Galway Bay Swim raises €130,000 for Cancer Care West

Thu, Sep 14, 2023

A record amount of €130,000 has been raised for Cancer Care West from the rescheduled Frances Thornton Memorial Galway Bay Swim which finally took place last Saturday.

Special screening of cancer survivors’ documentary to mark World Cancer Research Day

Thu, Sep 14, 2023

CÚRAM, the SFI Research Centre for Medical Devices at University of Galway, in collaboration with the National Breast Cancer Research Institute, will mark World Cancer Research Day next week with a special screening of the documentary ‘The People There to Catch Us’.

The screening will take place on Sunday September 24 at the Town Hall Theatre, Galway at 4.30pm.

Report shows Galway’s biomethane could replace almost all natural gas consumed in county

Thu, Sep 14, 2023

Galway has the potential for a biomethane industry, which would produce enough renewable gas to replace 89% of the natural gas consumed by the 8,000 homes and businesses in Galway connected to the 400km gas network in the county and reduce carbon emissions by over 89,000 tonnes annually.

Nationally, Ireland has the potential for a biomethane industry, which would replace more than a quarter of natural gas on the national network, create significant new agri-income streams and reduce Ireland’s total emissions by almost four million tonnes per year - 6.5% of Ireland’s total emissions1.

O’Hara selected to run for Sinn Fein in South Connemara

Thu, Sep 14, 2023

Sinn Féin held their selection convention to select a candidate for the local elections for the South Connemara LEA in An Crompán, An Cheathrú Rua where Kevin O’Hara was selected to go forward to contest the 2024 local elections.

The advantages of joining a matchmaking agency

Thu, Sep 14, 2023

Eithne Buckley set up Twoheartsmeet Matchmaking Agency back in 2011 and has spent the last 12 years matching single, separated, divorced and widowed people from the mid 30s to late 70s age bracket. Here are some of the questions she gets asked by people thinking of joining up:

What criteria do you take into account when matching two people?

Galway Camera Club’s 23/24 season opening night

Thu, Sep 14, 2023

Galway Camera Club’s 23/24 season opening night will take place on Thursday next September 21 2023 from 7.30 pm in The White Room, Cluain Mhuire, ATU School of Art & Creative Design, Well Park Road, Galway H91 DY9Y.

Need for Ireland stand at gaming conferences, says Ardán

Thu, Sep 14, 2023

As the dust settles on their trip to Gamescom in Cologne recently, Ardán reflect on a transformative experience for the game development ecosystem of Galway and the West.

Swim2Remember two little Galway girls

Thu, Sep 14, 2023

On Sunday October 1 2023, friends and supporters of two extraordinary charities will gather at Blackrock Tower in Salthill, and in other locations across Ireland, to remember two little girls and to support the important legacies created by their parents.

The magic of the Lady Gregory-Yeats Autumn Gathering continues at end of month

Thu, Sep 14, 2023

Coole Park and Thoor Ballylee! The magic of the Autumn Gathering (to be held this year from September 30 – 1 October 1) is to bring people together from all corners of the world - to listen and learn, laugh and share, with academics and artists, locals, historians and literary figures; to meet descendants of Lady Gregory and Yeats, renew friendships and make new friends – all enjoying and celebrating the prominent role of Lady Gregory in shaping the theatrical, poetic and cultural life which thrives today.

Croí launches ‘Listen to Your Heart’ campaign to promote Heart Valve Disease Awareness Week

Thu, Sep 14, 2023

Ireland’s heart and stroke charity, Croí, has today launched Heart Valve Disease (HVD) Awareness Week. As part of HVD Awareness Week, Croí will be hosting four free stethoscope check events in Galway, Mayo, Limerick and Dublin. Croí expects to listen to over 1,000 hearts over the course of the week.

This marks an expansion from 2022 when Croí hosted one such event in Eyre Square in Galway. Croí listened to 300 shoppers’ hearts and a staggering 10% of those seen were referred to their GP for further tests. This was a worrying number given those 300 shoppers were seemingly healthy people who just happened to take advantage of the free check.

September means oysters in Galway as festival looms

Thu, Sep 14, 2023

Natives. Flats. Native flats. Ostrea edulis – whatever you call our native oysters they are as much a part of the food fabric and history of Ireland as our butter. Fatty yet not fatty. Nutty without any nuts. A hint of citrus without any fruit. And that unequalled lingering sweet iodine flavour. There is nothing quite like the Irish native oyster.

Time to honour a Republican and a woman, say Morrissey bridge name campaigners

Thu, Sep 14, 2023

Supporters of the Julia Morrissey Bridge campaign gathered at Galway’s new bridge to promote the proposal to name the bridge after Galway’s forgotten 1916 woman leader.

Citylink launches new route serving Tuam to Dublin Airport

Thu, Sep 14, 2023

Citylink’s new 721 route linking Castlebar and Dublin airport and serving Tuam will commence on September 25. The new route is a welcome addition to an already successful and established privately owned transport service and forms part of its strategic expansion programme for 2023/24.

Increase in Garda numbers for Galway will be assured, says Naughton

Thu, Sep 14, 2023

Local TD and Government Chief Whip, Hildegarde Naughton, said that she will ensure that the numbers of Gardai in Galway will be increased in the coming months. She was speaking after a series of public order offences on the streets of Galway over the last week.

“Like everyone else, I was horrified to see the footage of the recent violent criminality in our City. While much of it is the responsibility of a few families, it has the potential to damage our city’s reputation nationally and internationally and has no place in a civilised society,” Minister Naughton said.

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Thu, Sep 14, 2023

Bus Éireann adds capacity to Gort - Galway bus service

Local Fine Gael Deputy Ciaran Cannon has welcomed additional capacity on the Gort to Galway early morning bus service.

Calm down before someone is killed, Mayor tells feuding groups after week of street violence

Thu, Sep 14, 2023

Feuding groups who contributed to the series of violent incidents in and around the city centre last weekend have been told by the Mayor to “calm down, step back and take responsibility before anybody loses their life.”

Funding announced for two GRETB facilities in Galway

Thu, Sep 14, 2023

Capital funding has been approved for two Galway-based education facilities run by the Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board.

Only policing and respect can alter street behaviour

Thu, Sep 14, 2023

There has been only one topic of conversation in the city this week — and that is the fall-out from the incidents that took place over a few days last weekend. Because individuals have appeared before the courts in relation to those events, I am precluded from commenting specifically on them. However, my points this week will be based on the generality of the decline of behaviour on the streets of our main cities and towns, and what we need to do to make sure they are the exception rather than the norm. There is a real fear that someone’s life may be lost, whether a participant or an innocent bystander, as some incidents spill over into the public domain.

Claddagh Made Personal: The Tradition of Irish Jewelry Making

Tue, Sep 12, 2023

The intricate interlocking designs and swirling spirals of Celtic art have captivated the imagination of people the world over for centuries. In Ireland, there is an unbroken tradition, dating back millennia, of working with these deeply evocative symbols that continues up to the present day.

New play celebrates Yeats and his Nobel Prize for Literature

Thu, Sep 07, 2023

Continuing the centenary events to mark W.B. Yeats winning the Nobel Prize for Literature, the Yeats Thoor Ballylee Society is hosting the first of several performances of the new play, “Nobel Words”.

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