Art exhibition to raise funds for Michael D’s campaign

Thu, Oct 06, 2011

An exhibition of artworks by leading contemporary artists to raise funds for Michael D Higgins’ presidential campaign continues in Galway until Saturday October 15 at 6pm. .

Progress made on plans for new Claregalway secondary school

Thu, Oct 06, 2011

Progress was made this week on a new secondary school for Claregalway with officials from the Department of Education and the Galway County Council seeking a site for the building.

Anti-household charge public meetings

Thu, Oct 06, 2011

Meetings to organise a campaign against the Government’s proposed household charge will take place in Ballybane and Knocknacarra.

The meeting for Ballybane takes place in The Lantern, this Monday, at 8pm, while the Knocknacarra meeting takes place in The Clybaun Hotel at 8pm on Monday October 17. The meetings are open to all and similar events are being planned for Mervue, Tirellan, Oranmore and Doughiska.

Star-studded line up for A Night For Manuela at end of month

Thu, Oct 06, 2011

Frances Black, Niamh Kavanagh, Crystal Swing, Trad on the Prom, and Don Stiffe will all perform at the A Night For Manuela fundraising concert in The Salthill Hotel on Saturday October 15.

Newly qualified teachers can use JobBridge to complete their probation, says Healy Eames

Thu, Oct 06, 2011

Fine Gael Senator for Galway West, Fidelma Healy Eames, has received confirmation from the Minister for Education that newly qualified teachers can use the JobBridge internship programme to complete their probation.

Galway to host barbershop singers convention this weekend

Thu, Oct 06, 2011

Leading Irish and European Barbershop singers are coming to Galway this weekend to entertain the public and take part in the 23rd National Convention of Barbershop Singers.

Some 16,000 signatures collected to save St Francis Nursing Home

Thu, Oct 06, 2011

The level of public support for St Francis nursing home was further illustrated this week with the announcement that the campaign has collected more than 16,000 signatures. The Keep St Francis Nursing Home Open Campaign also has the support of all five local TDs and Senator O’Clochartaigh who attended a public meeting at the Westwood Hotel to try and secure the future of the Upper Newcastle facility.

GAAW organises Peace Convoy for Shannon protests

Thu, Oct 06, 2011

The Galway Alliance Against War will mark the 10th anniversary of its foundation this Sunday with a peace convoy from Galway to Shannon Airport.

Senator Healy Eames named as patron of Institute of Community Health Nurses

Thu, Oct 06, 2011

Fine Gael senator for Galway West, Fidelma Healy Eames, has been named as a patron of the Institute of Community Health Nurses (ICHN).

Ballinasloe man jailed for ten years for sustained sex attack while victim’s son slept in next room

Thu, Oct 06, 2011

A Ballinasloe man who broke into the home of a mother of four and subjected her to a sustained sexual assault while her son slept in the next room has been sentenced to 14 years with the final four years suspended.

Galway pharmacist gets life for murder of elderly neighbour

Thu, Oct 06, 2011

A Galway pharmacist has been sentenced to life in prison for the brutal murder of her elderly neighbour in Newry three years ago.

Footballers, academics, and singer-songwriters to address major Sinn Féin Galway conference

Thu, Oct 06, 2011

Sinn Féin presidential candidate Martin McGuinness, Tyrone Gaelic football hero Peter Canavan; NUI, Galway lecturer Dr Lionel Pilkington; and singer-songwriter Seán Tyrrell will speak at a major Sinn Féin conference in The Galway Bay Hotel, Salthill, tomorrow.

Lady Morgan and the Eccentric Mr Kirwan

Thu, Oct 06, 2011

Lady Morgan refers to Richard Kirwan (1733-1812) in several of her books, but her fullest portrait is found in The Book of the Boudoir (1829). She became acquainted with him during the last years of his life. She had by then published her most famous novel, The Wild Irish Girl (1806), and was the toast of Dublin and London literary society.

New figures show slight rise in Galway city house prices

Thu, Oct 06, 2011

While temperatures failed to rise noticeably during the summer months property prices in Galway city were climbing gradually with a one per cent rise recorded.

Galway hospitals celebrate poetry festival

Thu, Oct 06, 2011

The Arts Trust at Galway University Hospital is today celebrating All-Ireland Poetry Day. A poetry project called A Moment in Time has been set up and it will bring a short anthology of poems, selected by renowned poet Mark Roper, to the patients and staff of University Hospital and Merlin Park University Hospital.

Work to start on Knocknacarra Community Centre next February

Thu, Oct 06, 2011

The dates for both the beginning and completion of works for the long awaited Knocknacarra Community Centre at Cappagh Park have this week been confirmed.

Exiled Iranian lawyer to speak in Galway

Thu, Oct 06, 2011

Mohammad Mostafaei, an Iranian lawyer in exile, will be speaking in Galway this weekend on the issue of human rights in Iran.

Mr Mostafaei will be speaking in the Nuns Island Theatre this Saturday at 8pm as a guest of Amnesty International Ireland.

Community in shock following murder of popular teacher and publican

Thu, Sep 29, 2011

As a tight-knit community struggles to come to terms with the murder of a popular teacher and part-time publican, gardai are continuing to appeal for information in order to piece together what occurred at Kenny’s Bar in Oughterard.