Santa for Simon at City Limits

Thu, Dec 01, 2011

Santa for Simon Community will be hosted at City Limits Oranmore on Sunday December 11from 2-6pm, with tickets priced €19.95. City Limits is the ultimate family entertainment centre. Children will get to meet Santa, take advantage of the wonderful play areas and enjoy some food and drink all while helping Galway Simon Community raise much needed funds.

Four decades of excellence as Bradleys turn 40

Thu, Dec 01, 2011

Bradley Motor Works on the Dublin Road, Galway will mark 40 years in business next Monday December 5 when Bob Bradley, founding director along with his son Robert and two daughters Gillian and Tara celebrate the four decades of the family business.

Bus ride is big thrill for kids, say organisers as €2 Park and Ride launches for festive season

Thu, Dec 01, 2011

Galway City Council's Park and Ride Service swings into operation for the Christmas season this Saturday December 3. Catering for workers, shoppers and visitors to the City alike, the first bus departs Ballybrit Racecourse at 7:00am, kickstarting the service, which will shuttle passengers to and from the City Centre every fifteen minutes until 9:30pm Monday to Saturday and from 11:00am to 7:00pm on Sundays.

Console Galway calls to support suicide bereaved this Christmas

Thu, Dec 01, 2011

It is the call every parent dreads; the words that tear lives apart forever; a tragedy that devastates entire families and communities. Thousands of people in Ireland have had their lives torn apart as the result of the loss of a loved one to suicide.

Christmas can be one of the hardest times for people who have been bereaved. Bereavement is the biggest price we pay for loving someone who goes before us. Almost every single one of us, at some stage in our lives will face the heartbreak that follows the death of family members and friends.

Santa is returning to the g Hotel this weekend

Thu, Dec 01, 2011

Brighten up your holiday season with Santa Claus who will be visiting the five-star g hotel again this December - starting this Saturday December 3 at 1pm. Bring your little ones or your own youthful spirit along and join the g for an afternoon of festive fun.

Bella Baby’s dream giveaway for a euro

Thu, Dec 01, 2011

Bella Baby, Galway’s leading nursery retailer, is stepping out from the crowd and providing one very lucky customer with his/her chosen travel system for only €1.

Save half your bus fare with a Taxsaver Commuter Ticket

Thu, Dec 01, 2011

Commuters in Galway can save themselves up to 52 per cent on the cost of point to point annual/yearly and monthly Bus Éireann tickets and also Galway city bus tickets with the Taxsaver Commuter Ticket.

At a time when saving money is imperative for everyone, the Taxsaver commuter ticket from Bus Éireann enables companies to help employees substantially reduce their travel costs – in many cases by hundreds of euro.

Just an extra tenner a week spent locally will generate €100 million for Galway

Thu, Nov 24, 2011

For us, this campaign is not just about the local businesses but also about our local communities. Our businesses are at the heart of our local communities, and if they are suffering, so too are our communities. 

Be a local hero and keep your area alive

Thu, Nov 24, 2011

Shop Local campaigns have been ten-a-penny over the years, delivered by bland paragraphs by well-off businesspeople in grey suits, pleading with their communities to support them and their lifestyle.  And for that very reason, they have often failed, because the real message has not been communicated successfully.

Don’t hit the least well off the hardest in tough Budget

Thu, Nov 24, 2011

Galway Fine Gael TDs have come out against proposed cuts to the Brothers of Charity services and insisted that next month’s Budget must not hit the most vulnerable or least well of in society the hardest.

Fine Gael TDs Brian Walsh (Galway West) and Paul Connaughton (Galway East) have acknowledged that Budget 2012 “will be harsh”, but they are calling for fairness in how it is implemented.

Kiteflying is not doing anyone any favours

Thu, Nov 24, 2011

While the age old concept of kiteflying may be perceived as being a politically astute way of dampening down expectations of doom and gloom, the velocity at which information is leaving the Cabinet table has seen these leaks become spurts, all aimed at the fragile psyche of the Irish public. And to be honest, this is not acceptable behaviour by our political masters, no matter how new they might be to the business of power.

GMIT and NUIG students to protest against fee hikes

Thu, Nov 24, 2011

The student unions for Galway Mayo Institute of Technology and NUI Galway have joined together today to protest against attempts by the Government to increase student fees.

City Hall dismisses Seamus Quirke Road over-runs claims

Thu, Nov 24, 2011

Claims that City Hall may need to go to the bank to borrow €5 million for the Seamus Quirke Road upgrade appear to be unfounded as no definite figure on any overrun for the project has been confirmed.

‘Severe disruption’ at Briarhill

Thu, Nov 24, 2011

Road works at Briarhill will to lead to traffic reductions and “severe disruption” over the coming week.

Aviva jobs still uncertain

Thu, Nov 24, 2011

The future of Galway’s Aviva operations, employing more than 200 people, is still uncertain with UNITE warning the contents of a leaked document outlining the company’s restructuring plans is, for the moment, “speculation”.

UNITE regional officer Brian Gallagher confirmed last evening a meeting was held with the newly-appointed chief executive of Aviva’s Irish operations Sean Egan at 3pm yesterday, and that union officials attempted to gain clarity on the insurance company’s restructuring plans. This crisis meeting comes in the wake of revelations earlier this week regarding the contents of a leaked document outlining plans by Aviva to shut down its entire network of 26 branches around the country by June of next year.

Show your gratitude to those who paid for the lights as Christmas market kicks off

Thu, Nov 24, 2011

Shoppers who enjoy the Christmas lights which will be switched on in the city tomorrow evening will this year know which businesses actually paid for their installation, because they will be displaying special Follow The Lights stickers handed out by the Galway City Business Association.

Park and ride service returns with €2 fare

Thu, Nov 24, 2011

Galway’s Christmas Park and Ride Service begins on Saturday December 3 and will have a fare of €2 that includes all day parking and return bus travel.

Galway public meeting on expected cuts to education

Thu, Nov 24, 2011

The upcoming December Budget poses a very real and serious threat to our children’s education, according to the Galway branch of the Irish National Teachers Organisation (INTO).

Unique Cancer Care West event features author Colm Tóibín

Thu, Nov 24, 2011

A special evening of literature and music, featuring award-winning author and playwright Colm Tóibín, takes place on Saturday.

City marks World AIDS Day with memorial service

Thu, Nov 24, 2011

A voluntary organisation which offers support and care to people affected by HIV/AIDS is organising a candelit memorial service in the city to mark World AIDS Day on December 1.

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