A spaceman came travelling — Chris Hadfield’s doing his bit for the Wild Atlantic Way

Thu, Nov 16, 2017

The world’s most famous modern day astronaut Chris Hadfield jetted into Shannon Airport last week and stated it was good to be back on Ireland’s west coast.

Ten men and 30 hours and Eyre Square’s Big Wheel is back

Thu, Nov 16, 2017

In just its second appearance, the Ferris wheel in Eyre Square has become a seasonal part of the Galway city skyline, standing at 32 metres high.

The Big Wheel runs from mid-November right up to December 22, and will carry thousands of visitors over the next four weeks.

Search continues for man who went missing in the river

Thu, Nov 16, 2017

A wide ranging search for a man who went missing in the River Corrib was due to resume in the city this morning. The search, which is now entering its third day, follows reports of a man in the river on Monday morning.

Let light guide us through the winter

Thu, Nov 16, 2017

There is a strong sense of impending Christmas about Galway this week. Tomorrow, the city lights will be switched on, in a progressive way by a city-hopping Santa who will by the end of his journey have brought the power of illumination to us all. The crews have been working on this and on the Christmas Market stalls and huts for the past seven days. The clang clang of their hammers and drills; the constant beeping of the reversing vehicles; the rattling of the dividing fences that will provide safety, the chatter of men dangling by ropes from the steel structure that forms the big Ferris wheel, almost 100 feet above the ground.

All smiles at new Kingston Dental Practice

Thu, Nov 16, 2017

Kingston Dental, located in Knocknacarra shopping centre on the Kingston Road, is dedicated to promoting beautiful and healthy smiles from their state of the art practice.

Galway is now the most multilingual city in Ireland

Tue, Nov 14, 2017

Galway is now the most multilingual city in Ireland with 20 per cent of the city's population speaking a language other than Irish or English at home, according to a new report by two NUI Galway academics.

Collins McNicholas to host Monster Table Quiz in aid of Pieta House

Sat, Nov 11, 2017

Collins McNicholas Recruitment & HR Services Group is holding a number of charity events in aid of Pieta House including a fundraising Table Quiz in the Huntsman Inn on Tuesday November 21 commencing at 7.30pm.

Pieta House is a suicide and self-harm crisis centre founded by psychologist Joan Freeman. Pieta House opened its doors over a decade ago with Lucan in County Dublin the centre of operations. Since then Pieta have seen and helped over 30,000 people in suicidal distress or engaging in self-harm, and established thirteen subsequent centres across Ireland. Pieta House provides a professional, face-to-face, free of charge therapeutic service for people in the acute stages of distress. http://www.pieta.ie/

TG4 tribute show in memory of singer Larry Cunningham

Sat, Nov 11, 2017

This Saturday night (Nov 11),  TG4 will screen a 70-minute tribute show in memory of singer Larry Cunningham.

Nominations sought for Galway People of the Year Awards

Fri, Nov 10, 2017

Nominations for the 2017 Galway People of the Year Awards are now being sought by the organising committee.

The awards were set up in 1995 to give public recognition to individuals and groups, who through their personal leadership, participation, courage, or achievements have made an outstanding contribution to their local communities at home or abroad.

'We want to highlight the incredible richness of the city and its hinterland'

Thu, Nov 09, 2017

Today, Thursday November 9, the Galway City Museum officially celebrates its 10th anniversary and, by any measure it has been a decade of success. Annual visitor numbers have risen from 16,000 in its first year to 216,000 last year. The museum has received TripAdvisor’s Certificate of Excellence for five years running and it meets all 34 requirements in the Heritage Council’s rigorous Museums Standards Programme.

Marty-party — Four more years for Boston’s Connemara Mayor

Thu, Nov 09, 2017

Boston’s mayor of Galwegian descent, Marty Walsh, won re-election to the office in the early hours of yesterday morning and within hours of his re-election, vowed to visit Galway next summer

Galway kickboxers caught up in suspected terror attack in Tuscany

Thu, Nov 09, 2017

The IKF Ireland Kickboxing team who fought in the Unified World Martial Arts/Kickboxing Championships in Marina Di Carrara in Tuscany were caught up in what was at the time, a suspected terror attack.

However, it transpired that it was a demonstration of weapons training involving shooting blanks that went wrong and no one was properly warned.

GMIT to host public lecture on Ireland’s financial crisis

Thu, Nov 09, 2017

The GMIT School of Business will host a public lecture by Ireland’s representative on the European Court of Auditors, Kevin Cardiff, in the Galway campus on Monday next, November 13, 11am to 12 noon.

We should never forget the words of Gordon Wilson

Thu, Nov 09, 2017

So recalled the late Gordon Wilson as he watched his daughter lying critically injured under the rubble in Enniskillen, in an era which seems like it was thousands of miles away and hundreds of years ago, but which in reality just happened a few hours up the road 30 years ago this week.

High sock-ciety — owners thrilled as Varadkar appreciates Galway company’s socks

Thu, Nov 09, 2017

A Galway business has received the approval of An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, after he posted images of four pairs of socks he received on his social media pages.

Free information meeting on ageing well in Galway

Thu, Nov 09, 2017

COPE Galway Community Support and HSE Older People’s Services in Galway are hosting “Ageing Well in Galway”, a free information meeting, on Thursday November 23 in the Salthill Hotel, Promenade, Galway from 10am to 1.30pm.

Topics will include the Fair Deal or Nursing Home Support Scheme, Home Care Packages, Home Help, Home Improvement Grants, Community Support, Lunch Clubs and Meals on Wheels.

TG4 boss hails ‘long and influencing service’ of retiring colleague

Thu, Nov 09, 2017

It was announced this week that TG4 Leascheannasaí (Deputy Chief Executive) Pádhraic Ó Ciardha will leave the service on early retirement in February 2018 after over 23 years’ service.

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Thu, Nov 09, 2017

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Bawnmore Cross — Are we waiting for schoolchildren to die?

Thu, Nov 09, 2017

Last week another truck overturned at Bawnmore Cross in Claregalway, spilling its load of huge logs across the road, onto the walls and into a field. This was the thirtieth time that an accident has happened here in the past few years, but the more remarkable fact is that nobody has yet been killed, given its proximity to a local national school. Last week, Cllr Malachy Noone said that it is only a matter of time before we see a school uniform trapped under those logs and now locals have said they have had enough.

Cardiac surgery study day to take place in Galway

Thu, Nov 09, 2017

The Saolta University Health Care Group in consultation with the RCSI will host a cardiac surgery study day at the Medtronic Customer Innovation Centre in Galway on Friday, November 24.

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