Amazon announces new wind farm project in Galway

Thu, Aug 27, 2020

Amazon have announced a new 115-megawatt (MW) wind farm project in Ardderroo, near Moycullen, which will begin operating in 2022, and will support their Amazon Web Services (AWS ) data centres in the country.

Call for city council to honour labour and finance commitments to invest in city parks

Thu, Aug 27, 2020

Community activists are calling on Galway City Council to honour pre-Covid budgetary commitments to substantially increase labour and financial resources in the city’s parks, as well as to immediately implement the lessons learnt from the lockdown that safe well-maintained biodiversity-rich urban green and blue spaces are vital to people’s health and that of the planet.

NUI Galway to receive over 300K in mental health funding

Thu, Aug 27, 2020

It has been announced that NUI Galway will receive some €313,000 to support students' mental health and wellbeing for the upcoming academic year

From Galway to Melbourne, swimmers virtual swim raises over €100k

Thu, Aug 27, 2020

The annual Frances Thornton Memorial Galway Bay Swim in aid of Cancer Care West has been held throughout the month of August this year and has already raised more than €100,000.

Reddington welcomes Claran Community Hall grant

Thu, Aug 27, 2020

A grant of some €61,000 for Claran Community Hall has been approved.

NUIG charging repeat exam fee 'the height of unfairness', says Farrell

Thu, Aug 27, 2020

At a time when there is little summer income available to students, it is "the height of unfairness" that students of NUI Galway should incur a €295 repeat exam fee, when their counterparts in other Irish universities have had their repeat fees waived.

NUIG and GMIT must 'provide clarity' over student accommodation, says Cheevers

Thu, Aug 27, 2020

Students of NUI Galway and the GMIT must not sign long term student accommodation leases until they know how long they will be physically spending on campus due to the situation with Covid-19.

Hoare calls for footpaths on Circular Road and Ballagh Road

Thu, Aug 27, 2020

The €120,000 allocated for new footpaths along Letteragh Road "will be wasted" if those new footpaths cannot be continued along Circular Road and onto St James National School.

New lighting in South Park and Blackrock will 'extend the prom in winter'

Thu, Aug 27, 2020

Public lighting along South Park, and from Blackrock to the caravan park, will be "welcomed by those who regularly walk" both areas, and such lighting will have the effect of "extending the Promenade in winter time”.

€500,000 allocated for mental health services in NUIG and GMIT

Thu, Aug 27, 2020

Almost €500,000 has been allocated to NUI Galway and the GMIT to recruit additional student counsellors and assistant psychologists.

Galway students will have access to laptops under new scheme

Thu, Aug 27, 2020

Third level students in Galway will benefit from a new €1,366,693 fund to help them access laptops and other devices, as part of a larger Government package to help the education sector deal with the impact of Covid-19.

Eco-friendly Ilen sets sail today for Aran Islands

Thu, Aug 27, 2020

Ireland’s only surviving wooden sail cargo vessel revived a tradition lost a century ago when it embarked on a symbolic series of sustainable wind-powered supply trips to islands on the south and west coasts on Sunday. And today (Thursday) it sets off on a journey from Baltimore to the Aran Islands.

Thrilling result in Ireland’s oldest and Europe’s longest inland boat race

Thu, Aug 27, 2020

The annual Cong Galway Boat Race, sponsored by Ashford Estate, took place last weekend against a backdrop of challenging weather conditions.

Sadness at death of towering arts icon Sean Stafford

Thu, Aug 27, 2020

President Michael D. Higgins has led tributes to well-known arts figure Seán Stafford who has died at the age of 96. For some 60 years, Mr Stafford served as an actor, director and board member at The National Irish Language Theatre based in Galway, ‘An Taibhdhearc’.

NMI adds final touches to MONUMENT exhibition at Galway City Museum

Thu, Aug 27, 2020

Some of the team from the National Museum of Ireland have been installing a selection of artefacts found during excavations at Dún Aonghasa, Inis Mór, into the MONUMENT exhibition at Galway City Museum over the past week.

Previté book on Corrib monastic sites reprinted due to demand

Thu, Aug 27, 2020

The awardwinning ‘Guide to Lough Corrib’s Early Monastic Sites’ written by Rev Anthony Previté a decade ago has just been reprinted and is now available at the price of €15 from Charlie Byrne’s and other bookshops.

This detailed book, containing more than 100 colour photographs, looks at the 31 settlements created by Irish monks around Lough Corrib. These range from the well preserved abbeys at Cong, Ross Errilly, and Claregalway, to the small remains at Kilian Church and Inchiquinn. The book also details the lives of the early saints who lived in, or were associated with, the areas in question.

Madison gets chance to thank Merit Medical and Blood Bike West

Thu, Aug 27, 2020

Recently, Merit Medical in conjunction with its Charity of the Year, Blood Bike West were delighted to welcome its very own VIP, Madison Hynes to help celebrate the naming of Blood Bike West’s newest fleet Bike, “Madison” which will remain for its lifetime.

Grasp the opportunity to become citizens of the sea

Thu, Aug 27, 2020

Empowering and inspiring European citizens to become citizens of the sea is one of the key goals of the European Commission’s forthcoming Mission for Healthy Oceans, Seas, Coastal and Inland Waters. The Marine Institute and the European Commission are inviting the people of Ireland to complete an online survey on their level of awareness about our oceans and seas, and share what they believe are the top priorities for the health of our ocean.

Galway couple wins wedding competition for frontline health workers

Thu, Aug 27, 2020

A Galway couple have won a once-in-a-lifetime prize of a luxury wedding at the Virginia Park Lodge in County Cavan.

Clifden social housing development moves a step closer

Thu, Aug 27, 2020

A 26 bed social housing development in Clifden moved a step closer with the signing of a contract for construction.

The scheme which is expected to commence in mid-September and take 20 months to complete, will see 18 houses and eight apartments made up of 11 two bed units, 10 one bed units and five three bed units being built at Hospital Road in the town.

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