Cracking Christmas parties at the Clayton
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
The Clayton Hotel has Christmas all wrapped up this year with live music from Sean Slattery & The Connections and fine festive cuisine from head chef Mat Bolanovsky, the perfect combination for a Christmas party you are guaranteed to remember.
This year the Christmas party menu offers restaurant-quality food including smoked salmon and crab meat roulade for starters, while for main course there is sirloin steak and monkfish.
Read more ...Great Christmas party deals at The Oslo and The Cottage
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
Apart from the very special Christmas atmosphere at both the Cottage Bar and The Oslo, both venues are also offering a host of free extras this holiday season.
Read more ...Good luck, Mr President
Thu, Nov 10, 2011
Despite the intense pressure on space and limitations on the numbers who can attend, there is expected to be a strong Galway presence at the various events that will see Michael D Higgins installed as the ninth president of Ireland.
Read more ...Drink driving drag queen afraid to walk home dressed up
Thu, Nov 10, 2011
A professional drag queen stopped for drink driving after a charity event told Galway District Court this week that he did not walk the five minutes to his home because it was not safe to do so in the city while dressed up as he was.
Eamon Cunniss (38) with an address in Bohermore who pleaded guilty to drink driving at Eyre Square on February 6, 2011, was later fined €500 with three months to pay and disqualified from driving for a mandatory 12 months.
Read more ...Let Sabina redefine the role of First Lady
Thu, Nov 10, 2011
In 1966, young actress Sabina Coyne from Mayo was one of the cast of Insurrection, RTE’s TV series dramatising the events of 1916 and marking the 50th aniversary of the rising. At that time, she took her part among the cast, not knowing, but I suppose, not ruling out either, that 50 years on, she would be on the podium in O’Connell St to mark what will be a much more spectacular commemoration, in April 2016. All of that was two years before she met her life partner Michael D, before the beginning of their eventful journey that has brought them full circle, into the centre circle with the spotlights on full blast.
Read more ...Freedom of Connemara for French singing legend
Thu, Nov 10, 2011
It is one of France’s most famous songs, has been included on many collections of top Gallic hits, sold millions of copies in the early 1980s and now it is to lead to the Freedom of Connemara for its singer.
Read more ...Turn Galway green for Connacht
Thu, Nov 10, 2011
Connacht Rugby is calling on all rugby fans and businesses to turn the province green in support of its first home Heineken Cup fixture against European giants Toulouse next week.
Read more ...Man disqualified for ‘motorway speeds’ on city bridge
Thu, Nov 10, 2011
A district court judge hearing the case of a Roscommon man who drove at “motorway speeds” along a busy city bridge, a stretch of road which was the scene of previous fatalities, has warned that speeding will not be tolerated.
Read more ...Man charged with fourteen counts of rape to face Central Criminal Court trial
Thu, Nov 10, 2011
A city man charged with 14 counts of rape at two locations in the city more than 25 years ago has been sent forward for trial at the Central Criminal Court.
Read more ...Almost €350,000 yet to be claimed by Galway Lotto players
Thu, Nov 10, 2011
Anyone who purchased a lotto ticket recently would be well advised to have a look in a handbag or trouser pocket as two winning slips sold in the city remain unclaimed.
The first is a Lotto Plus Two prize of €250,000 which was won by a lucky player who purchased the ticket in Happy Days in Galway Shopping Centre, on Wednesday October 19. The lucky ticket was a €4 quick pick.
Read more ...Salthill boy celebrates 11th birthday on 11/11/11
Thu, Nov 10, 2011
A Galway city boy has been waiting with excitement to celebrate his 11th birthday for years.
Read more ...NUIG launches ‘Socs in the city’ fashion extravaganza
Thu, Nov 10, 2011
The NUIG ‘Socs and the city fashion show’ will be held in the Radisson Blu Hotel on November 17. The venue’s Aran ballroom promises to be a picture of beauty with NUIG students strutting their stuff displaying the latest trends from a number of Galway shops.
Read more ...Bring back bottle banks to The Claddagh, says Connolly
Thu, Nov 10, 2011
If recycling is to continue in The Claddagh then the Galway City Council must install new bottle banks in the area, according to Independent councillor Catherine Connolly.
Read more ...Limerick couple plead guilty to half million euro drug dealing offences
Thu, Nov 10, 2011
A Limerick couple have pleaded guilty to drug dealing offences connected to the seizure of cocaine worth more €500,000 in two Galway locations late last year.
Read more ...The Italian job — the secret behind the success of Basilico
Thu, Nov 10, 2011
The Italians know something. It is not something that is finger-put-on-able, nor is it easy to define. It’s got to do with lifestyle and most people who've visited the country on holidays find themselves agreeing; Italians do lifestyle, they just do it better. For example, Italian men indulge heartily in both food and fashion without losing an ounce of their macho credibility (Italian football anyone?).
Read more ...One hundred willing volunteers wanted for Galway science festival
Thu, Nov 10, 2011
Volunteers are being sought for the 14th annual Galway Science and Technology Festival Exhibition.
Read more ...Grealish calls for re-opening of Irish Embassy in the Vatican
Thu, Nov 10, 2011
Despite the “problems within the Catholic Church in Ireland”, it is still “very disappointing” that the Government has chosen to close the Irish Embassy in the Vatican City.
Read more ...Kitt condemns overall downgrading of court services in East Galway
Thu, Nov 10, 2011
Removing court sittings from Athenry and the overall downgrading of court services in East Galway is “disturbing” and “makes absolutely no sense”.
Read more ...GMIT and USI call on Government to honour promises on third level fees
Thu, Nov 10, 2011
GMIT Students’ Union and the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) have placed a full page advertisement in a number of national and regional newspapers branding Government TDs, including Galway’s Derek Nolan, Brian Walsh, Sean Kyne, Paul Connaughton Jnr, Ciaran Cannon and Colm Keaveney, as ’liars’. The advertisements were designed to ensure the Government honours its pre-election promises on third level fees.
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