Double win for Galway city stores in National Daybreak Competition

Thu, Nov 24, 2011

Jason Henchy’s Daybreak in Eyre Square and Arthur McGuire’s Daybreak in Raven Terrace were both proud winners at the 2011 Daybreak Store of the Year awards, which were held recently in the Lyrath Estate Hotel in Kilkenny.

Julian Gough scripts ending for award winning computer game

Thu, Nov 24, 2011

Galway novelist Julian Gough has scripted the ending for the multi-million selling computer game Minecraft, which was recently launched in Las Vegas.

Markus Persson, developer of Minecraft, urgently needed an ending for the game and he sent out a message to his half a million followers on Twitter looking for “a talented writer (famous is a plus ;D)”.

John Quinn to launch new book

Thu, Nov 24, 2011

Moments, the new book by the author and broadcaster John Quinn, will be launched in Claire’s Tea Rooms, Clarinbridge, on Friday December 2 at 7.30pm.

Shrule woman charged with eighty two counts of theft and fraud

Thu, Nov 24, 2011

A Co Galway woman, charged with 82 counts of stealing cash and forging cheques resulting in a city business suffering a loss worth thousands of euro, is due to be sent forward for trial.

New microbrewery for Galway

Thu, Nov 24, 2011

The Galway Bay Brewery, a new microbrewery, will be launched tomorrow at 6pm at The Oslo in Salthill and the public is invited to attend.

Ros Muc woman is NUIG’s sean-nós dancer in residence

Thu, Nov 24, 2011

Ros Muc’s Róisín Ní Mhainín has been appointed sean-nós dancer in residence for 2012 at NUI Galway’s Centre for Irish Studies.

Wine tasting fundraiser for children in Gaza

Thu, Nov 24, 2011

A fundraising wine tasting event to help provide psychological support for children in Gaza will take place in Lohan's, Salthill, on Thursday December 1 from 7pm to 9pm.

New bus provides comfort for cancer patients

Thu, Nov 24, 2011

West of Ireland patients travelling to University Hospital Galway for cancer treatment can now do so in more comfort thanks to the purchase of a specially designed €240,000 bus.

Man spits and hits garda in groin, court hears

Thu, Nov 24, 2011

A garda was forced to use his baton to defend himself and restrain a man who spat twice in his face before striking the garda in the groin, the Galway District Court heard this week.

Climb Kilimanjaro for Croi

Thu, Nov 24, 2011

West of Ireland heart and stroke charity Croí is seeking people to take part in its next expedition to the Roof of Africa, Mount Kilimanjaro, in June 2012.

Local groups to benefit from sports grants for older people

Thu, Nov 24, 2011

More than 45 groups countrywide are set to benefit from the ‘Go for Life’ national grant scheme for sport and physical activity for older people.

Urgent measures needed to tackle antisocial behaviour

Thu, Nov 24, 2011

People who raise the alarm about antisocial behaviour must be “listened to and their complaints acted upon promptly” according to Fine Gael senator Fidelma Healy Eames.

‘Co-operation not confrontation’ needed on turf cutting

Thu, Nov 24, 2011

“Co-operation not confrontation” is what is needed in dealing with the right of people to cut turf in bogs to provide fuel for themselves, according to Independent North-West MEP Marian Harkin.

A Coole Christmas

Thu, Nov 24, 2011

All Galway children know the deer in the walled orchard garden at Coole Park, near Gort, guide Santa to their homes on Christmas Eve.

Fifty six per cent in heart disease prevention programme quit cigarettes

Thu, Nov 24, 2011

More than half the people taking part in an award winning cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention programme run by the heart and stroke charity Croí quit smoking - one of the risk factors for heart disease.

Help ‘distressed mortgage holders’ says Connaughton

Thu, Nov 24, 2011

The problem of mortgage interest arrears is growing so fast that it will become a major problem over the next few years and steps must be taken to tackle it before it gets worse.

Buy a bag for Rehab

Thu, Nov 24, 2011

Bag lovers are invited to the Meyrick Hotel on Sunday from noon to 4pm for a special Bag Lovers Fest.

The event is being organised by Rehab Care Galway. The money raised will be used to buy computers for one of its resource centres.

Win tickets to Movember Gala Parté

Thu, Nov 24, 2011

Movember, the moustache growing season to raise awareness of and funds for Action Prostate Cancer, is coming towards a close and will finish with a gala party.

Heroism of Irish soldiers to be marked at Town Hall

Thu, Nov 24, 2011

In 1961, the fate of the UN was in the hands of Commandant Pat Quinlan and his battalion in the Congo. Fifty years on, their bravery is to be told in a new documentary.

Local charity co-founder nominated for national award

Thu, Nov 24, 2011

Inspirational Galway women and co-founder of the ACT for Meningitis charity Siobhan Carroll has been nominated for a national ‘charity hero’ award.

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