NUI Galway conference business to boost local economy by millions

Thu, Mar 12, 2015

Galway’s economy will be boosted next year to the tune of at least €7million as NUI Galway has secured several conference bids and will host 18 international conferences in 2016 with more than 5000 international delegates confirmed to attend. This is an increase of more than 250 percent on 2014 international conference visitors to the university, and is expected to boost the local economy by up to €7 million.

Home and Away’s Alf Stewart is coming west

Thu, Mar 12, 2015

Ray Meagher, the longest serving cast member on Australian soap Home and Away who plays the iconic Alf Stewart in the show, is visiting Ireland in the coming weeks and will be in Galway on Thursday April 2 as part of a nationwide tour.

Meagher will appear at the event In Conversation With Ray Meagher in the Clayton Hotel, where he will answer questions and discuss his career on the hit show. He will also be available for fan photos and autographs. The event will be begin at 7pm, and tickets are available from www.ticketshop.ie. This event is open to people of all ages. For more information see the www.facebook. com/HomeandAwayFansIreland.

Claregalway students are Google Doodle finalists

Thu, Mar 12, 2015

Two first year students from Coláiste Bhaile Chláir Emily Wall and Emma Malone, have qualified as Doodle 4 Google 2015 finalists with their doodle designs based on the theme “My Perfect Day”.

Patients treated in less than an hour at minor injuries unit

Thu, Mar 12, 2015

Patients attending a minor injuries unit are in and out of the centre in less than an hour, according to the Roscommon Hospital-Saolta University Health Care Group.

Domestic violence Irish language info leaflet to be launched in Carraroe

Thu, Mar 12, 2015

Domestic Violence Response, Oughterard, will be launching its new Irish language information leaflet which outlines the services and supports offered by the charity for women and children in the Galway and Connemara area who are experiencing violence in the home.

The launch will take place on Friday March 27 from 10:30am -12:30pm in the Carraroe Library in conjunction with a cake coffee fundraiser.

NUI Galway hosts Ireland’s only Harry Potter convention

Thu, Mar 12, 2015

NUI Galway’s Harry Potter Society will hold a three-day convention dedicated to Harry Potter fans. PotterFest Galway, Ireland’s only Harry Potter convention, will take place from 13-15 March in Áras na Mac Léinn at NUI Galway.

Former Apprentice star’s new book looks at policing and social media

Thu, Mar 12, 2015

A new book, which takes an in-depth look at the emerging field of policing social media has been published by the Managing Director of Digital Training Institute, based in NUI Galway’s Business Innovation Centre. Authored by Joanne Sweeney-Burke, Social Media Under Investigation, Law Enforcement and the Social Web takes and in-depth view of An Garda Síochána’s adoption of social media and benchmarks this against international best-practice.

Kinvara Farmers’ Market needs permanency not uncertainty

Thu, Mar 12, 2015

Many people consider the Kinvara Farmers’ Market, now in its seventh year, to be a fairly permanent fixture. It takes place in Market Square, Kinvara, every Friday from April to October 10am until 2pm.

More than 30 small local businesses turn up to sell not only their locally grown spuds and onions but also their handmade soap, soda bread, bagels, cheese, free-range eggs, fish, flowers cut and potted, greeting cards, organic salad, strawberries and woolly hats.

Croi head to lead patients’ group

Thu, Mar 12, 2015

The West Northwest Saolta Hospital Group Patient Council has announced that Croi CEO Neil Johnson will be its first chairperson.

City Council meetings to be streamed online?

Thu, Mar 12, 2015

Meetings of Galway City Council could shortly be streamed live on the Council website.

Another hotel for Supermac

Thu, Mar 12, 2015

Galway businessman, Pat McDonagh has bought the Charleville Park Hotel in Cork.

Doughiska Resource Centre to hold open day

Thu, Mar 12, 2015

ARD Family Resource Centre in Doughiska will hold an Open Day on Friday March 13 from 10am -1pm in the Cumasú Centre on Doughiska road. The Resource Centre has been open almost three years now and runs free courses and groups for the young and old in the area.

Thriving Galway Taxis announces plans to expand its fleet

Thu, Mar 12, 2015

Galway Taxis has over the last two years changed its dispatch system to allow online and app bookings from smartphones. This has resulted in a growth in overall business over the last six months. The Galway Taxis app is now in operation for more than two years and accounts for almost 15 per cent of all bookings. With more than 4,500 app downloads on Android and iPhone, the company plans to introduce a Windows app later this year. Galway Taxis will be the first taxi app to provide its services on this platform.

Customers who use the app pay no callout fee, and have options to pay the fare by card, find the closest car, and to see the cars on screen before making a booking; these have proven to be key to giving customers what they are looking for in a taxi app. The online booking facility allows customers without smartphones the same access to this vital tracking information. Customers can open an account at www.galwaytaxis.biz.

No road closure for first two weeks of Lough Atalia road lowering works

Wed, Mar 11, 2015

Work on the Lough Atalia Bridge Road Lowering Project starts on Monday March 23, but the road will remain open during the following two weeks in order to allow unrestricted access to the city during the Easter weekend.

‘My duty is to build bridges’

Wed, Mar 11, 2015

Rarely a week goes by when the strife in Israel/Palestine does not make headlines in the media. In recent years the conflict has seemed ever more intractable, the people increasingly polarised and entrenched. Yet in spite of all, there are still those on both sides of the divide working for mutual understanding and a peaceful resolution of the conflict.

Election 2016 will determine future of water charges

Wed, Mar 11, 2015

Insider has been thinking lately about what are the limits to democratic expression, are there certain lines that just should not be crossed, and if so what are they?

Homeowners along N6 ring road routes at risk of being pursued by banks for ‘unsecured shortfalls’ warns Charity

Tue, Mar 10, 2015

Home owners along the six controversial N6 Galway Transport Project routes are at risk, not only of their homes being demolished, but of being pursued by the banks for unsecured shortfalls in the market value of those homes after demolition.

Healy-Eames demands councils scrap ‘destructive’ N6 ring road plans

Tue, Mar 10, 2015

The only solution to Galway’s transport problems is to scrap the “divisive” and “destructive” N6 Galway City Outer By-pass project, and demand that the consultants Arup be given “a new brief to come up with a range of sustainable transport solutions to solve our traffic problems”.

NUIG students call on other universities to hold ‘legalise cannabis’ referenda

Mon, Mar 09, 2015

Students in NUI Galway are calling on university student bodies across Ireland to follow their example and hold referenda to support the legalisation of cannabis, thereby creating a momentum that will encourage politicians to “seriously rethink” the State’s laws on the drug.

Road would destroy campus, says NUI Galway

Thu, Mar 05, 2015

Opposition to the road route proposals in the Galway City Transport Project was upped several gears last night with the news that NUI Galway will be objecting in the strongest possible terms to any developments which threaten its future.

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