Man jailed for sexual assault of stepdaugher
Thu, Mar 04, 2010
A man who sexually assaulted his stepdaughter when she was aged between six and seven years old was jailed for 11 months this week.
Read more ...University enlists young group to research impact of love busts on young people
Thu, Mar 04, 2010
A mid-western university has joined forces with a Galway based national youth organisation to conduct research into the impact of relationship break-ups on young people’s lives.
Read more ...Free calls to Chile for Galway Chileans worried about home
Thu, Mar 04, 2010
Chileans living in Galway and worried about loved ones following the earthquake which has devastated the country can avail of free phonecalls to home until Wednesday March 10.
Read more ...Easter computers for beginners at GMIT
Thu, Mar 04, 2010
An exciting introductory and digital media friendly course on how to use your computer and the internet (in the home) will be run at GMIT after Easter.
Read more ...The Mayoral Ball is back
Thu, Mar 04, 2010
The Mayoral Ball is back for 2010, after last year’s absence from Galway’s social calendar, and takes place on Saturday May 29.
Read more ...Table quiz for local family charity
Thu, Mar 04, 2010
A table quiz is being held in Bodkins Bar, Merlin Park on March 11 at 8pm to help raise much needed funds for the group entitled Families, Fathers and Friends.
Read more ...More than 3,500 people registered with local volunteer centre since 2006
Thu, Mar 04, 2010
More than 3,500 people have registered with Galway Volunteer Centre seeking volunteer work since the service was set up in 2006.
Read more ...Fundraising event for Afghan women
Thu, Mar 04, 2010
The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan is a political/social organisation struggling for peace, freedom, democracy, and women’s rights in Afghanistan since 1977.
Read more ...Further education open day at Galway Community College
Thu, Mar 04, 2010
GCC will be holding its Further Education Open Day on Wednesday next March 10, from 10am-4pm. In keeping with current trends and demand, the college currently offers 18 full time FETAC Level Five courses in business and media, performance and production, design and technology, social care, sport and horticulture.
Read more ...Win a pair of designer frames and two tickets to the Senior Times Over 50s Show with Specsavers
Thu, Mar 04, 2010
To celebrate the forthcoming Senior Times Over 50s Show, which takes place on of March 13 and 14 in the Radisson Blu Hotel, Specsavers Galway has teamed up with the Galway Advertiser to offer two lucky readers a pair of gorgeous designer frames and two tickets to the show. In addition, the two winners will receive a complimentary eye test.
Read more ...Coole Park prepares for Tree Week
Thu, Mar 04, 2010
A range of events for all ages will take place in Coole next month as the park celebrates Tree Week as part of its spring cultural programme.
Sunday March 7 will see several events taking place in Coole including Coole Trees in Spring, a guided walk through the park with staff from the National Parks and Wildlife Service, who will explain how to identify different tree species in spring. This event will take place from 2.30pm to 4pm along with a range of indoor and outdoor family events including scavenger hunts and games.
Read more ...Rushie’s to be a barman in Coyotes
Thu, Mar 04, 2010
Liverpool football legend Ian Rush is coming to Coyotes Late Bar on Forster Street this Saturday (March 6).
Read more ...Galway Community Acupuncture: a new model of practice
Thu, Mar 04, 2010
Galway Community Acupuncture is a community centred healing practice with the aim to make acupuncture more accessible by making it more affordable. What distinguishes this model of practice is that treatments are offered in a comfortable and relaxed group setting.
Read more ...UHG urged to appoint new hospital manager after damning report
Thu, Feb 25, 2010
The chairperson of the HSE West’s regional health forum is calling for the health authority to fasttrack the appointment of a new manager for University Hospital Galway in the wake of the facility’s poor showing in the HSE’s latest league tables.
Read more ...Ballinasloe included in flood risk study
Thu, Feb 25, 2010
Ballinasloe will be included in the major new Shannon Flood Risk Management Study to be commissioned by the Office of Public Works in the summer.
Read more ...Stop dismantling health service Government warned at Galway meeting
Thu, Feb 25, 2010
The general secretary of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation says the campaign by public sector workers to reverse the pay cuts in the Budget must also make sure that the dismantling of the public health service is stopped.
Read more ...Don’t leave boxes and bags outside bottle banks says McNelis
Thu, Feb 25, 2010
People leaving bottles in the city’s bottle banks should not leave behind boxes and bags that have been used to carry the glass, but should carry it home.
Read more ...Danish man dies suddenly while working on Loughrea wind turbine
Thu, Feb 25, 2010
A man has died suddenly while working on a wind turbine in south Galway.
Read more ...Bang a drum and raise money for Haiti
Thu, Feb 25, 2010
On Sunday more than 100 Tribal Spirit Drummers from across Ireland will gather in NUI, Galway in a fundraising event for earthquake relief in Haiti.
The drummers will play rhythms and songs from Haiti and Africa from 4.30pm to 6pm, and will be the culmination of a day of family events in the university’s student centre.
Read more ...Search for the elusive Nash after daredevil graffiti artist tattoos city
Thu, Feb 25, 2010
Under the cloak of darkness in the early hours of Sunday morning, a person known by his/her paintwork as Nash scaled an incredible height to decorate the gable end of Garvey’s bar and hotel on Eyre Square with graffiti.
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