Temple House tickets go on sale

Thu, Feb 10, 2011

Early bird tickets for the award winning Temple House Music and Arts Festival, which takes place in the grounds of the Temple House estate, near Ballymote in Sligo from 10-12 June 2011, are now on sale priced €99 (including camping) from www.ticketmaster.ie

Temple House Festival, which was recently voted Best New European Festival, has also announced that Arveene & Misk, two young producer/DJs who over the past two years have taken the underground by storm have also been added to the line-up. As re-mixers, their credits read like a who's who in electronic dance music, including the likes of Mr. Oizo, The Prodigy, Calvin Harris, Felix the Housecat, Zombie Nation or more recently Kelis on labels such as Kitsune, Ed Banger, Bang Gang, and Turbo. Recently the duo has put out two more tracks, an original called Love & Lust, feat. the vocal of Steo Gunn, and dropping on NY label "plant" and a remix for Kelis, already getting huge support from the music community and getting airplay all over, including Annie Mac's, Kiss FM, and more all across UK.

Foley to kick off Valentine’s Weekend in CPs

Thu, Feb 10, 2011

Today FM’s Ray Foley kicks off Valentines Weekend at Central Park, tomorrow Friday.

Slender range available at Matt O’Flaherty Chemists

Thu, Feb 10, 2011

The Slender range which is now available from Matt O’Flaherty Chemists is a 100 per cent natural weight loss range which consists of new Slender Xcellerate plusSlender Sleep, Slender Pro Active and Slender Pu’erh Tea.

Slender Xcellerate PLUS is a food supplement that now contains chilli extract along with Green Tea and Yerba Mate extracts, which can influence the uptake of sugar and fat from the diet.

Inkfingers prides itself on unique tattoos from its experienced team

Thu, Feb 10, 2011

Galway’s IInkfingers Custom Tattoo Studio is staffed by a team of experienced artists who pride themselves on the quality and uniqueness of their work.

Submissions sought for new Town Hall studio programme

Thu, Feb 10, 2011

THE TOWN Hall Theatre will launch a pilot programme for new work this May called Studio THT.

Westwood Wedding Fair a huge success

Thu, Feb 10, 2011

A very large turnout attended the Four Star Westwood Hotel in Galway last Sunday for their third Annual ‘Weddings @ The Westwood” Wedding Fair.

Cocktails at the ‘g’-eneral Election

Thu, Feb 10, 2011

If you are finding the election campaign and canvassing thirsty work, or just wish to proclaim your political colours while enjoying a social drink, then why not enjoy a Political Cocktail?

Independents to have their day on February 25?

Thu, Feb 10, 2011

County Galway is normally an unhappy hunting ground for Independents seeking election to Dáil Éireann, but that could all change on February 25?

Galway West has never elected an Independent while Galway East has only elected two - Paddy McHugh in 2002 and Michael Donnellan in 1943 and 1944. As such the trend is not in the Independents favour. However Election 2011 looks set to finally overturn Galway’s reputation for being ‘boringly predictable’. The question is, can the Independents capitalise?

Questions Galway’s Labour candidates must answer

Thu, Feb 10, 2011

This election marks the end of an era for Galway Labour. Michael D Higgins is hopefully heading for the greener pastures of the Phoenix Park. What may prove to be a gain for Ireland is certainly a loss for the Labour Party. For many on the Left Michael D represented the party’s “conscience”.

What they say and what they mean

Thu, Feb 10, 2011

Political jargon, soundbites, double-talk, whatever you call it, politicians have bucketloads of it and over the next two weeks they will bombard us with all the stock clichés and responses they possess.

There’s no show now that it’s a no-Joe show

Thu, Feb 10, 2011

And so ends the great political career that never was.

Young man dies following horrific Loughrea crash

Thu, Feb 10, 2011

A young Loughrea man died in hospital yesterday after suffering serious head injuries in a road traffic accident earlier this week.

Student nurses stage lunchtime protest over ‘savage’ pay cuts

Thu, Feb 10, 2011

Members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) staged a lunchtime demonstration outside University Hospital Galway yesterday (Wednesday) in protest over Government plans to introduce “savage” pay cuts for fourth year student nurses.

New premises for The Western Writers’ Centre

Thu, Feb 10, 2011

THE Western Writers’ Centre has moved into new premises at The Hynes Building, Saint Clare’s Walk, Merchants Road, also home to Babaró and An Taibhdhearc.

The centre provides a drop-in information service on all aspects of creative writing and publishing; information on play and movie-scripting; and a manuscript reading service. It also organises readings and launches, and the annual Forge at Gort literature festival in March.

Engine failure led to plane crash which killed Salthill pilot

Thu, Feb 10, 2011

An investigation by the Air Accident Investigation Unit (AAIU) has concluded that engine failure was the cause of a plane crash near Ireland West Airport Knock in May 2008 which resulted in the tragic death of a Salthill man.

The final results of the investigation, released this week, also found that the injuries inflicted on the pilot, 51-year-old Markus Casey of Dr Mannix Road, Salthill, had been exacerbated by the failure of the single diagonal seatbelt harness to restrain him adequately during impact rotation.

Marilyn Bane to take on Jedward

Thu, Feb 10, 2011

Athenry singer and actress Marilyn Bane will be hoping to represent Ireland at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, as part of the pop group Bling.

Galway to hold first arts hustings to quiz candidates

Thu, Feb 10, 2011

The Galway West candidates will be quizzed on their arts and culture policies at the first election hustings to be held by arts workers to be held in Galway.

Significant progress set to be made on new route to Connemara

Thu, Feb 10, 2011

Significant progress is due to be made on proposals for a new improved road from Galway city to Connemara, which if successful could lead to a reduction in the number of lands that are “frozen” prohibiting many families along the route getting planning permission.

Walsh welcomes FG programme for unemployed graduates

Thu, Feb 10, 2011

Galway has been earmarked for up to 1,000 places on Fine Gael’s National Internship Programme for unemployed graduates, according to the party’s Galway West candidate Brian Walsh.

Fahey accuses Labour of ‘jeopardising’ Ireland’s corporation tax rate

Thu, Feb 10, 2011

Fianna Fáil in government might have given us an unstable property boom, economic implosion, cash sucking zombie banks, and, under orders from the EU/IMF, a crippling national debt, but for Frank Fahey, Labour is the real threat to the economy.

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