Public talk with writer and broadcaster Dr Deirdre Ní Chonghaile

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

NUI Galway’s Centre for Irish Studies and Comhrá Ceoil has announced that the second Martin Reilly Lecture of 2015 will be delivered by writer and broadcaster Dr Deirdre Ní Chonghaile.The event weill take Tuesday, March 31 at the Galway City Library at 6.30pm.

Hopes fade that Naomh Eanna will ever come home

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

It seems that Galway is going to lose out on a major new tourist attraction that would potentially be worth millions to the local economy. Campaigners fighting to restore the Naomh Eanna, which plied the route between the city and the Aran Islands, are beginning to admit defeat that the famous ship will ever return to the west.

Just a quarter of all Galway election candidates in 2014 were women

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

More than one in four candidates selected by the major political parties to contest elections in Galway city last year were women.

Choirfactor efforts to hit the high notes for SCCUL Sanctuary at Kilcuan

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

Funds raised from the 2015 Choirfactor will enable a wide variety of groups to benefit from healing therapies and well-being workshops in the SCCUL Sanctuary in Kilcuan, Clarinbridge.

Higgins welcomes first Polish-Irish festival as Galway’s 7,500 Poles get ready to party

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

The first ever Polish-Irish festival which kicks off this weekend is coming to Galway and has been welcomed by senator Lorraine Higgins who has hailed it as an important acknowledgment of the role that Polish people play in Irish life.

Cathedral priest sees the shameful reality of Ethiopian poverty

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

Hunger and malnutrition in a world of plenty is an unacceptable and shameful reality of the 21st century. I feel privileged to have had the opportunity to have seen first-hand Trócaire’s work on our behalf in Ethiopia. It is important to be able to report back not only on the problems facing people there but the difference donations from people here at home are making.”

Second ‘Speak Out’ for European Capital of Culture bid at Galway Arts Centre tonight

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

A public engagement campaign is underway as Galway bids to win the European Capital of Culture 2020 designation. Following the success of the first ‘Speak Out’ held recently, a second event will take place in Galway Arts Centre, Lower Dominick Street tonight Thursday March 19. These ‘Speak Out’ events are part of a comprehensive public engagement programme taking place throughout Galway city and county over the coming months.

New chairperson for hospitals’ patient council

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

Well-known patient advocate Neil Johnson has been elected as the first chairperson of the recently formed patient council for Saolta University Health Care Group.

The group includes the following hospitals: University Hospital Galway and Merlin Park University Hospital; Sligo Regional Hospital; Letterkenny General Hospital; Mayo General Hospital; Portiuncula Hospital Ballinasloe; and Roscommon Hospital.

Galway clubs should apply now for Sports Capital Programme – Kyne

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

Galway clubs should apply now for Sports Capital funding, according to Fine Gael Galway West TD, Sean Kyne who was speaking after confirmation from the Minister for Sport, Michael Ring TD, that an extra €40 million has been secured for Sports Capital Programme in 2015.

Art to be projected onto city centre buildings under Year of Light

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

Children will have the chance to have their art projected onto walls in Galway city centre locations and app enthusiasts will get access to new apps under the designation by the UN of 2015 as the International Year of Light.

Sign up for Saturday’s PREDA 5k Run for Freedom at Ballybrit

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

If you have the freedom to run, why not run for freedom? And do it around the historic track at Ballybrit, helping PREDA in the process. Do good and feel good by supporting PREDA, the Philippines based children's charity which strives to free children from adult prisons and rescue them from exploitation.

Auction in WB Yeats’ tower to raise funds for restoration

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

A 40 per cent cut in funding to the arts has meant that a local committee in Galway is going it alone to restore WB Yeats’s home in Gort. The Yeats Thoor Ballylee Society has launched a call for funds in Ireland and abroad to restore Thoor Ballylee, a fine 14th century tower owned by Yeats.

Gort gears up for Yeats-themed parade this weekend

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

Gort will play host to a WB Yeats-themed parade this weekend as part of a week of festivities to mark St Patrick’s Day.

More men than women diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome, Athenry event told

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

A greater number of men are diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome, a condition which affects several thousand people in Ireland, according to a senior clinical psychologist who addressed a presentation on the subject in Athenry recently.

Outback Jacks free Camino De Santiago information evening

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

Outback Jacks outdoor gear and active wear store in Ballybane is hosting a free information evening on the Camino de Santiago on Thursday March 19 from 7.30pm.

Into The West Adventures owner Mark Reynolds will be introducing the history of the Camino de Santiago, Way of St James, focusing on the most popular section the last 100kms from Sarria to Santiago de Compostela.

Another Regan enters The White House — Galway-based photographer’s work is cousin’s gift to Obama

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

Galway-based bespoke fine art equine photographer Martina Regan’s specially commissioned portrait of a leading horse and jockey headed stateside and was presented to President Obama on St Patricks Day in the White House by Henry Healy (Obama’s eighth cousin from Moneygall, Co Offaly).

Smart phone users need to be prudent, says Phone Doc

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

Phone Doc, specialists in mobile phone repairs and accessories, says more smart phone users are getting caught by exceeding their allocated data plan.

City Direct shortlisted for transport and safety awards

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

City Direct Bus ,which provides public transport services in Galway city, has been shortlisted for Passenger Transport Company of The Year and the Safety Award in the upcoming Irish Logistics & Transport Awards 2015.

NUI Galway opens new pharmacy on campus

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

NUI Galway has officially opened its new campus pharmacy.

Celebrating inspirational Irish women for the first PMS Awareness Week

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

Former president Mary Robinson is Ireland’s most inspirational woman, according to Galwegians.

To mark the first PMS Awareness Week, which begins on March 23, Cleanmarine® Krill Oil for Women today launched the results of its research to find out which Irish women are the most inspirational, gain insight into people’s attitudes towards Irish women, and how real Irish women are affected by PMS.

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