Leathmharatón d’Ospidéal Shráid Temple

Thu, Apr 05, 2012

Tá Aer Árann Islands i mbun na socruithe deireanacha don leathmharatón atá á eagrú acu ar Inis Mór ón 13 – 15 Aibreán. Tá an ócáid bhliantúil seo á eagrú ar mhaithe le hairgead a bhailiú d’Ospidéal na Leanaí i Sráid Temple.

Dlúthdhiosca Rí Rá le scaipeadh le Foinse

Thu, Apr 05, 2012

Tá dlúthdhiosca Rí Rá le fáil saor in aisce ó oifig Chonradh na Gaeilge i nGaillimh. Tá ceoltóirí móra na linne seo, Bell X1, The Coronas, The Kanyu Tree, agus Delorentos i measc iad siúd atá le cloisteáil ar albam oifigiúil Sheachtain na Gaeilge 2012.

Tacaíocht phoiblí do Ghaelscoil Mhic Amhlaigh

Thu, Apr 05, 2012

Tá dúshlán an Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna, Ruairí Quinn TD, tugtha ag cúigear Theachta Dála Gaillimh Thiar agus iad ag iarraidh a fháil amach cén fáth a bhfuil Gaelscoil Mhic Amhlaigh fágtha ar lár ón liosta scoileanna atá le maoiniú faoi phlean thógála na Roinne ó seo go dtí 2015. Tá na Teachtaí Dála i measc liosta iomlán de 13 ionadaithe poiblí a shínigh litir chuig an Aire Ruairí Quinn ag éilimh go gcuirfear maoiniú ar fáil don scoil.

Lose weight with the Orsmond Clinics

Thu, Apr 05, 2012

Dr Eva Orsmond is probably best known for her role as RTE’s hugely popular Operation Transformation diet and nutrition expert. Her battle to re-educate people on health and fitness is changing hundreds of people’s lives every day.

Galway woman avoids jail after man packed cannabis in her case

Thu, Apr 05, 2012

A woman described as “gullible, naïve and an easy target” has avoided a jail term after a man she had just gone on holiday with packed almost €60,000 of cannabis into her suitcase.

Paula Cunnea (48) who had been living in Cill Cais, Clybaun Road, Galway, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to possession of cannabis, valued at €58,786, for sale or supply at Dublin Airport on March 5, 2011. She has since returned to live with her extended family in London.

AKA fashion show to raise funds for Crumlin Hospital and Chernobyl Trust

Thu, Apr 05, 2012

Transition students from Athenry Presentation College and a member of Catwalk Model Agency are finalising their looks for the AKA (Athenry Kilimanjaro Achievers) fashion show which takes place next week raising much-needed funds for Crumlin Children’s Hospital and the Chernobyl Trust.

Through the glass darkly

Thu, Apr 05, 2012

Part four
The last leg of Egeria’s travels brought her to Constantinople (now Istanbul), the eastern capital of the Roman Empire, founded by Constantine in 325 and completed an astonishing six years later in 330.

Yellow boxes to be repainted throughout the city after Mayor’s plan

Thu, Apr 05, 2012

The major yellow boxes throughout Galway city’s roads are to be repainted by the end of the month as part of the mayoral traffic initiative.

Rural Galway to protest at Labour conference

Thu, Apr 05, 2012

Rural Galway will be out in force at next weekend’s Labour party convention, protesting against what it sees as the “attacks on rural communities” being pursued by the party in Government.

Health Minister agrees to circumvent recruitment ban to avoid ‘looming crisis’ - Walsh

Thu, Apr 05, 2012

The Minister for Health has agreed to circumvent the moratorium on recruitment in order to avoid a looming crisis following a spate of retirements in the Orthopaedic Department at Merlin Park Hospital, that is according to Fine Gael TD Brian Walsh.

Deputy Walsh confirmed that the decision follows a meeting between Minister James Reilly and a number of orthopaedic consultants from the hospital last January, at which he was told that almost one third of the nursing staff from the department were set to retire in February. Deputy Walsh, who arranged the meeting, warned the minister that the exodus of nurses threatened to cripple the provision of orthopaedic services in the region unless retiring staff were replaced.

Ó Cuív calls on Noonan to pay compensation to charities

Thu, Apr 05, 2012

Charities that have collected donations from the public via text messages deserve to be paid compensation where phone companies have charged VAT on the texts.

ULA to protest at Labour's Galway National Conference

Thu, Apr 05, 2012

Labour will mark the 100th anniversary of its foundation next week when it holds its National Conference in Galway, but the United Left Alliance will hold a two-day counter-conference, in protest against Labour’s decisions in government.

Need for new city primary school is uncertain, says Healy Eames

Thu, Apr 05, 2012

The Department of Education is being urged to re-assess the need for a new primary Gaelscoil in Knockncarra.

Contracts signed for Knocknacarra Community Centre

Thu, Apr 05, 2012

Contracts for the construction of a Knocknacarra Community Centre were signed yesterday, following a successful tendering process.

Major new city art gallery space to be officially opened this evening

Thu, Apr 05, 2012

The launch of a major initiative for the visual arts takes place this evening at 7pm when The Shed, a new exhibition space and working gallery, is opened at the Middle Pier in Galway Docks.

Pregnant women being recruited for NUIG clinical trials

Thu, Apr 05, 2012

Pregnant women are currently being recruited into a new NUI Galway-led clinical trial which hopes to develop effective measures to prevent Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM).

Call for Town Hall to be renamed the Michael Diskin Theatre

Thu, Apr 05, 2012

A call has been made to rename the Town Hall Theatre the Michael Diskin Theatre in honour of the venue’s long serving manager who passed away last week.

The proposal has been made by Galway based poet and short story writer Susan Millar DuMars.

President leads tributes to Mike Diskin

Thu, Apr 05, 2012

Uachtaráin na hÉireann Michael D Higgins has led the tributes being paid to Mike Diskin, describing him as a “dear friend” whose death was a “huge loss to all those who worked in the arts, culture, theatre and performance on this island”.

Remembering John Arden

Thu, Apr 05, 2012

It was Ronald Reagan who first introduced me to John Arden and Margaretta D’Arcy. Well, indirectly. I’ll get back to that in a minute.

He was a giant of the arts in Galway... he had a big heart, he cared for people

Thu, Apr 05, 2012

“I used to run shows and gigs in the university, UCG as it was, and I remember Mike from that time as he was big man, but I first met him properly in the 1980s, when the Galway Arts Festival was starting to get a bit of recognition. Back then I had a secretary and I was running around on a bike. Then we applied to the Arts Council to give us a grant so that we could appoint an administrator.

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