Planning for new Clifden Hospital due within months

Thu, Mar 23, 2023

Plans for a brand new 40-bed hospital in Clifden to serve Connemara will be submitted to Galway County Council before the summer, it was revealed yesterday (Wednesday)

Government scheme needed as rural areas need more doctors

Thu, Mar 23, 2023

Cllr Andrew Reddington has stated that the current doctor shortage in the Headford area is of serious concern for many locals. He has called on government to start a financial scheme to entice doctors to rural areas.

Galway Autism Partnership one of seven groups nationwide to benefit from carer funding

Thu, Mar 23, 2023

A Galway charity has been added to a list of seven organisations nationwide that will benefit from government funding of over €700,000 in a bid to support and improve employment opportunities for family carers.

Inaugural Nelson Mandela Anti-Racism Week at University of Galway

Thu, Mar 23, 2023

University of Galway has launched its inaugural Nelson Mandela Anti-Racism Week.

Regional business summit to address challenges facing companies in west of Ireland

Thu, Mar 23, 2023

Business leaders from the west of Ireland are invited to a University of Galway business summit, focusing on addressing challenges companies face in terms of talent attraction and retention, and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and sustainability issues.

Organised by the University’s J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics, the Regional Business Summit – Engaging People and Leading on Sustainability, takes place on campus on Friday March 31, from 8.45am to 1.30pm in the Bailey Allen Hall.

G-P and Connacht Rugby announce three year partnership

Thu, Mar 23, 2023

G-P (Globalization Partners), the leading Global Employment Platform™, today announced a three year partnership with Connacht Rugby. As an official partner of Connacht Rugby, G-P is excited to be supporting the team both on and off the pitch.

Music for Galway presents Irish Baroque Orchestra’s production of Bach masterpiece

Thu, Mar 23, 2023

As part of its Bach season, Music for Galway is delighted to present the Irish Baroque Orchestra’s production of Bach masterpiece, St. Matthew’s Passion, in Galway’s Cathedral on Saturday March 25 at 7.30pm.

Highlighting the challenge of living with an acquired brain injury

Thu, Mar 23, 2023

by Dr. Denise O’Dwyer, Principal Psychologist, National Learning Network (NLN) and Ciara Hennigan, Senior Instructor, Quest Brain Injury Services, Galway.

Skal International Galway to honour Mary Bennett next week

Thu, Mar 23, 2023

Skal International Galway will honour Galway businesswoman and the first ever female World President of Skal International, Mary Bennett at a special celebratory black tie Dinner in the Ardilaun Hotel, Galway on Thursday, next March 30.

Successful Traveller and Roma Film Festival ends tomorrow

Thu, Mar 23, 2023

Mainstream cinema often portrays Traveller and Roma communities through narrow stereotypes of violence, criminality or mysticism, while less widely seen cultural cinema has forged a small but significant tradition of more authentic and celebratory representations.

The four-day curated festival of critically acclaimed film highlights this tradition and brings members of the Traveller and Roma communities from inside and beyond the University together with the wider community and the general public in discussion of how diverse ethnicities can be celebrated, in and through media. ‘Whist A Thary’ is a phrase from the Irish Cant language which translates as ‘Stop your talking and look’!

Approval of strategic assessment report for ED at University Hospital Galway

Thu, Mar 23, 2023

The Department of Health has approved the Strategic Assessment Report (SAR) for the delivery of a new Emergency Department and Women’s and Children’s Department at University Hospital Galway, according to Senator Seán Kyne.

Senator Kyne stated he has received confirmation from Saolta that the SAR has been approved for this vital project.

Dutch Ambassador shows Galway cycling advocates how officials can lead by example

Thu, Mar 23, 2023

Galway Cycling Campaign were delighted to meet last week with the Ambassador of the Netherlands at the University of Galway. Joined by Ciaran Cannon TD, the group was keen to discuss the challenges facing Galway in making its streets safer for people who cycle, and making Galway City a more welcoming and liveable space.

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Thu, Mar 23, 2023

Night shots of Gort focus of exhibition by Ukrainian woman

A unique exhibition of photographs by a Ukrainian woman living in a Co Galway town is being launched this coming Sunday March 26 in The Hidden Gem Café in Bridge Street, in Gort.

Young Galway entrepreneurs to represent the county at national level

Thu, Mar 23, 2023

Local enterprise office Galway has announced that teenage entrepreneurs from Gort and Salthill will represent Galway at this year’s student enterprise programme national finals on Friday May 5. The finals make a return to Croke Park for the first time since 2019.

Becca’s trek to Everest Base Camp raises funds for worthy charities

Thu, Mar 23, 2023

Kinvara teenager Rebecca Patterson, who had vowed to undertake an adventure to raise funds for two worthy charities, is on her way back down from Everest Base Camp after completing her trek this week.

People Before Profit to launch ‘Galway Transport Vision’

Thu, Mar 23, 2023

People Before Profit Galway have produced a document putting forward their vision for the future of transport in Galway, to be launched in the city tomorrow. The party will hold a launch of the document on Friday 24th March, at 2pm downstairs in Áras na nGael, Dominick Street.

Speaking at the launch will be People Before Profit TD Gino Kenny, and the party’s three candidates for the 2024 local elections in Galway city – Adrian Curran (City Central), Maisie McMaster (City West) and Denman Rooke (City East).

Irish Vegan Gala in city this weekend

Thu, Mar 23, 2023

The second Irish Vegan Gala will be held in the Western Hotel on Prospect Hill this Sunday from 12-5pm and everyone is invited to attend.

Irish Vegan Gala was set up last April, 2022 in Galway by local vegans to advocate for veganism by showcasing local food and other producers including art, music, crafts in a relaxed social setting allowing vegans and not as yet-vegans to mix and interact.

Sports Centre of Excellence in Renville gets green light

Thu, Mar 23, 2023

The sporting needs of this and future generations in the Oranmore area received a mega boost this week when An Bord Pleanála granted planning permission for the much needed Renville Sports & Community Grounds, a Sports Centre of Excellence, in the area of Oranmore-Maree. Renville Sports & Community Grounds will serve the sporting needs of the area with a number of all-weather and full size pitches, and other community facilities.

City centre street rehabilitation and drainage to start next week

Thu, Mar 23, 2023

A Galway charity has been added to a list of seven organisations nationwide that will benefit from government funding of over €700,000 in a bid to support and improve employment opportunities for family carers.

Cometh the hour forward, cometh the light

Thu, Mar 23, 2023

This approaching period is my favourite time of the year. The changing of the clocks, the arrival of summertime, the stretch in the evening, they are all signs that this time is upon us. The time of possibility, of change, of shedding off the miserable skins of the long winter; drying off the incessant rains that always arrive in March and make us wonder if we have the calendars right at all.

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