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.

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.

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.

This is the first in a series of short term measures which were recommended as part of The Galway Transport Initiative - Engage for a Liveable City report from the Integrated Transportation Co-ordinating Group, set up last year by the Mayor of Galway Hildegarde Naughton.

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.

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.

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.

Volunteer of the Year award goes to Phyllis McNamara

Thu, Apr 05, 2012

The Galway City Credit Union’s Volunteer of the Year award went to Phyllis McNamara at the eighth annual Mayor’s Awards for Galway City which was held at the Black Box Theatre on Tuesday evening.

Salthill Park to rock this summer as promoters plan major concert

Thu, Apr 05, 2012

Salthill Park looks set to host an open air music concert for the fist time in more than 25 years and English folk-pop band Mumford & Sons look set to be the headline act.

Boost as NUI Galway forges links with Chinese universities

Thu, Mar 29, 2012

NUI Galway is to link up with two leading Chinese universities to further research and facilitate student and researcher exchanges between Galway and China.

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