Galway out to win Puppy of the Year in successive years

Thu, Sep 02, 2021

Can Galway claim top prize two years in a row? With an amazing prize worth €1,500 for the winning pooch Petmania Galway, along with sponsors BETA, has launched the hugely popular Puppy of the Year Competition for 2021.

Make your cuppa count for Galway Hospice

Thu, Sep 02, 2021

Make your cuppa count for Galway Hospice by supporting this year’s Bewley’s Big Coffee Morning Social For Hospice.

Corrib Great Southern site must be used for benefit of local community, says Farrell

Thu, Sep 02, 2021

The demolition of the former Corrib Great Southern Hotel must “mark the first step” in a new chapter for the site, one that will see it become of “benefit to people living in the locality”.

Aran Islands RNLI crew brings nine people to safety

Thu, Sep 02, 2021

The Aran Islands volunteer lifeboat crew were requested by the Irish Coast Guard to launch their All-Weather Severn Lifeboat on Monday afternoon to help an angling boat.

Kylemore Abbey concert tonight by pianist, John O’Conor to celebrate Irish-China cultural links

Thu, Sep 02, 2021

A very special classical music concert by renowned Irish pianists John O’Conor and Joe O’Grady will be streamed globally from county Galway tonight Thursday 2 September at 7:00pm.

Free upskilling workshops for community groups this autumn

Thu, Sep 02, 2021

Galway Volunteer Centre is inviting volunteers, staff, and board members of local community, sports, environmental organisations, and not-for-profit groups to participate in a variety of free upskilling workshops in September, October and November.

Indoor live music to return to Galway from next Monday

Thu, Sep 02, 2021

Indoor live music events are set to return to Galway on a regular basis, following Minister for Arts, Catherine Martin’s announcement on the easing of restrictions.

Start of college highlights ongoing housing crisis, warns Farrell

Thu, Sep 02, 2021

Students are returning to Galway, and many are struggling to find accommodation. Again, the start of college has “laid bare the fact that the housing system in Galway is at a breaking point”.

Electronic waste free collection day

Thu, Sep 02, 2021

Galway householders are being urged to bring their electrical and electronic waste to a free collection day to help the county meet recycling targets which have increased since the first lockdown in 2020.

Rhatigan commences work on one of Ireland’s most sustainable large buildings

Thu, Sep 02, 2021

The new Martin Naughton E3 Learning Foundry brings together Engineering, Environment and Emerging Technologies on Trinity College Dublin’s campus in Dublin city centre The ceremonial sod-turning for it, hosted by then Trinity provost Dr Patrick Prendergast and his successor, Professor Linda Doyle, was attended by Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris, TD, and by philanthropist Dr Martin Naughton of Glen Dimplex, who donated €25 million towards the development of the facility.

COPE Galway concerned about an increase in homelessness this winter

Thu, Sep 02, 2021

COPE Galway fear that the west will experience a growth in homelessness this coming winter.

Listen to your heart, advises Croi CEO ahead of webinar

Thu, Sep 02, 2021

Croi CEO, Neil Johnson has advised people to find out more about heart valve disease by tuning into a webinar to be held in two week’s time.

Oranmore seeks public realm that supports active travel and recreation, survey shows

Thu, Sep 02, 2021

An extensive survey into how Oranmore locals feel is neded for the enhancement of the village has shown that there is significant demand an increased public realm space and traffic restructions.

Implantable stimulator device combines with body power to treat disease, damage and sports injury, Galway research illustrates

Thu, Sep 02, 2021

Researchers at CÚRAM, the SFI Research Centre for Medical Devices based at NUI Galway, have shown how the simple act of walking can power an implantable stimulator device to speed up treatment of musculoskeletal diseases.

Cairde trip on Galway Hookers for front-line hospital staff

Thu, Sep 02, 2021

Fourteen staff from three Galway hospitals were the winners of the free staff draw set up as a big thank you by Cairde Othair na Gaillimhe (Friends of Galway Patients) to all staff working on the front line during the worst period of stress and pressure in all our lives.

500,000 vaccine milestone reached in Saolta region

Thu, Sep 02, 2021

The vaccination centres in the West and North West have hit the milestone of delivering 500,000 vaccines since the first vaccination centre opened at the end of February.

Tributes paid to Annaghdown man after fatal Cornamona accident

Thu, Sep 02, 2021

The Annaghdown community is in shock this week after the death of a popular local man in a traffic collision in Cornamona last weekend.

Fourteen Travellers take their first steps towards higher education

Thu, Sep 02, 2021

A group of 14 Irish Travellers have been recognised at a special ceremony after completing NUI Galway Access Centre’s first Educational Transition Project (ETP).

And now, it’s over to us

Thu, Sep 02, 2021

There has been so much light at the far end of the tunnel for the last while, that it must be bathed in gates of paradise-style rays of illumination at this stage, given all the hope and patience that we have endured since the spring. One would have thought that after the Government announcement on Tuesday evening, that there would be universal welcome for it all, but instead, the reaction has been tempered. The world has been scarred by all of this and it will take time to get used again to full venues, to full trains and buses. There is.

Now, the onus has been placed on our own behaviour to keep ourselves and others safe. This will bring great moments of liberty, but also great responsibility as we are handed the keys to a healthy future. We welcome the re-opening of increased capacity venues and what that brings to our lives, through art, culture, education or worship.