Visit Santa’s Castle and help Galway Simon Community

Thu, Oct 29, 2009

Athenry’s Dunsandle Castle will have some very special guests staying this winter. Santa and Mrs Claus, along with the elves will be making the County Galway medieval castle their home in preparation for Christmas. Bookings have now opened, and a proportion of all admissions will go to Galway Simon Community.

The Dáil comes to the Lit & Deb

Thu, Oct 29, 2009

With Ireland enduring its worst financial crises in decades, many are asking, where did it all go wrong? Where does the blame lie? And most importantly who can mend the damage?

Conference raises awareness of ground-breaking cancer care developments

Thu, Oct 29, 2009

The second International Palliative Medicine Conference, organised by Galway University Hospitals, is to be held at the Radisson Hotel, Galway, on November 6 and 7.

Shooting begins in Galway on Ken Bruen’s The Guards

Thu, Oct 29, 2009

Shooting has begun on the TV movie version of The Guards by the internationally acclaimed Galway crime novelist Ken Bruen, with filming taking place in Galway city and Connemara.

NUIG sean-nós dance work-shops

Thu, Oct 29, 2009

The renowned Irish dancer Seosamh Ó Neachtain will give a second series of sean-nós workshops in NUI, Galway next month.

Kinvara Children’s Centre opens after five year campaign

Thu, Oct 29, 2009

The official opening of the Kinvara Community Children’s Centre, which aims to provide a ‘quality, affordable, consistent, and flexible childcare service’, will take place on Sunday, November 8 from 2 to 5pm.

Tea at the g for NBCRI

Thu, Oct 29, 2009

As part of October being breast cancer awareness month, a special fundraising afternoon in aid of The National Breast Cancer Research Institute (NBCRI) was held at the g hotel Galway on October 22.

Grow a moustache for Movember

Thu, Oct 29, 2009

Throughout the decades many famous men have proudly worn a moustache - Salvador Dali, Tom Selleck, Frank Zappa, Friedrich Nietzsche, Mark Twain, and ahem, Adolf Hitler.

Now Galway men have a chance to join this elite club by taking part in Movember - where you grow a moustache during November and help raise funds and awareness about men’s health and prostate cancer.

Presentation on back pain

Thu, Oct 29, 2009

If you suffer from lower back pain, you could find the answer to your back problems at a free presentation being held at the g Hotel tonight at 7.30pm.

Register for free cervical check

Thu, Oct 29, 2009

Last year Cervical Check, part of the National Cancer Screening Service, was launched. This programme entitles all women between the ages of 25 and 60 to a free smear test every three to five years

Launch of local grow your own group

Thu, Oct 29, 2009

Grow it Yourself Ireland (GIY) is the brainchild of Michael Kelly.

Ninety day business survival workshop

Thu, Oct 29, 2009

A 90 day business survival workshop for owners of small businesses will be held in Ballybane Enterprise Centre on Monday, November 2 at 6.30pm.

Athenry Tidy Towns seeks new members

Thu, Oct 29, 2009

Athenry Tidy Towns Committe, who works tirelessly to ensure their town is kept ‘clean and green’, are now seeking new members to joins their ranks.

Interested parties are requested to attend a public meeting which will be held on Tuesday, November 3, at 8.30pm in Hansberry Hotel. The committee, which was first established in 1992, has had some retirements recently and need to recruit new members.

Taking a positive approach to cancer

Thu, Oct 29, 2009

“If I were to die tomorrow I would prefer to die laughing rather than crying”, a statement from a girl wise beyond her years.

Join the Hallowe’en parade through Shop Street

Thu, Oct 29, 2009

Colours Street Theatre Company is putting on a short Hallowe’en parade through Shop Street on Saturday October 31 at 8pm.

Hallowe’en family coffee morning

Thu, Oct 29, 2009

Get your Hallowe’en outfit ready because on Saturday a family coffee morning is being held in the Carlton Shearwater Hotel, Ballinasloe from 10am to 1pm. The coffee morning, now in its second year, is run by the Stargazer Lily Foundation in aid of Galway Hospice, Portiuncula Patient Comfort fund, and Cancer Research Ireland. The foundation is run by local people from the community of Ballinasloe and is fully sponsored by the Carlton Shearwater, Kraft, and Kelly print works.The foundation has raised over €25,000 for the above charities and with your help can do much more. The morning promises not only coffee but a range of activities for children, from best dressed costume to a Hallowe’en colouring competition. Further details can be obtained by calling the Carlton Shearwater on 090 9630400.

Flying high for charity

Thu, Oct 29, 2009

A Galway property company has raised €2,830 in aid of Cope Galway and Childline.

Get active at the Great Outdoors

Thu, Oct 29, 2009

Great Outdoors on Eglinton St has been a Galway landmark for the past 32 years. Stocking trusted outdoor and sporting brands, such as The North Face, Meindl, and Columbia, Great Outdoors has become the biggest and most successful independent outdoor centre in the west of Ireland.

Hallowe’en house of horrors at Karma

Thu, Oct 29, 2009

The Karma nightclub will be transformed into a haunted house for Hallowe’en night this Saturday so that it has the same eeriness as Galway’s haunted Woodlawn House.

Special Christmas parties at Coyotes

Thu, Oct 29, 2009

Coyotes Late Bar on Forster Street is now taking Christmas party bookings.

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