A guitar is not just for Christmas

Thu, Jan 14, 2010

Important news for anyone who was good enough all year to get a guitar from Santa, and would now like to learn how to play it! Guitar Made Easy is a 10 week course for complete beginners, and starts in Oranmore, Galway, Tuam and Castlebar the week beginning Monday January 18, 2010. These group classes are suitable for ages 10 upwards, and will be especially useful for those who think they are too old at 40!

Connaughton condemns ‘daft’ staffing problem at Mountbellew Agriculture College

Thu, Jan 14, 2010

Mountbellew Agriculture College will be kept open for another two years but the public service recruitment embargo means retiring teachers cannot be replaced.

Lit’n’Deb to host debate on gay marriage

Thu, Jan 14, 2010

Is marriage only to be between a man and a woman? Is marriage not about the love two people feel for each other regardless of gender?

If the State says certain people cannot get married because of their sexual orientation, is this not a denial of their rights, given that discrimination against sexual orientation is frowned on in most other areas?

Councils hope ambitious plan will change the way Galway travels

Thu, Jan 14, 2010

A major bid to make Galway the leading Smart Travel location in the country by the Galway City Council and Galway County Council could see car use reduced dramatically over the next five years and see a major rise in cycling, walking, and the use of public transport.

NUI Galway opens new Bailey Allen Wing

Thu, Jan 14, 2010

NUI Galway’s new €6 million arts and cultural centre, the Bailey Allen Wing, was given a spectacular launch recently with an official opening featuring performances from Druid Theatre, Macnas, and Frankie Gavin.

Local medical device developer secures additional €2m in funding

Thu, Jan 14, 2010

Local medical device developer Crospon has reason to celebrate on the double with the news that it has secured an additional €2 million in funding and that its flagship gastroenterology product has received clearance from the US Food and Drugs Administration.

Galway’s a top holiday destination for single women

Thu, Jan 14, 2010

While most Galwegians are itching to fly off to far flung places to avoid the big freeze and thaw single women around the world have voted our city as one of the top five cities to visit, the only Irish place to feature in the list.

NUIG launches free legal advice centre

Thu, Jan 14, 2010

NUI Galway’s Free Legal Advice Centre, run in conjunction with the NUIG Law Society, will be launched on Monday January 18.

Galway Arts Centre to host National Gallery Study Day for Leaving Cert art students

Thu, Jan 14, 2010

The Galway Arts Centre will host the National Gallery’s Study Day for Leaving Cert Students in the Nuns Island Theatre next month.

Galway to have its say on Draft Development Plan

Thu, Jan 14, 2010

Galwegians will be able to have their say on the Draft City Development Plan 2011 - 2017 once it goes on public display at the end of this month.

Michael D condemns Burmese court ruling on exiled journalist

Thu, Jan 14, 2010

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights must investigate why the Burmese courts have imposed a 20 year gaol sentence on a journalist.

Learn to dance sean nós in Áras Na nGael

Thu, Jan 14, 2010

Conradh na Gaeilge’s sean-nós dancing classes, taught by Pádraig Ó h’Oibicín, return on Monday January 18 with beginners classes at 7pm and classes for the more experienced at 9pm.

Sean nós is an ad-hoc style of solo Irish dancing. It is danced close to the floor so there is no need to perform gravity defying leaps.

Explore your inner filmmaker with new GFC courses

Thu, Jan 14, 2010

Animation, writing, documentary making and how to make a short film are just some of the courses being run as part of the Galway Film Centre’s Spring/Summer workshops.

Young Galway inventors sought for Junior Inventor Competition

Thu, Jan 14, 2010

Young inventors in Co Galway with ideas for new products, improvements to existing ones, or ideas that can solve problems are encouraged to enter the Junior Inventor Competition.

Many cultures form one exhibition at Galway City Museum

Thu, Jan 14, 2010

The calumet, a traditional North American peace pipe, is one of the many fascinating pieces on show as part of an exhibition in the Galway City Museum.

The peace pipe forms part of an exhibition entitled A Message From the Firing Line... which includes the work of Native American Indian artist, Natalie Ball; Isabella Basombrio Hoban from Peru; Shimon Sakakibara from Japan; and John Hoban from Ireland.

Connemara dancing sensation Emma to represent the west in All Ireland Talent Show

Thu, Jan 14, 2010

A 24-year-old All-Ireland dancing champion, acknowledged with reviving an age-old tradition, represents the west this weekend at RTE’s All-Ireland Talent Show.

Mixed response to City Hall’s handling of cold snap

Thu, Jan 14, 2010

Galway city is due to get a consignment of salt to grit the roads despite the fact the thaw is over, a situation which has led to councillor Pádraig Conneely calling City Hall “a joke”.

Red Cross fund available to Galway flood victims

Thu, Jan 14, 2010

The Irish Red Cross has made €1 million available to alleviate hardship caused to families whose houses were flooded last November.

Concert in aid of suicide charity

Thu, Jan 14, 2010

Galway Choral Association will celebrate the New Year with a special concert in aid of Console, the local charity which helps people bereaved by suicide, at St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church on Saturday January 23 at 8pm.

Gardaí seek CCTV footage after horror attack on woman (80)

Thu, Jan 07, 2010

Gardaí have appealed to residents and businesses in Shantalla and Newcastle to check their CCTV systems for footage of an attacker who broke into the home of an elderly woman and attacked her in the early hours of New Year’s Day.

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