Keep up to date with the latest travel advice on zika virus

Thu, Feb 04, 2016

Irish people are being advised to take appropriate precautions if visiting Central and South America and the Caribbean. The advice comes in the wake of the World Health Organisation’s declaration of the zika virus as a public health emergency of international concern.

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade currently has travel advisories in place for 32 countries and territories in response to the ongoing outbreak.

Fahy Travel Worldchoice win ITAA Travel Agent of the Year 2016

Thu, Feb 04, 2016

Fahy Travel Worldchoice hs scooped a prestigious travel award after being named as the ITAA Travel Agent of the Year at the Irish Travel Industry Awards.

Have a heavenly honeymoon with Corrib Travel

Thu, Feb 04, 2016

So you're planning your honeymoon? Congratulations! The honeymoon is an important part of the wedding experience, and a much-needed escape after months of exciting, yet exhausting wedding planning

Upskill with a computerised accounts (Sage 50) award

Thu, Feb 04, 2016

In recent times many businesses are relying on debt and credit control to maintain cashflow. A working knowledge of a computerised accounts system, such as Sage, will prove beneficial in achieving this task and will also transfer as an employable skill.

Getting Galway’s jobless back on the road

Thu, Feb 04, 2016

The Galway-Roscommon Education Training Board has scheduled a number of courses to provide professional driver training to job seekers.

A career in business, marketing, or PR

Thu, Feb 04, 2016

No matter what your current level of education is or what qualifications you hold, a business qualification provides a stepping stone not only for job opportunities but also for career advancement. Equally, despite vast changes in the business world, some courses are still the bedrock on which companies operate.

An Tobar Nua counselling

Thu, Feb 04, 2016

An Tobar Nua Counselling offers professional, confidential, and non-judgmental counselling. The aim of the counselling service is to support and assist people in overcoming life’s challenges as they move towards healing and positive change. The counselling service is free of charge, however donations are appreciated.

Bluebird Care continues to expand with announcement of thirty new jobs

Thu, Feb 04, 2016

Due to sustained growth in demand for its homecare services Bluebird Care has 30 vacancies for care assistants to be filled over the next three months. The vacancies are in both Galway city and county.

St Nicholas' among historic Galway buildings to benefit from new investment

Tue, Feb 02, 2016

St Nicholas Collegiate Church is one of a number of historic buildings, across Galway city and county, set to benefit from Government funding of €117,000 under the built heritage investment scheme.

Use community employment schemes to keep people in work demands Grealish

Tue, Feb 02, 2016

It costs only "a couple of hundred euro more a year" to keep people in work on a community employment scheme then to have them on Dole, and yet under current rules, people on such schemes are being forced back into unemployment once their time is up.

Catherine Connolly to launch General Election campaign

Mon, Feb 01, 2016

Independent left city councillor Catherine Connolly will formally launch her Election 2016 campaign this evening at 8.30pm in the Park Hotel, where the guest speaker will be poet and activist Sarah Clancy.

Sinn Féin - tiocfaidh ár lá?

Thu, Jan 28, 2016

Sen Trevor Ó Clochartaigh stands on the brink of becoming the first Sinn Féin TD returned in Galway since 1922. If he pulls this off, it will be an achievement in a constituency long considered very hostile to Republicans and republicanism.

Fine Gael - short of winning two seats?

Thu, Jan 28, 2016

National opinion poll figures over the last month have seen Fine Gael come in between 28 to 32 per cent, which, if replicated on polling day in Galway West would ensure two seats.

Labour - Galway West's great conundrum

Thu, Jan 28, 2016

Depending on your point of view, Labour's Derek Nolan is destined to crash and burn, or is Galway West's great survivor, who in spite of all, will defy the odds and trends, and retain his seat at Election 2016.

Fianna Fáil - no decline, no progress

Thu, Jan 28, 2016

Stagnant is a word that has been used to describe Fianna Fáil's support levels over the last five years. While it has recovered slightly since the Election 2011 massacre, where it fell to 17.5 per cent, opinion polls have shown it stubbornly stuck around the 18 to 20 mark.

Cosmic dangers to be explored at this weekend’s Galway Astronomy Festival

Thu, Jan 28, 2016

Comets, meteors, solar storms, and other phenomena that pose a danger to our planet will be explored at the annual Galway Astronomy Festival, which takes place in the Westwood Hotel this Saturday.

Organised by Galway Astronomy Club, the theme for this year’s festival is ‘Beyond Earth: dangers from the cosmos’, featuring an eventful day of workshops, trade and information stalls, and talks by internationally acclaimed speakers.

New Sean-nós Dancer in Residence at Centre for Irish Studies

Thu, Jan 28, 2016

NUI Galway’s Centre for Irish Studies has announced the appointment of Páraic Ó hOibicín as Sean-nós Dancer in Residence for 2016.

A native of Leitir Mucú in Connemara, Páraic Ó hOibicín is one of a generation of dancers who led the revival of sean-nós dance in the late twentieth century. Key to Páraic’s style of dancing, is a faithful nod to older dancers and the tradition that he saw in his youth. He credits Máirtín Beag Ó Gríofa as the most important influence in his development as a sean-nós dancer. Páraic’s style is highly individual, with a lightness and individuality of step recognisable the world over.

Former Connacht rugby captain appointed GMIT school of business head

Thu, Jan 28, 2016

Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) has appointed Professor Graham Heaslip as Head of the GMIT School of Business.

Participants required for study on the efficacy of pilates in falls prevention

Thu, Jan 28, 2016

NUI Galway is currently recruiting participants for a new study on the efficacy of Pilates in falls prevention in healthy older adults over 65 years old. The outcomes assessed will include questionnaires and tests of physical activity, balance, foot pressure, mobility, gait, cognition and falls.

One hour classes will take place in Áras Moyola twice weekly for three months with three participants in each class. There will be a total of 24 sessions for each group for the main study and participants are advised to wear comfortable clothes for exercises. There will be a further smaller study of 12 sessions for six weeks with two groups of four participants.

Meyrick Meetup for Beolas Innovation to showcase opportunities for startups in Galway

Thu, Jan 28, 2016

Beolas Innovation in association with Startup Europe Week are hosting a meetup in the Meyrick Hotel,Galway from 4 - 6pm on February 4 to showcase the opportunities for startups provided locally in Galway by various agencies.

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