Claregalway drama festival starts tonight
Thu, Mar 10, 2011
The finest amateur drama talent in the country will head to Claregalway from tonight (Thursday) March 10 when the Claregalway Drama Festival gets under way at the local leisure centre.
The event which will run until Friday March 18 will see nine of the best amateur drama groups in Ireland take to the stage in the battle for points on the All-Ireland drama circuit.
Read more ...St Patrick’s Day Festival to be a ‘world of wonder’
Thu, Mar 10, 2011
In a time of economic gloom it is good to remember that Ireland has many things it can still celebrate and Galway will be doing that next week for the 2011 St Patrick’s Festival.
Read more ...Expel RAG week louts says Cameron after week of trouble
Thu, Mar 10, 2011
Those students who indulged in the type anti-social behaviour that shocked Galway last week must “meet the rigour of the courts and be expelled”.
Read more ...Hear people’s stories at the Westside Library’s Human Library
Thu, Mar 10, 2011
A library is a place you go to borrow books to read, but imagine a library where you can ‘borrow’ a bit of time with a person and hear the stories they have to tell.
Read more ...A Declaration of War
Thu, Mar 10, 2011
Our election is now over for a while at least and we should now shelve the electoral and political strategy and get on with trying to save our economy. Except we cannot do this because another election is looming and it is having an even greater influence on our economic policies than anything ever dreamt up by strategists on these shores.
Read more ...Tackling outpatient waiting lists and overcrowding must be top priorities for new Government
Thu, Mar 10, 2011
Tackling lengthy outpatient waiting lists and overcrowding at University Hospital Galway must be two of the top priorities of the incoming Fine Gael/Labour Government, the chairperson of the HSE West’s regional health forum said this week.
Read more ...Be safe, be seen and get your free reflective armband from Heaslips Dry Cleaners
Thu, Mar 10, 2011
It is not often, particularly in today’s tough economic environment, that we are given something for nothing, but that is exactly what Heaslips Dry Cleaners is doing.
The well known specialist drycleaners, which operates from Sean Mulvoy Road and Eyre Street in the city centre, is giving away reflective armbands, suitable for outdoor wear at night time.
Read more ...Are the tallies a vision of the future?
Thu, Mar 10, 2011
Over this last week, Insider has been examining Fine Gael tallies from the Galway West count which were carried out when the votes were being counted and sorted in Leisureland last week.
Read more ...Paddys stay for free
Thu, Mar 10, 2011
The Carlton Shearwater Hotel and C Spa, an exquisite hotel and spa resort in Ballinasloe, is celebrating St Patrick’s Day this year by offering free accommodation to anyone whose name is Paddy while other guests can stay for just €49.
Paddys are invited to stay any night between March 10 and 24 and to claim their free overnight stay all they have to do is contact the hotel directly on 090 96 30400 or simply log onto www.carlton.ie/shearwater and post/fax a copy of their driver’s licence or passport to the hotel.
Read more ...Get fighting fit this spring time
Thu, Mar 10, 2011
Would you like to get yourself in great shape, make new friends for life, turbo charge your confidence levels, and give yourself the option of eventually stepping into a boxing ring for an actual contest by engaging in an eight week programme in the noble art of self defence?
Read more ...Radiant Beauty comes home
Thu, Mar 10, 2011
Noel Devery was born in Ballybane, having spent all his time since leaving school in the hairdressing business he saw a niche in the market for a beauty salon, as he catered so much for weddings, debs, etc. This year he took on two of the biggest ventures of his life, he married Lisa O’Reilly in October and on Valentine’s Day this year together they ventured into the beauty world and opened a salon in Ballybane Shopping Centre, with free parking.
Read more ...Free dining at Clayton for communion and confirmation recipients
Thu, Mar 10, 2011
Bookings are now being taken for Communion and Confirmation lunches in the Tribes Restaurant at the Clayton Hotel and if it is your special day and your communion or confirmation, you can dine for free.
Read more ...Top stylists waiting for you at David Martin
Thu, Mar 10, 2011
Since opening in 2008, David Martin hair salon at Kingston Road has proven a huge success. This is the second salon in Galway by the David Martin group, the first situated at New Dock Street.
The salon’s manager April Doherty along with her team of top stylists have the vision, the training and the product education to make your hair look and feel beautiful. David Martin has built a reputation for innovation and a high standard of service while providing excellent facilities using only top quality products.
Read more ...McDonoghs Trade Centre - paving new ground in customer service
Thu, Mar 10, 2011
McDonoghs Trade centre
Enjoy Big Apple and ‘Bofin with Croi
Thu, Mar 10, 2011
Fancy improving your fitness levels, raising money for a local charity and visiting New York?
Read more ...Feel good with Patrick Holford
Thu, Mar 10, 2011
In association with Evergreen Healthfoods, Patrick Holford is bringing his The Feel Good Factor seminar tour to Galway this weekend. You can join Patrick Holford at the Radisson Blu Hotel this Saturday at 4pm to hear him explain the links between nutrition, lifestyle and mental health.
Read more ...Table quiz for Galway Sub Aqua Club
Thu, Mar 10, 2011
The Galway Sub Aqua Club, Search and Recovery Unit will host a fundraising table quiz upstairs in Monroe’s Live tomorrow Friday March 11 at 8pm.
A range of prizes is up for grabs including a selection of whiskey and wine, restaurant vouchers, signed books and even boiler services. A raffle will also follow.
Read more ...Connemara can’t live on beauty alone, says new force Kyne
Thu, Mar 10, 2011
He may not be as long on the scene as Éamon Ó Cuív, he’s not quite the ‘new kid in town’ that is Derek Nolan, and he may not be as outgoing as Noel Grealish, but Sean Kyne has become the quietly emerging figure of Galway politics, who this week took his first steps on the national stage.
Read more ...Man caught forging social welfare cheque
Thu, Mar 10, 2011
A Department of Family and Social Welfare cheque, worth €2,043, was posted to the wrong address where it stayed for several weeks until a man, faced with mounting financial problems, took the chance of lodging the cheque into his own bank account and withdrawing the money, the Galway District Court heard this week.
Read more ...Public lecture on Galway and 1911 Census
Thu, Mar 10, 2011
Galway in 1911 was a very different place to what it is now but we can get a good sense of what it was like through the 1911 Census figures.
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