Half price luxury Easter eggs at Headlines

Thu, Apr 02, 2009

Make your Easter more luxurious by purchasing your Lily O’Brien’s Easter eggs in Headlines Newsagents, Corrib Centre, Galway.

Headlines is offering Lily O’Brien’s Easter Eggs at half price throughout Easter Week.

New sheltered bicycle stands in Eyre Square and Spanish Parade

Thu, Apr 02, 2009

This week sees the rollout of new sheltered bicycle stands in Eyre Square and Spanish Parade areas for a trial period of six months.

Access Music Project to celebrate 10th birthday

Thu, Apr 02, 2009

Galway’s Access Music Project will celebrate its 10th anniversary on Monday with a gathering in the St Patrick’s Band Society Hall, Forster Street, at 10am.

Cara Office Supplies takes the pain out of setting up

Thu, Apr 02, 2009

If you are setting up a new business or moving premises Cara Office Supplies is your one stop shop for all office requirements.

NLP for self esteem and performance

Thu, Apr 02, 2009

The Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology Lifelong Learning Centre is collaborating with Evelyn Cormican, the founder of Blueprint Coaching andTraining to offer a new night course titled “Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) for Self Esteem and Performance”, starting on April 22.

Lorg Printmakers

Thu, Apr 02, 2009

LORG PRINTMAKERS has moved to new premises at the Ballybane Enterprise Centre.

Youth work activism workshop

Thu, Apr 02, 2009

An event aimed at youth workers, managers, teachers, and those looking to develop their skills in the area of global issues and activism in youth work, will take place in Galway.

Ken Bruen up for major short story award

Thu, Apr 02, 2009

Time Of The Green, a short story by Galway crime writer Ken Bruen, has been selected as a finalist in the International Thriller Writers 2009 Best Short Story Of The Year competition.

Galway Dance Centre open auditions and courses

Thu, Apr 02, 2009

Galway Dance Centre, is opening auditions for children, teens, adults to take part in the next show. The Galway Dance Centre based in Terryland Retail Park is the best place in town to learn to dance, have fun dancing, get confident and relaxed while dancing, get fit and get into shape with dancing, all this to the music of your choice, Latin, hip-hop, ballet, country, waltz — you are sure to find a course that appeals to you and suits you and your child.

Potential park and ride site investigated by council - Fahey

Thu, Apr 02, 2009

A potential site for a park and ride facility to service areas north of the city is currently being investigated by the Galway County Council, according to Galway West Fianna Fail TD and chairman of the Oireachtas Transport Committee Frank Fahey.

MEP launches Galway County Community and Voluntary Forum awareness programme

Thu, Apr 02, 2009

MEP Sean O’Neachtain this week launched the 2009 Awareness Programme for Galway County Community and Voluntary Forum (GCCVF) stating that he felt an “immense pride” in acknowledging the success of the work of the Galway Forum.

Galway City Central is not a foregone conclusion

Thu, Apr 02, 2009

This week, Insider is going to take a look at the number of first preference votes received in 2004 by candidates in the old West Ward and potentially what the outcome may be in the new Galway City Central ward in June for the sitting councillors, repeat candidates, and new candidates.

Firstly, from an electorate of 11,500, Insider believes that 55 per cent will turn out to vote. If this is the case, 6,325 people will be deciding who will represent them in City Hall.

Labour’s red rose set to bloom

Thu, Apr 02, 2009

Last weekend’s national Labour Party conference in Mullingar set out its platform for the forthcoming elections.

The art of Fianna Fáil-ure

Thu, Apr 02, 2009

Conor Casby’s nude portraits of Brian Cowen, which have been causing a sensation these last few days, reminded me of a story I once heard about Brendan Behan.

Josette leads Labour’s new charge in the county

Thu, Apr 02, 2009

Right now and heading into June’s Local Elections is a good time to be a candidate for The Labour Party. Labour could take four - perhaps if lucky five - seats in the Galway City Council, but can it do the same in the county?

The party has only one county councillor - Colm Keaveney - and Labour knows that it has an uphill battle to secure more seats in areas that have traditionally been barren ground.

Is Fianna Fáil out to get Josie Conneely?

Thu, Mar 26, 2009

What is Fianna Fáil doing in Connemara? The fortress of Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs Éamon Ó Cuív is grinding slowly, very slowly, to making a decision regarding the team that will contest the Local Elections on June 5.

Budget choices will determine our future

Thu, Mar 26, 2009

After the justified hoopla from Ireland’s rugby grand slam and Bernard Dunne’s boxing heroics, all eyes will be focused on the forthcoming Budget on April 7.

A ‘burst’ Fianna Fáil

Thu, Mar 26, 2009

“Before we go any further let’s have the split”. It’s a phenomenon the used to plague Sinn Féin until recently, but it looks like it might happen in that other Republican party Fianna Fáil - or at least its Galway city branch.

Sixth candidate enters EU North West race

Thu, Mar 26, 2009

A new Independent Donegal based candidate, Fiachra Ó Luain, has entered the race to win an EU seat for the three seat North West constituency in June’s European Elections.

Mr Ó Luain, a 27-year-old from Carndonagh, Co Donegal, is the latest entrant into the election race that includes Fianna Fáil MEP Sean Ó Neachtain, Fine Gael MEP Jim Higgins, Independent MEP Marian Harkin, Libertas founder Declan Ganley, and Sinn Féin Cllr Pádraig MacLochlainn.

Cometh the hour, cometh the man

Thu, Mar 26, 2009

Could it be that the political resurrection of Val Hanley is almost complete? That in its hour of need Fianna Fáil are looking to him to help win back a seat in Galway City West?

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