I gcuimhne far an leaid rua
Thu, Feb 03, 2011
Seoladh The Blue-Eyed Boy, In Memory of an Leaid Rua an tseachtain seo caite sa Scoil Chuimsitheach an Cheathrú Rua. Seo leabhar a bhí curtha le chéile mar thionscadal idirbhliana sa rang Béarla i gcuimhne ar scoláire, Micheál Rua Seoighe, a maraíodh go tubaisteach i mí na Samhna 2009. Ba é Seán Mac Donncha, leasphríomhoide na scoile, a sheol an leabhar agus ba í Fiona de Paor, an múinteoir Bhéarla, a bhí i gceannas ar an rang idirbhliana.
Read more ...Litir chuig Enda
Thu, Feb 03, 2011
Tá litir, sínithe ag ionadaithe eagraíochtaí oideachais, ceardchumainn mhúinteoirí, eagrais Ghaeilge, aontais mac léinn, coláistí samhraidh, grúpaí mná tí, eagraíochtaí óige, agus eagraíochtaí Gaeltachta, seolta chuig Enda Kenny, ceannaire Fhine Gael, ag éileamh air polasaí an pháirtí, stádas na Gaeilge don ardteist a ísliú tríd an ábhar a dhéanamh roghnach, a chur ar leataobh agus seasamh taobh thiar di mar chroí-ábhar don ardteist a dhéanfaidh gach mac léinn staidéar uirthi.
Read more ...Man given last chance to behave or face jail
Thu, Feb 03, 2011
A 36-year-old man, with alcohol and agression problems, has been given a final warning to obey his conditions of probation and to behave himself or face jail next time.
Read more ...Hunt Report ‘a road map for Australia’ says Ó Clochartaigh
Thu, Feb 03, 2011
The new National Strategy for Higher Education, co-ordinated by Dr Colin Hunt, is not a vision for the future but a ‘road map to Australia’ for the nation’s youth.
Read more ...Grealish urges Government to include nurses in proposed new HSE exit scheme
Thu, Feb 03, 2011
A local TD is calling on the Government to include frontline nursing staff in a proposed new voluntary redundancy package for employees in the wider public service.
Read more ...TG4 to screen new Galway-based drama series
Thu, Feb 03, 2011
Galway actor Diarmuid de Faoite and singer/actress Maria Doyle Kennedy will star in Corp + Anam, a gritty new drama series starring which begins on Wednesday February 16 at 9.30pm on TG4.
Read more ...New radio documentary looks at the local impact of climate change
Thu, Feb 03, 2011
Rain, storms, droughts, and you guessed it, even more cold spells could become the norm as climate change increasingly threatens to pose serious challenges for Galway city, that’s according to leading scientist and NUI Galway lecturer Dr Kieran Hickey who was featured in a new radio documentary aired this week.
The likely impact of climate change on Galway city is the subject of the new documentary, ‘The Rising Tide...?’, which was independently produced by locally based Sound Woman Productions and broadcast on Galway Bay FM last Wednesday.
Read more ...‘All Go’ for 2011 Safety Direct Galway International Rally
Thu, Feb 03, 2011
The Safety Direct Galway International Rally 2011 takes place this weekend from Friday February 4, to Sunday February 6, with a number of events taking place to mark its 40th anniversary.
Read more ...Through the glass darkly
Thu, Feb 03, 2011
The late Hubert Butler once wrote a delightful essay called Influenza on Aran in which he examined the evidence for the early Irish saints. His title is explained in the first few sentences: “When I arrived in Aran by the Naomh Eanna at Kilronan I was sneezing and, by the time I had raced to St Enda’s Church at Killeany and seen the stone on which he had floated in from Connemara, I was feverish and coughing. I spent the rest of my time in bed reading the only two books on Aran and its saints that I could find, a big one by Mr O Siochain [Aran: Islands of Legend] and a small one by Father Scantlebury [Saints and Shrines of Aran Mor]”.
Read more ...New triathlon club for Connemara
Thu, Feb 03, 2011
Galway boasts a new triathlon club, TríSpórt, which is also a first for the Connemara Gaeltacht.
Read more ...Laptop thief unlawfully at large because of prison fracas, court hears
Thu, Feb 03, 2011
A 26-year-old laptop thief, who was had been unlawfully at large for six months, has claimed that he was fearful of returning into custody because of a prison fracas between Irish and Eastern European inmates.
The Galway District Court heard that Latvian native Valatiys Matiss had been serving a prison sentence when he became involuntary embroiled in the on-going tensions between other prisoners and has now applied to the Minister of Justice for repatriation to his homeland.
Read more ...Lord works in mysterious waves — Galway gets a Christian radio station
Thu, Feb 03, 2011
Ireland’s first quasi-national Christian radio station launched last week when World Champion Boxer, Katie Taylor released white doves to mark the official launch of Spirit Radio onto the Irish airwaves.
Read more ...Friedrich Engels and his forgotten journey to County Galway
Thu, Feb 03, 2011
Friedrich Engels is best known as the author of The Conditions Of The Working Class in England and as the co-author, along with Karl Marx, of The Communist Manifesto, but one of his least well known writings is about Galway, describing the county and its people in the aftermath of The Famine.
Read more ...City doctor on mercy mission to Chad
Thu, Feb 03, 2011
A doctor from Rahoon Road in the city is heading to Chad in central Africa to set up an HIV/Aids project.
Read more ...City businessman and election candidate slams HSE West €7m spend on legal fees
Thu, Feb 03, 2011
A general election candidate and a founding member of Hope4Disability, a local disability action group, has slammed what he terms the “obscene” amount of more than €7 million spent by the HSE West on legal fees for barristers and solicitors last year.
Read more ...Man to face trial for false imprisonment of woman
Thu, Feb 03, 2011
A 28-year-old man accused of allegedly tresspassing in a building and falsely imprisoning a woman has been sent forward for trial.
The Galway District Court heard this week that the book of evidence has been served on Guozhu Zhuang (28) with an address at New Oriental, Cahir, Tipperary.
Read more ...NRA €4.3 million funding to make ‘real difference’ says Galway Tranportation Unit head
Thu, Feb 03, 2011
The recent NRA funding of €4.3 million is a big boost and will help make a “real difference” in the city council’s work to provide high standard road infrastructure and improve safety for cyclists and pedestrians, according to Joe Tansey, head of the Galway Transportation Unit.
Read more ...Emigration will ‘damage Galway society and economy’ says Nolan
Thu, Feb 03, 2011
Ireland will never fully emerge from the present economic crisis unless unemployment is seriously addressed by politicians and university graduates are given a reason to stay in the country.
Read more ...Crowe vows to help secure €25 million funding for Galway Port plan
Thu, Feb 03, 2011
The Galway Port Development Plan is an “ambitious” project which will help open up the entire region and secure Galway’s sustainable economic growth into the future, that is according to Mayor Michael Crowe who has vowed to work to secure the necessary €25 million State investment.
Read more ...Airport’s future brighter following crucial Government decision on funding
Thu, Feb 03, 2011
The future of Galway Airport was made a lot brighter this week as it will now continue to be included in the vital operational subvention funding programme following a decision by Government to reject the recommendations contained in the ‘Value For Money’ report.
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