Cúirt 2011 - ‘getting the English language to throw off its clothes’

Thu, Apr 14, 2011

A large crowd turned out at Galway City Museum on Tuesday for the launch of this year’s Cúirt International Festival of Literature which runs until Sunday.

City gears up for Tidy Towns challenge

Thu, Apr 14, 2011

Galway will be competing with Waterford and Limerick for the top spot at this year’s Tidy Towns competition.

This is the first year the city has entered the competition and as part of the preparations, the Galway City Council held a meeting with local businesses to get them on board and to outline the local authority’s ideas and objectives.

‘Alarming’ rate of children attend sexual assault treatment centre from January to March

Thu, Apr 14, 2011

Eighteen children attended the childen’s sexual assault treatment service in the city in the first three months of this year.

Cllr Catherine Connolly, a former vice chairperson of the HSE West’s regional health forum and a long time advocate for a sexual assault treatment unit in Galway, has described the figures as “truly alarming”.

Friday is Special Olympics collection day

Thu, Apr 14, 2011

Special Olympics Ireland’s annual collection day will take place throughout Ireland tomorrow (Friday).

City businesses call for ban on noisy busking

Thu, Apr 14, 2011

William Street businesses are calling on the Galway City Council to ban buskers from using amplifiers when performing, claiming that it is causing a disturbance for staff and customers.

Road closure for new sewage works

Thu, Apr 14, 2011

Lower Dominick Street will be closed to traffic for several weeks in order to facilitate to extensive sewerage improvement works.

A dangerous romance

Thu, Apr 14, 2011

When I was about midway through my second decade and starting to take an interest in poetry, I was one day leafing through an anthology of English poetry when my eye caught a poem called ‘The Lover Showeth How He is Forsaken of such as He Sometime Enjoyed’.

Still no report on City Hall explosion

Thu, Apr 14, 2011

Almost a year on from a freak explosion at City Hall there is still no final report from city officials, or the Health and Safety Authority.

Your walking can help get children talking

Thu, Apr 14, 2011

If you are participating in the 2011 Flora Mini Marathon, you may consider doing it for children with Down Syndrome.

Tenant purchase scheme relaunched

Thu, Apr 14, 2011

The tenant purchase scheme for long-standing tenants of the Galway City Council has been relaunched, offering tenants the opportunity to buy their own homes from the council at a reduced rate.

Easter craft workshops for children

Thu, Apr 14, 2011

Groundworks Studios will run a series of craft workshops for children starting next week in Groundworks Studios, Lyrr Building 3, Mervue Business Park.

Children can learn how to create ‘Easter Chirpy Chicks’ using felt and stitch with Joanna McGlynn (Monday April 18). Vivienne Martin will hold a Mardi Gras mask making workshop (Tuesday 19) and traditional Easter egg painting (Wednesday 20).

Galway man to take on Mr Personality competition

Thu, Apr 14, 2011

The Mr Personality Festival takes place this weekend and one of the many contestants vying for the crown will be Galway city man Tom Kilkelly, who is hoping his “easy-going” nature, as well as his well-honed social skills, will be enough to win.

Rural dwellers may face septic tank charges

Thu, Apr 14, 2011

Rural dwellers face septic tank charges on top of water charges if proposals by the new Government are passed into law, warns Independent County Councillor Seán Canney.

Cuban Bay of Pigs veteran to speak in Galway

Thu, Apr 14, 2011

Victor Dreke Cruz, who fought alongside Che Guevara in the Congo and is a veteran of the Bay of Pigs, will be speaking in Galway next week.

Dust down your bikes for Croi’s charity cycle

Thu, Apr 14, 2011

This year’s annual Tour de Lough Corrib Charity Cycle in aid of local heart charity Croí will take place on Sunday May 22.

US company with military connections involved in Irish census

Thu, Apr 14, 2011

The Galway Alliance Against War has raised its concerns about the role of US company CACI, which provided interrogators for Abu Ghraib, being involved in the Irish census.

Joe Higgins to address public meeting on EU/IMF bailout

Thu, Apr 14, 2011

Joe Higgins, the outspoken Socialist Party TD, will be in Galway next week to address a public meeting on the EU/IMF bailout, unemployment, cuts, and the socialist alternative.

Calling all Galway daredevils to take leap

Thu, Apr 14, 2011

All Galway thrill-seekers are encouraged to take part in a charity bungee jump in aid of Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Ireland (SBHI) which will be taking place during a fundraiser on Saturday May 7.

Letterfrack student wins National Skills competition

Thu, Apr 14, 2011

A student from Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) Letterfrack has won the Department of Education and Skills’ final of the national skills competition in cabinetmaking. Diarmaid Ó Conghaile from Dun Beag, Na Doireadh, Baile na hAbhann, Co na Gaillimhe, a second year student on the BSc in furniture design and manufacture in the Letterfrack campus, took the top prize at the recent event held in Dublin Institute of Technology. This builds upon similar success in this competition from students from the college in 2007, 2009, and 2010.

Preparations for Tidy Towns get under way

Thu, Apr 14, 2011

With the evenings stretching out and flowers coming into bloom, plans are now being put together in anticipation of the annual Tidy Towns competition. Many clubs around the county are kicking into gear and commencing their preparation for the event.

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