NUI Galway graduate named China’s Excellent Scientist

Thu, Jan 06, 2011

NUI Galway graduate Professor Chun Chang Huang, has been honoured with the prestigious ‘Excellent Scientist of China’ Award in China. Chun Chang Huang is a Professor at the Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, China.

Youth café funding for Westside welcomed by Cameron

Thu, Jan 06, 2011

Establishing a youth café in Westside has received a major boost as the Galway City Council has sourced €40,000 for the development of cafés in RAPID areas of the city.

The funding will be rolled out by the Youth Officer of the VEC in conjunction with the RAPID committee of the council.

Councillors to vote on Headford Road centre next week

Thu, Jan 06, 2011

City councillors will have to decide on whether to grant or reject planning permission for a neighbourhood and community centre for the Ballinfoile/Castlegar area.

GAAW to screen new John Pilger film tonight

Thu, Jan 06, 2011

The Galway Alliance Against War will screen John Pilger’s new film, The War You Don’t See, in Monroe’s, Dominick Street, this evening at 8pm.

Losing weight as a New Year’s resolution

Thu, Jan 06, 2011

With the New Year in full swing now, many of you will have already decided on your new year’s resolution. For those of you who are determined to lose weight this year - you are not alone, as a whopping one in three people will look to select this as one of their New Years Resolutions. While many will decide on committing to annual gym memberships, there will also be many that will look at Xipisan™ as a convenient solution to losing weight naturally.

Spice up the New Year by learning how to cook Indian

Thu, Jan 06, 2011

If you fancy cooking some hot meals in the kitchen to spice up these wintry days, why not look at the Curry and Spice Indian Cookery Classes which start in Galway this month.

Celebrate your wedding day in style at the Clayton Hotel

Thu, Jan 06, 2011

Choosing your wedding venue is one of the most important decisions you will make when planning your wedding. You may be looking for a venue that offers something a little different, something a little special to make your day a magical experience for you and your guests.

Zhivago to hold half price sale for three days only

Thu, Jan 06, 2011

Zhivago are to hold a three-day half price sale this Friday, Saturday and Sunday as part of their fantastic sale.

Wicked leaks — burst pipes bring New Year misery for thousands

Thu, Dec 30, 2010

Thousands of households and business in Galway city and county are facing a miserable start of the New Year with burst water pipes and leaks causing millions of euro in damage to homes and premises. Water restrictions are already in place right across Galway and will remain so until at least next week.

Missing Blathnaid’s sister says her movements were ‘out of character’

Thu, Dec 30, 2010

A fresh appeal was made last night for information relating to the whereabouts of missing Glenamaddy woman Blathnaid Timothy.

From bailout to baleouts — it’s leak and potato soup

Thu, Dec 30, 2010

Grab hold of your stopcock. Make sure your ballcock is floating. Now relax there in the dark of the attic.

Just when we thought it couldn’t get any worse, it has. Just when we thought that with the Christmas confession and all that we had purged ourselves of the sins and excesses of the Celtic Tiger, the weather gods decide to play one more cruel trick on us and say “grand, we’ll take away the ice and the snow, but we’ll give ye water instead and this time it’ll come through the ceiling, through the floors, out of the walls.

Sadness at passing of human rights champion

Thu, Dec 30, 2010

Tributes have been paid to Professor Kevin Boyle— a founder of the Irish Centre for Human Rights at NUI, Galway — who died this week.

Tuesday will be chaotic in our local hospitals fears Connolly as redundancy programme kicks in

Thu, Dec 30, 2010

The decision by clerical staff in the Regional and Merlin Park Hospitals to avail of the redundancy package offered by the HSE West will leave consultants and doctors without essential secretarial and clerical staff

Fine Gael adds Cannon to Galway East General Election ticket

Thu, Dec 30, 2010

Former PD leader Senator Ciaran Cannon has been added to the Fine Gael ticket to contest the General Election in the Galway East constituency.

Conditional approval given for Arts Millennium Building extension at NUI Galway

Thu, Dec 30, 2010

NUI Galway has received conditional approval from Galway City Council to build an extension to the Arts Millennium Building.

TG4 to explore the life of Raiftearaí an File

Thu, Dec 30, 2010

GENERATIONS OF Irish school children were taught to recite Mise Raiftearaí an File, believing it to be by the Mayo/Galway poet Antoine Ó Raifteiri, which he wrote about himself.

One third of UHG patients could be treated at Ballinasloe or Roscommon hospitals

Thu, Dec 30, 2010

More than one third of patients currently treated at University Hospital Galway could be cared for instead at Portiuncula and Roscommon hospitals, according to the HSE.

Ro’s set for the North Pole challenge

Thu, Dec 30, 2010

A local man will raise funds for six of his favourite charities when he participates in the North Pole Marathon next year.

Groundbreaking NUI Galway research to pave way for first treatments for secondary progressive MS

Thu, Dec 30, 2010

Groundbreaking research carried out at NUI Galway is expected to pave the way for the first treatments for secondary progressive multiple sclerosis.

Students from six local schools to take part in Lego challenge

Thu, Dec 30, 2010

Students from six Galway schools are finalising their entries for the first Lego League Robotics Challenge national finals which take place at the Radisson Hotel on Saturday January 8.

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