Galway Indian Community to hold major Diwali celebration

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

Diwali, the festival of lights, and an ancient Hindu festival celebrated in every autumn in India, will be marked by the city’s Indian community this month with a major, celebratory, event, to which all Galway is invited.

Sketching in the City of the Tribes

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

When you think of plein air painting, Galway may not be the first town that springs to mind. You’re more likely to conjure up a sleepy Italian village, or maybe the French Riviera. But, even in November, Galway is perfect for a different type of outdoor painting. The global Urban Sketching movement is all about drawing wherever you are. People all over the world can be seen with their tiny sets of paints, scribbling away in sketchbooks, sketching whatever happens to be in front of them – indoors and out.

I’ve been a member of Urban Sketchers since 2012. On Saturday I joined Hilary Morley Clarke and her group of sketchers to take part in an urban-sketching type event called Offsketch, a one-day sketchcrawl in partnership with Galway Design Week which was designed to get people together to sketch our beautiful city. The weather wasn’t perfect for sketching, being cold and a bit on the damp side, but luckily we were made very welcome in St. Nicholas’ Church, where the choir was practising for Remembrancetide, a concert of movements from Brahms’ German Requiem, to be held the following evening.

Renmore woman heads to South Sudan with Médecins Sans Frontières

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

Renmore woman Laura Heavey is travelling to South Sudan to begin working with the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in a hospital in the northwest of the country. Ms. Heavey, who graduated from NUIG has specialised in paediatric medicine for a number of years and will be working in a clinic run in conjunction with the South Sudanese Ministry of Health.  

Galway Bay Hotel Winter Wedding Fair next week

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

Galway Bay Hotel’s wedding team invites you to join them on Thursday November 19 from 7-9pm, for their annual winter wedding fair. This fair will promise to be one of the best wedding exhibitions in the west of Ireland with guest speakers from Weddingsonline.ie with insights into bridal and wedding trends for 2016 and top tips for your special day. There will also be a fashion show featuring the latest wears from Belladonna Bridal, Martin Feeney Menswear and bridesmaid dresses from Harper Galway.

The evening will not only play host to this wonderful fashion event, you will also get to meet with the hotel’s wedding team along with a range of Galway’s leading wedding suppliers. This is the perfect event for couples looking for inspiration for their wedding day. Sample the culinary delights from our award winning executive head chef Robert Webster who will be also be on hand to help you choose the right dishes to make your day a memorable one. Suppliers will provide creative ideas on cakes, bands, djs, floral arrangements and so much more. The hotel in association with their wedding partners, is also offering prize giveaways worth over €2000 on the day.

Doggie DayCare — leave your pet in great hands

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

Doggie Daycare Galway was established at the beginning of 2013 by Howard Haynes. Howard is a certified dog trainer with years of experience training dogs, and uses only positive (non aversive) reward based training methods.

Seahorse Aquariums Galway — Why seahorses?

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

Dating back as far as 13million years, seahorses are one of the ocean’s most special creatures. They have many traits unique to Seahorses and their cousins. Seahorses have no teeth, no stomach and are the only known species where the male becomes pregnant. Indeed many species pair for life. Seahorses range in size from the tiny 11mm Pygmy Seahorse to the largest, the 35cm Australian Pot Belly Seahorse. Ireland has it very own Seahorse species, found as close to Galway City as Connemara, the Spiny Seahorse (Hippocampus histrix).

Seahorse reproduction is unique in the animal kingdom. Each morning a seahorse pair strengthens their pair bond by performing a mating dance for up to one hour. During spawning the female transfers the eggs into the males pouch. Over the next few weeks the male incubates the eggs until he gives birth to up to a few thousand fry which drift in the surface currents until settling to the bottom a few weeks later.

Frank Autobody Repairs on the winning podium again

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

Frank Byrnes Autobody Repairs recently won the Autotrader Bodyshop of the Year Award for 2015. The second annual Irish Auto Trade Awards were presented at a gala dinner in the City West Hotel in Dublin. Frank Byrnes Autobody Repairs won Connacht/Ulster Bodyshop of the Year and on the night went on to win the Overall National Bodyshop of the Year Award.

Galway Glamour takes to the stage tonight

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

Top stylists from award winning salons Koztello’s and Kozzy’s and make-up artists from Matt O Flaherty’s Chemist will be on hand to advise and demonstrate this season’s style tricks at the Galway Glamour Fashion Show taking place tonight (Thursday) at the g Hotel in aid of Hope for Cian.  

TITAN — providing high quality containers for a quarter of a century

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

TITAN Containers which now has a base in Oranmore,  started in 1987 and is one of the largest privately owned companies supplying containers for a multitude of applications. Its initial target was to pass on the advantages of high volume, providing users with top quality services and competitive pricing. Today more than 25 years later it maintains the same targets, operates five brands and offers worldwide services with a network that is second to none.

Located in Ireland since last year, TITAN has 50 new self storage units on site and offers container sales and rental from its location near the M6 motorway — Take Exit 19 off M6 beside Cold Move. It is just three minutes from Claregalway on the Mayo side of Galway 

Quarter of a million crimes committed by people on bail says Grealish

Wed, Nov 11, 2015

Almost a quarter of a million crimes — from murder to public order breaches — have been committed by offenders out on bail for other charges over the past 10 years, leading a Galway TD to demand changes in the laws as to how such people are dealt with.

Fine Gael statement on Brian Walsh's decision not to contest General Election

Wed, Nov 11, 2015

The Fine Gael Constituency Executive of Galway West & South Mayo would like to pay tribute to Brian Walsh T.D and his family for the contribution he has made to Fine Gael and the people of Galway West.

Government accused of 'stonewalling' county council to create flood risk plans for east Galway

Tue, Nov 10, 2015

The Government has been accused of "stonewalling" efforts to create a flood risk plan for the Headford, Ballinasloe, and Portumna regions, by refusing to allow the Office of Public Works advise the Galway County Council on measures needed to be taken.

Brian Walsh not standing in General Election — Full statement

Tue, Nov 10, 2015

Full Brian Walsh statement — “It is with deep regret that I have decided to withdraw my candidacy in the forthcoming general election in accordance with medical advice.

Contracts signed for new Kinvara wastewater treatment facility

Mon, Nov 09, 2015

By 2017, raw sewage will no longer be discharged into Kinvara Bay, following completion of a wastewater treatment plant and sewer network for the area, which will cost €5.1 million.

€1.18 million allocated for new domestic violence refuge

Mon, Nov 09, 2015

Funding of more than €1 million is being provided to build a refuge for people who have been subjected to domestic violence. The refuge will be located in Galway city and will be run by COPE.

Search continues at home of missing Carna mother of seven

Thu, Nov 05, 2015

A third day of searches of premises and lands at Rusheenamanagh, Carna took place yesterday (Wednesday) as part of the investigation into the disappearance of local woman Barbara Walsh, more than three decades ago.

Balancing the books — Council’s wage bill to increase by €500k next year following Haddington Road Agreement

Thu, Nov 05, 2015

Monday evening’s budget meeting at City Hall is sure to be fraught with tension as city CEO Brendan McGrath attempts to pass what he has described as a ‘very, very difficult budget to balance’. 

Claregalway flood relief gets go ahead from OPW

Thu, Nov 05, 2015

Flood relief and prevention works, due to take place in Claregalway, will be able to proceed following the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform signing off on the environmental review for the Clare River Flood Relief Scheme.

Public meeting on cessation of turf cutting

Thu, Nov 05, 2015

Galwegians who have received letters from the Department of Arts, Heritage, and the Gaeltacht regarding the cessation of turf cutting are invited to a public meeting in the Arches Hotel, Claregalway, on Monday November 9 at 8pm.

White poppies for peace to be sold in Galway

Thu, Nov 05, 2015

Red poppies are worn in remembrance of the dead of WWI but for many the symbol is considered a glorification of war or a way of avoiding acknowledging its horrors and devastation, and so the white poppy has become an alternative.

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