Glo at the GPO

Thu, May 06, 2010

TONIGHT THE GPO hosts the Glo At The GPO event part three and there will be more lights, UV paint, and glow sticks than you can imagine.

Westside Youth Project launches summer programme

Thu, May 06, 2010

The Westside Youth Project, which supports personal, social, and educational development of young people, has launched its summer programme of events and services.

Precious personalised photo gifts at Fuji

Thu, May 06, 2010

With the summer season upon us again, and a host of memorable festivals and events to look forward to, a new service has been launched on Shop Street to allow budding photographers and their families to print their favourite photos.

Take part in memorial walk and help suicide bereaved

Thu, May 06, 2010

A local charity which supports people bereaved by suicide is calling on families, friends and work colleagues to take to the streets of Galway for the 2010 Console Memorial Walk.

Entitled “Walking in Memory of Our Loved Ones” it takes place on Sunday May 16 at 2.30pm from the Claddagh Hall. The route leads to Blackrock and back to the Claddagh Hall where walkers can enjoy refreshments.

Western Family History Association meeting

Thu, May 06, 2010

The Western Family History Association will hold its next meeting in the Oranmore Lodge Hotel on Wednesday at 8.15pm.

Traffic calming for Rockfield Park and Laurel Park

Thu, May 06, 2010

Rockfield Park and Laurel Park are listed in the Galway City Council’s Road Works Programme 2010 for traffic calming measures.

When the chips are down

Thu, May 06, 2010

St. Jarlath’s College was, as it is today, quite simply the best Gaelic football school in the world.

Fahey’s attendance not great, but better than Cowen’s

Thu, May 06, 2010

Voters elect TDs to legislate on behalf of the State and to advocate for the needs of their constituency, but are we, the taxpayers, getting any value for our vote?

Whatever you might say about their work or achievements, there is no doubt that Galway’s nine TDs have an excellent attendance record with most of them turning up for more than 85 per cent of all votes in the Dáil.

Horror as juggernaut ploughs into busy Cregmore schoolyard

Thu, Apr 29, 2010

A Claregalway school was last night thanking its lucky stars after serious injuries were averted when a 20-ton juggernaut left the road and ploughed into the schoolgrounds just as infants were being collected after school.

Arson accused sent ‘creepy’ texts to girl, jury hears

Thu, Apr 29, 2010

A jury in the trial of a man accused of setting fire to a block of flats in the UK killing two young jockeys, including Claregalway native Jamie Kyne, has heard that he sent “creepy” text messages to a teenage girl and had committed the arson attack as an act of revenge.

Leeds Crown Court heard witness testimony yesterday alleging that the accused, 37-year-old Peter Brown, had sent a series of inappropriate and disturbing text messages to a girl who had been a resident at the Buckrose Court flats in Norton, near Malton in North Yorkshire, where a fire had broken out several months later claiming the lives of 18-year-old Kyne, from Kiltrogue, Co Galway, and fellow apprentice jockey Jan Wilson (19), from Forfar in Scotland.

Galway A&E to be under the spotlight at national forum here next month

Thu, Apr 29, 2010

University Hospital Galway’s emergency department - which continues to hit the headlines due to overcrowding problems - will be put under the spotlight next month when a national A&E forum will be held in Galway to examine ways to improves its service.

Galway left demands renovation and re-opening of An Taibhdhearc

Thu, Apr 29, 2010

An Taibhdhearc must be refurbished and re-opened as it is “ludicrous” for Galway, which is seeking official status as the Bi-lingual Capital of Ireland, to have the National Irish Theatre closed for three years.

Permission granted for Ahmadiyya Muslim mosque

Thu, Apr 29, 2010

Planning permission has been granted to Galway city’s Ahmadiyya Muslim community to build a mosque at The Cottages, Monivea Road, Ballybrit.

John Gormley to officially open Ó Brolcháin’s constituency office

Thu, Apr 29, 2010

Environment Minister John Gormley, will officially open the new constituency office of Green Party senator, Niall Ó Brolcháin on Friday May 7.

GMIT public seminar on drinking water quality

Thu, Apr 29, 2010

Engineers, scientists, and water quality experts will address a public seminar in the GMIT on Thursday May 6, starting at 7pm, on the quality of Galway’s drinking water.

TD vows to fight to keep St Francis community nursing home open

Thu, Apr 29, 2010

A local TD is spearheading a campaign to keep a city community nursing home open at its current location.

Mike’s back in town

Thu, Apr 29, 2010

With enough new ideas and the will to execute them, and with a passion for staging theatre shows that will challenge and engage audiences, Galway could enter “a whole new scene of creativity”.

Learn how to help students cope with exams

Thu, Apr 29, 2010

Parents can learn how to help their children in the run up to the Junior and Leaving Certificate exams by attending a special lecture on the subject to be held next month.

Professor Fiona McNicholas, a Dublin based consultant and adolescent psychiatrist, will speak at the event, which is being organised by Atlantic College, a continuing education facility based at the Fairgreen. The talk will be held on Tuesday May 11 at the college (top floor, Fairgreen House) at 7pm.

Treacy remains only Galway TD still taking pension perk

Thu, Apr 29, 2010

Noel Treacy remains the only Galway TD who has so far refused to give up his ministerial pension, despite public anger over TDs receiving such paymone of ents while still serving in the Dáil.

Councils to get more than €100,000 in anti-litter funding

Thu, Apr 29, 2010

Galway City and County Councils are to get a helping hand in cleaning up litter black spots and tackling graffiti in key tourist areas during the summer months with more than €100,000 in Government funding being allocated.

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