greens call for cycling lanes and infrastructure outside of schools

Thu, Oct 10, 2019

Councillors have supported a call by the Green Party for City Hall officials to "investigate prioritising cycling lanes and infrastructure outside of schools".

Crowe demands Government to declare housing emergency

Thu, Oct 10, 2019

Budget 2020 has "failed to seriously address" the State's housing and accommodation crisis, and it is now time that An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar declare a National Housing Crisis Emergency.

Galway must 'move ahead urgently' to secure greenway funding says O'Reilly

Thu, Oct 10, 2019

The €9 million announced for Greenways and cycling infrastructure in Budget 2020 is "shockingly low", but Galway must still press ahead to secure funding for greenways in the city and county.

'Underinvestment in childcare continues under Budget 2020, says O'Reilly

Thu, Oct 10, 2019

The €54 million announced for childcare in Budget 2020 is a "severe underinvestment" that will keep childcare services "grossly unaffordable".

Leave Britain to the Brexit fanatics, Ireland's future is with Europe

Thu, Oct 10, 2019

The scene of the Sunday morning breakfast table in Biarritz at the beginning of the recent G7 summit was a sobering one for Irish viewers. President Donald Tump and prime minister Boris Johnson, leaders of the two countries that would traditionally be considered our main allies, egging each other on in pursuit of a hard Brexit that would be detrimental to this country.

‘Stranger in a strange land’

Thu, Oct 10, 2019

The Claddagh is Galway’s most historic district, its foundation pre-dating that of the city, and it has always been proud of its native traditions and identity. Yet not only is the Claddagh a vivid link to Galway’s ancient past; the Claddagh National School, with its multi-racial student population, symbolises the cosmopolitan Galway of today while preparing its pupils for the Galway of tomorrow.

Art in Mind – Creating collaborative art for mental wellbeing

Thu, Oct 10, 2019

Have you ever lost track of time while you were doing an activity? You may have been troubled that day with any one of the trials life can throw at you, but all this faded into the background while you were engrossed in some activity or project. It may seem counterintuitive to solve an issue by not thinking incessantly about it, but sometimes you just need to let go and the answers will flow to you. In fact, this process is often called ‘flow state’, or can be referred to simply as being ‘in the zone’.

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