Saturday’s Currafest Music Festival for family-friendly fun

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

Currafest Music Festival takes place on Saturday and promises to be another fantastic family-friendly event.

Walk or run for St Vincent de Paul

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

A 10k Run/5k Walk for St Vincent de Paul will take place on July 20 at 10am in the grounds of NUIG to raise much-needed funds for the society in Galway.

Memorial tribute to Galway woman

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

A specially built equine shelter has been opened in India to honour Galway woman Caitriona O’Leary, who died in a horse-riding accident in England two years ago.

Researchers to examine effects of coastal weather conditions on Galway

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

Researchers based in NUI Galway have been awarded research funding through the Enterprise Partnership Scheme to examine the Galway Bay marine environment and how coastal marine conditions affect the day to day lives of the Galway public.

In partnership with SmartBay Ireland, an investment of €96,000 has been made which will bring together a team of researchers from NUIG and DCU to develop research, making use of the National Marine Test and Demonstration Facility, managed by SmartBay Ireland in Galway Bay.

Lost Irish language ‘talkie’ featuring Man of Aran cast discovered in Harvard archives

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

The first Irish language ever made has premiered at a renowned Italian festival of rediscovered and restored film; the short, by Man of Aran director Robert Flaherty and featuring some of the main cast of the Aran feature, was thought to have been lost forever when all known copies were destroyed in a fire more than 70 years ago.

Oidhche Sheanchais, an 11-minute film featuring Aran islanders from the Man of Aran cast listening to a story told by seanchai Seáinín Tom Ó Dioráin, was the first ‘talkie’ to be filmed in Irish and was made in London in 1934 while the cast were recording post-synch sound for Man of Aran.

GMIT launches summer residency programmes for artists

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

Ten artists, a film production company, a curator, and a photographer have been selected for the GMIT Centre for Creative Arts & Media summer residency programmes.

Go wild with An Taisce this weekend

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

An Taisce, the national trust for Ireland, is going wild in Galway this weekend with a programme of free wildlife events.

The programme of events will start on Friday July 11, from 10pm to 12 midnight at Galway Cathedral car park with a bat walk and talk. The event will be orchestrated by bat ecologist Kate McAney of the Vincent Wildlife Trust. The group will tour the bat haunts of Galway city hoping to hear, and perhaps see, species that include the soprano pipistrelle, the common pipistrelle, Leister’s bat and possibly Daubenton’s bat. For more information go to http://ow.ly/yRmeg.

Máire Stafford RIP - Galway’s dedicated Gaeilgeóir

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

The death has taken place of one of Galway’s most talented and dedicated Gaeilgeóir.

The brightest hurling stars are coming to Galway

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

Some of the brightest stars of hurling are coming together as part of the Centra-sponsored GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship.

Giro D’Galway two-day cycle is launched

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

Bradley Renault Giro D’Galway two-day 360km cycle tour of Galway to raise funds for Jigsaw Galway youth mental health service will take place this year on October 18/19.

RNLI family fun at Kinvara

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

The small coastal village of Kinvara is the place to be this weekend for its annual family fun day in aid Galway Lifeboat Station.

Forget Garth Brooks - visit Galway instead

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

Galway is synonymous with festival fun, and July signals an intoxicating mix of summer festivals that attract thousands of visitors to our city every year.

As FG/Labour support falls, is re-election plausible?

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

Last Friday saw much fanfare in the USA, and among Irish-based Americans, for the Independence Day celebrations, but in Ireland a dominant theme of political discourse - even close to two months after the local the European elections - is more of Independents’ Day.

Brave Dolores Keane returns with new Irish concert tour

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

Singing star Dolores Keane is embarking on a comeback concert tour after battling cancer and alcoholism and courageously speaking on television about coming back from the brink, determined that the fans will experience her singing at its best.

The steely determination that has seen the Galway singer defeat the demons in her personal life has again fired her with enthusiasm for her upcoming live performances with a band of carefully hand-picked top musicians, with support from local folk star Don Stiffe.

Swap to Arrabawn Skim Plus Milk for the summer

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

People are generally more health conscious in the summer, and whether hard at work or soaking up the rays, it is the right time to make the swap to Arrabawn Skim Plus Milk.

Dr Clare’s skin clinic information evening at The Ardilaun

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

A free information evening on skin problems will take place at The Ardilaun hotel on Tuesday July 15 at 7pm.

Special pre-theatre menu at McCambridges

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

McCambridges is launching a pre-theatre menu for the duration of the Galway International Arts Festival.

It will run from 5pm to 8pm Wednesday to Saturday throughout the two weeks.

Portwest products cater for all walks of life

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

 Portwest is an Irishowned and family-run wholesale and retail business that has been in operation since 1904. While the wholesale side of the business has been operating successfully for many years, the retail side is relatively new.

Galway Clinic celebrates tenth birthday

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

Since it opened its doors in 2004, the Galway Clinic has improved local cancer care services for the west of Ireland.

Learn to go online for €20 at the Learning Institute

Thu, Jul 10, 2014

The Learning Institute, Galway, has been successful in securing funding from the Irish Computer Society and is now offering computer courses for beginners for €20.

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