Co-founder of Plexus Bio-Energy to provide corrective sound therapy in Galway
Thu, Jul 22, 2010
Tom Griffin, author and co-founder of Plexus Bio-Energy, will return to Galway on Thursday August 5 to provide corrective sound therapy. He will operate from the Ardilaun Hotel from 11am to 7pm.
Bio-Energy is the manipulation of the energies in and around the human body. These energies are in continuous flow in a healthy person, say practitioners. However when a person is ill, they claim they can get blocked or jammed and need to be released by a skilful bio-energy therapist.
Read more ...Life in the cast lane
Thu, Jul 22, 2010
This week, actor Aaron Monaghan - a familiar face on the Druid stage - talks to Druid General Manager Tim Smith about the first week of rehearsals.
Read more ...Occupational health and safety qualification at NUI Galway offers real opportunities
Thu, Jul 22, 2010
The Masters programme in Occupational Health, Safety and Hygiene at NUI Galway offers real opportunities for graduates with practical learning that potential employers will recognise and appreciate.
Read more ...Stop Merlin vanishing into thin air say worried consultants
Thu, Jul 15, 2010
Leading hospital consultants are urging the public to “stand up and support” Merlin Park Hospital amid fears that most of the facility will be closed down by the HSE in the next few weeks as part of cost cutting measures to help the authority balance its books.
Read more ...Win tickets to Galway Races
Thu, Jul 15, 2010
Next Monday week Ballybrit will reverberate to the sound of hooves as the annual summer festival of racing at Galway starts again.
Read more ...Connemara man found dead in city died from natural causes
Thu, Jul 15, 2010
A 41-year-old man found unconscious with head injuries at the back of a hostel last Monday evening died from natural causes, a post mortem examination has revealed.
Read more ...Mixed ruling in Loughrea deaf woman’s case
Thu, Jul 15, 2010
The High Court delivered a mixed ruling in the case of a Loughrea woman who initiated a legal challenge after being excluded from serving on a jury four years ago.
Read more ...Man pleads guilty to Indreabhan murder
Thu, Jul 15, 2010
A 24-year-old man could be facing the prospect of serving a life sentence after dramatically pleading guilty to the murder of a woman at Indreabhan, Co Galway, two years ago.
Read more ...Watch for the airheads around Galway
Thu, Jul 15, 2010
If you are walking around Galway city centre next week you might happen to see a man turning into a giant balloon. Do not be alarmed, it’s only Bruce Airhead.
Read more ...Banks cannot put off lending to SMEs anymore says Fahey
Thu, Jul 15, 2010
AIB and Bank of Ireland must adhere to their commitment to lend €12 billion over the next two years to small to medium sized businesses.
Read more ...To the manor born
Thu, Jul 15, 2010
Claregalway was a sea of colour and activity last weekend when thousands turned out for the first Galway Garden Festival at the re-opened Claregalway Castle. The successful event raised funds for the CBM charity. These aerial shots of the event were taken by our sky-snapper Gerard Kirrane.
Read more ...Traffic plan announced for Galway Races
Thu, Jul 15, 2010
With the Galway Racing Festival soon to get under way Galway gardai have devised a strategic traffic plan to ease traffic congestion, and to direct festival goers to the racecourse as smoothly as possible. Access to the racecourse will be possible through three entrances, there will also be temporary road closures during Race Week. Traffic measure will be in place throughout the week long festival from Monday July 26 to Sunday August 1.
Avenue entrance (blue route)
Read more ...Style, fashion, and glamour at this year’s Clarinbridge Oyster festival
Thu, Jul 15, 2010
The village of Clarenbridge has long garnered national and international acclaim for its annual Oyster Festival. The event, now in its 56th year, is very much part of local heritage and this year’s event in September will provide an excellent weekend for festival goers.
Read more ...People don’t want your Fianna Fáil sympathy’ Cameron tells Keane
Thu, Jul 15, 2010
Fianna Fáil councillor Peter Keane earned a stinging rebuke from Labour’s Billy Cameron for voting against a motion against cutbacks to disability services.
Cllr Keane’s party colleague, Mayor Michael J Crowe also came in for criticism when he too opposed the motion at Monday’s city council meeting.
Read more ...Rickshaws can still use pedestrian streets as council defers bylaw decision
Thu, Jul 15, 2010
Rickshaws will be able to continue operating freely on the streets of Galway for the rest of the summer after a proposed new set of bylaws was kicked into touch at Monday’s council meeting.
Read more ...Workshop for children on Pádraic Ó Conaire
Thu, Jul 15, 2010
The statue of Pádraic Ó Conaire has become an icon of Galway city, but how many of Galway’s children know who he was and of his importance in Irish literature?
Read more ...Suspended sentence for robbing vulnerable man
Thu, Jul 15, 2010
A Moycullen man who committed a “huge breach of trust” by robbing an elderly and vulnerable man on his way to the shops has received a seven month suspended sentence.
Read more ...Labour Party to hold 2011 conference in Galway
Thu, Jul 15, 2010
The Labour Party will hold its 2011 Annual Conference in Galway, an event which has the potential to be a major boost for Galway hotels and the local economy in general.
Read more ...Ó Brolcháin pushes for world’s first mobile phone health warning system
Thu, Jul 15, 2010
A warning label of the possible health effects of using mobile phones could be placed on all handsets and packaging if legislation from Galway senator Niall Ó Brolcháin is successful.
The Green senator, along with party colleague Sen Mark Dearey and Fianna Fáil’s Sen Mark Daly, is pushing for legislation to make Ireland the first country in the world that would require mobile phones to carry a label giving the possible health effects of using mobile phones and information regarding radiation levels.
Read more ...Crazy cycling challenge to raise funds for amazing Mia
Thu, Jul 15, 2010
A “crazy cycling challenge” has provided much-needed support to a young Galway toddler who suffers from cerebral palsy.
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