Non-verbal sailor to take on the best at summer regatta

Thu, May 17, 2018

This summer the Seafest event will show us all how the sea is for everyone. Like the hugely successful event last year, it will show off the possibilities of the activities on the sea, what we can learn from the sea, and how we should respect the sea. And this summer in Galway, two brothers will show how they are taking on a challenge to show us just how accessible a marine challenge can be.

Busking is not banned in Galway, says Mayor who feels quality of act will improve

Thu, May 17, 2018

Mayor of Galway Pearce Flannery has hit out at the amount of disinformation regarding the Council decision on busking and performance byelaws which were passed at Monday’s meeting of the City Council.

He says that it should be noted that at no stage whatsoever was it ever proposed to ban busking in Galway nor is there a ban on busking now.

Farewell to a chronicler of our social history

Thu, May 17, 2018

When I started working in Tuam more than three decades ago, I came to the place like someone informed; It was as if I was watching a TV series having already seen the pilot episode. For me, very nook and cranny, every corner boy, every solicitor’s clerk, every waistcoated business owner, every side street had a side story about which there was a yarn or a saga. And for the best part of my many years there, I was enthralled and charmed and indeed shaped by the hundreds of characters who were citizens of the town, but who just as easily might have been characters in any one of Tom Murphy’s plays.

As I became more at one with the place, you would get to see and feel the formative breezes that led Murphy’s writing decades earlier; the decreasingly oppressive role of Church and State, the desire to flee into the hands of emigration, the talking from the side of the mouth, the beautiful juxtaposition of snobbery and poverty that created the tensions that you find in all of his wonderful work.

Busking bye-laws 'very damaging for our city' - Cubbard

Tue, May 15, 2018

"A sad and very damaging day for our city" is how councillor Mike Cubbard has described the introduction of bye-laws that will curtail and reduce the ability of buskers to perform in Galway city centre.

Ireland West Airport to hold 3rd annual charity 5k runway run

Tue, May 15, 2018

Ireland West Airport, in partnership with Portwest, are set to welcome over 1,000 people to the airport’s runway as they once again host the annual charity 5k runway fun run on Saturday May 26th at 19:00.

IDA to encourage future business location to Oranmore

Mon, May 14, 2018

The IDA has agreed to encourage future industries planning to establish a base in Galway, to set up on lands owned by the authority in Oranmore, a move one local TD believes will help combat Parkmore's chronic traffic congestion.

60,000 fans to paint the city ‘Ed

Thu, May 10, 2018

Galway will be painted ‘Ed’ this weekend as an expected 60,000 fans flock to the city to see Ed Sheeran perform at Pearse Stadium. Construction crews are this morning (Thursday) putting the finishing touches to the mammoth stage on the pitch at Salthill.

Boston Mayor to be granted the Freedom of the county on Monday

Thu, May 10, 2018

Martin J Walsh, the Irish-American Democrat Mayor of the City of Boston, Martin J Walsh, will next week become the first individual to be granted the Freedom of the County of Galway.

Anyone who thinks the Tories are mindful of Irish interests is guilty of grand delusion

Thu, May 10, 2018

The abortion referendum at the end of the month may be dominating political discourse at the moment, but behind the scenes the issue really vexing, and increasingly troubling, the Government is the ongoing saga of Brexit.

'Snooker is now played to a higher standard than in previous eras'

Thu, May 10, 2018

Earlier this week Mark Williams defeated John Higgins 18-16 in the pulsating final of the World Snooker Championship. Watching the tournament and commenting on it for the BBC was one of the all-time snooker greats, Steve Davis, who was World Champion six times during the 1980s.

That they may have life...

Thu, May 10, 2018

New life.
It is Eastertime. At long last, Spring is in the air, and with it, a new spring in our step. All around us life is burgeoning again, new life. We cannot cut hedges anymore this year. It is strictly forbidden till Autumn: the birds are nesting. Our laws are determined to protect them so that new bird-life be given every chance. Every chance of life. And rightly so.

New fisheries campaign aimed at trout anglers during Mayfly season

Thu, May 10, 2018

Inland Fisheries Ireland recently announced the launch of a new campaign, ‘Operation Ephemera’, which is designed to alert anglers to the intensification of efforts to detect those who either take undersize trout or more trout than the rules allow.

Compliance with other relevant angling regulations and rules, including relevant permit conditions which pertain on certain lakes, will also be enforced.

AtlanTec Festival returns for fourth year

Thu, May 10, 2018

Festival season in Galway is well underway with the AtlanTec Festival 2018, which runs through to 25 May. Now in its fourth year, the IT festival is organised by the IT Association Galway (ITAG). At the heart of the festival will be the international conference on 24 May, co-hosted by NUI Galway.

This year’s AtlanTec Conference at NUI Galway is themed on ‘The Art of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning’. Some 300 business leaders and expert software developers are expected to attend the day-long conference which will explore all aspects of the topic.

In Ireland we can do better — Vote No for mothers and babies

Thu, May 10, 2018

On May 25 we will be asked to remove unborn children’s right to life of from the Constitution. Why? To make abortion widely available up to 24 weeks of pregnancy, and even to make abortion legal up to birth in certain cases.

Funding for An Taibhdearc a boost to the Irish language

Thu, May 10, 2018

Minister Sean Kyne has confirmed funding of €320,000 to support the National Irish Language theatre, An Taibhdearc.

He said that he is delighted to confirm this funding of €320,000 which has been approved by Chief Whip and Aire Stait na Gaeltachta, Joe McHugh.

James Connolly to be commemorated in Galway

Thu, May 10, 2018

On May 12 1916, James Connolly, the socialist republican leader of the Easter Rising, was executed in Kilmainham Gaol, and the 102nd anniversary of his death will be marked in Galway.

Higgins welcomes Facebook suspension of foreign-purchased referendum ads

Thu, May 10, 2018

Senator Alice-Mary Higgins has welcomed Facebook’s announcement that they will end sales of online political ads to overseas actors in advance of the May 25 Referendum. She described it as a sign that the platform is listening to some of the concerns raised by herself and others, including civil society groups like Transparency Referendum.

LoveBoth to hold major rally in Dublin

Thu, May 10, 2018

The ‘Stand Up for Life!’ Rally will take place in Merrion Square, Dublin this Saturday, May 12 at 2pm. Cora Sherlock for LoveBoth said that this is the last chance for the pro life movement to come together before the referendum on May 25.

Renters in Galway faced with inaccessible market

Thu, May 10, 2018

Galway Simon Community have said that the private rental market in Galway is inaccessible and are calling on the Government to urgently start building social and affordable housing in Galway.

According to the latest Daft.ie report released this week, average rent prices in Galway have risen by 13.6 per cent in the city and 10.4 per cent in the county since last year.

Remember Savita, Aisha, Miss Y, and Bimbo, when voting on May 25

Thu, May 10, 2018

Since 1993 the Constitution has guaranteed the right to travel for abortion, but many women cannot exercise this right due to an array of legal, social, and economic barriers. This includes women on low incomes, women with disabilities, lesbian and bisexual women, and women with travel restrictions, many of whom are entitled to no more than an allowance of €20 a week.

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