Blue Teapot’s Ultimate Movie, Music, and Theatre Table Quiz

Thu, Apr 12, 2012

THE BLUE Teapot Theatre Company will hold its Ultimate Movie Music and Theatre Table Quiz in Lohan’s Bar, Salthill, on Friday April 20 at 8pm.

Helping people manage psoriasis

Thu, Apr 12, 2012

People can learn more about a condition which affects an estimated 7,000 Galway people at a free event in Salthill on Friday April 20.

Tuam and Ballinasloe parents to be consulted on school patronage

Thu, Apr 12, 2012

The Advisory Group to the Forum on Patronage and Pluralism in the primary education sector published its report this week with recommendations which include registering the preference of parents in a number of towns including Tuam and Ballinasloe.

Learn about the fats of life at city health lecture

Thu, Apr 12, 2012

Can people lose weight and still eat fatty foods? Is it true that fats are good for our skin and hair? What is the best way to reduce cholesterol?

The Galway Fringe Festival to hold public meeting

Thu, Apr 12, 2012

The Galway Fringe Festival will take place from July 12 to 30 with a view to promoting the thriving local arts scene and providing a platform for emerging and established artists.

The festival will take place across Galway city and county and is to be based on the model of other fringe festivals around the world. As a result it will be ‘open access’ meaning that all are welcome to participate and perform. The festival will feature theatre, music, literature, visual art, dance, and events.

Rugby stars on the buzzer in A Question of Rugby

Thu, Apr 12, 2012

Local Connacht Rugby players will go head-to-head with each other in a new initiative promoted by the province.

Posts to go at Boston Scientific

Thu, Apr 12, 2012

Boston Scientific is to end the contracts of up to 150 employees at its Galway operations over the course of the next five months.

Get along and join Foroige in Knocknacarra

Thu, Apr 12, 2012

A new youth club, for young people aged between 12 and 18, is to be set up in Knocknacarra by youth organisation Foróige.

A decade of the North Pole Marathon

Thu, Apr 12, 2012

Executing the North Pole Marathon is a difficult logistical exercise.

New Medtronic Customer Innovation Centre to create up to ninety jobs

Thu, Apr 12, 2012

Up to 90 jobs are to be created at Medtronic’s new Customer Innovation Centre, European Commissioner for Research, Innovation, and Science Máire Geoghegan-Quinn confirmed yesterday as she turned the first sod on the site at Parkmore business park.

Galway hailed the ‘gourmet capital of Ireland’

Thu, Apr 12, 2012

The first Galway Food Festival attracted an estimated 25,000 visitors during the Easter Bank Holiday Weekend. The festival held over 70 individual events at the Festival Village, Fishmarket Square, Spanish Arch and in restaurants and food outlets throughout the city and its environs.

Treating primary education like a business will have consequences for children, warns INTO

Thu, Apr 12, 2012

Primary schools are “not a business” and treating them as such will be to the detriment of children’s education with consequences that will be felt for years to come, warned Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) Galway branch secretary Michael Gallagher.

Protests to greet Labour conference

Thu, Apr 12, 2012

Protesters against austerity measures; cuts to health, welfare, and education; the use of Shannon as a US military hub; the closure of St Francis’ Nursing Home; and rural issues, will converge on NUI Galway this weekend where Labour is holding its national conference.

Three hundred and sixteen workers on sick leave from Galway public hospitals in January/ February

Thu, Apr 12, 2012

A total of 316 workers were on sick leave from University Hospital Galway and Merlin Park Hospital during January and February.

Information evening on spina bifida in the city

Thu, Apr 12, 2012

An information evening for people with spina bifida and/or hydrocephalus, their families and carers will take place on Monday April 23 at the Menlo Park Hotel at 8pm.

Galway Sinn Féin launches No campaign

Thu, Apr 12, 2012

Galway Sinn Féin will launch its campaign against the Fiscal Compact Treaty tomorrow at 8pm in the Carlton Hotel.

ULA to host alternative conference to Labour

Thu, Apr 12, 2012

While Labour will hold its 65th national convention in NUI Galway this weekend, the United Left Alliance Galway will hold a counter-conference to take a critical look at Labour and discuss alternatives for the Irish left.

The ULA conference will take place in the Harbour Hotel tomorrow and Saturday and feature lectures, debates, and discussions on issues such as education, job creation, the economic crisis, and healthcare. Speakers will include trade union leaders, activists, elected representatives, and academics. The event is open to the public.

Gort hurler dies while training in London

Thu, Apr 12, 2012

London GAA is in shock after a young player, Cathal Forde, died while training with Kilburn Gaels in the city this week.

Take action on ‘wandering horses’ demands Cuddy

Thu, Apr 05, 2012

Horses let wander on public roads are being put in grave danger by their owners and are also posing a risk to motorists, and action must be taken to deal with this problem.

Galway Charity Cycle raises more than €130,000 for Down Syndrome Ireland

Thu, Apr 05, 2012

The 2012 Galway Charity Cycle which recently saw almost 250 cyclists pedal their way from Maynooth and Galway and back, has so far managed to raise more than €130,000 in aid of Down Syndrome Ireland.

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