Tenders issued for work on Galway Hibs clubhouse
Thu, Sep 08, 2011
The Galway City Council will this week advertise for a new building contractor to complete the new clubhouse in Bohermore for Galway Hibernians FC.
Read more ...New youth café to open on Fairgreen Road
Thu, Sep 08, 2011
A massive youth party will take place in the city’s new youth café this Saturday from 1pm to mark the launch of this new service.
Read more ...Learn to speak Irish this autumn
Thu, Sep 08, 2011
Conradh na Gaeilge has opened registration for its autumn term of Irish language classes, with classes starting on the week of Monday September 26.
Read more ...Entrants sought for Galway multicultural fashion show
Thu, Sep 08, 2011
Community, ethnic and voluntary groups, individuals and fashion enthusiasts are being sought to take part in the city’s forthcoming multi-cultural fashion show.
Read more ...Help raise funds for arthritis
Thu, Sep 08, 2011
The Co Galway Branch of Arthritis Ireland will hold its annual churchgate collection on Saturday/Sunday at many locations in the city and county.
Read more ...Regular maintenance work to start on Oranmore roundabouts
Thu, Sep 08, 2011
A private contractor is to commence maintenance of the roundabouts and approach roads in Oranmore.
Read more ...Charity Rugby Breakfast for Ability West
Thu, Sep 08, 2011
Ireland take on Australia in the Rugby World Cup on Saturday September 17 and you can see the match, raise funds for charity, and meet the Connacht squad all at the same time.
Read more ...Astrobay sports facility available for fun for adults, teams and kids
Thu, Sep 08, 2011
The Astrobay all weather sports facility, located in the grounds of Liam Mellows GAA Club, Ballyloughane, Renmore is available to rent for team training and chidlren’s themed parties.
Read more ...Open day at Galway One World Centre
Thu, Sep 08, 2011
The Galway One World Centre has moved premises and is inviting the public to find out more about the centre and its activities this Saturday at its open day.
The centre has been operating out of different locations since 1992 and provides training and education on global development and social justice issues. Its new location is at 76 Prospect Hill.
Read more ...City councillors - all revved up with nowhere to go
Thu, Sep 08, 2011
Monday’s emergency Galway City Council meeting to tackle traffic congestion had a lot in common with the gridlock that it aspired to solve - it was stop-start, slow-moving, tempers became frayed, and after four hours you realised that you hadn’t actually got anywhere.
Read more ...Mayor demands traffic action from City Hall officials
Thu, Sep 08, 2011
The “ball is now firmly in the court” of Galway City Council officials to provide solutions to solve the city’s traffic problems as waiting for long term infrastructural developments is not good enough.
Read more ...Call for volunteers for Sea2Sky
Thu, Sep 08, 2011
Volunteers are being sought to support Sea2Sky, a free, family-oriented event taking place in Salthill on Friday, September 23.
Read more ...Teen given fourteen months for burglary and car theft offences
Thu, Sep 08, 2011
A Ballybane teen was given no more chances at Galway District Court this week when he received a total of 14 months detention for stealing cars, burglary, and a number of other road traffic offences.
Read more ...Galway sales outsource firm defies recession with sixty five job expansion
Thu, Sep 08, 2011
A Galway-based sales outsource firm has been defying the recession with plans in place to expand and more than double its size over the next three months resulting in the creation of 65 new positions nationwide.
Read more ...Galway writer shortlisted for major poetry award
Thu, Sep 08, 2011
Galway based author Tom Duddy has been shortlisted for the prestigious Aldeburgh First Collection Award and is the only Irish writer to make the list.
Read more ...Asylum seeker used false passport to gain work in Galway hotel, court hears
Thu, Sep 08, 2011
A failed asylum seeker who used a false passport to gain employment in a Galway city hotel for nearly four years received a six month suspended sentence this week.
Read more ...Well heeled — Dunnes Stores to provide high heels for willing men
Thu, Sep 08, 2011
COPE Galway has announced that Dunnes Stores, Ireland’s largest Irish owned retailer, has joined its Walk a Mile in Her Shoes campaign. Dunnes Stores is sponsoring the high heel shoes that will be supplied to participants on the day. Walk a Mile in her Shoes takes place on Saturday September 24 at 2pm. The walk will commence in Eyre Square and participants will walk down Shop Street as far as Cross Street, then up Quay Street and back to the Square with one loop around Eyre Square to the finish. The walk is open to men and women and their families.
Read more ...Public lecture on a dramatic last minute maritime rescue
Thu, Sep 08, 2011
Six hundred people came close to losing their lives at sea when a ship en route from Galway to Boston was nearly sunk by high winds during a voyage in 1860.
Read more ...Public toilets needed at Cathedral Square says Conneely
Thu, Sep 08, 2011
It is “not acceptable” that people are using Galway Cathedral as simply a place to go to the toilet according to Fine Gael councillor Pádraig Conneely.
Read more ...Tidy Towns results ‘encouraging’ for Galway
Thu, Sep 08, 2011
Galway’s good showing in the Tidy Towns competition, which found the city “very well presented and spotlessly clean”, is a positive start and something to build on.
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