High stakes and high notes as choirs face-off in Choirfactor

Thu, Apr 11, 2013

An estimated 150 singers are registered to perform this Friday April 12 on the Radisson Blu Hotel’s live lounge stage in the Choirfactor competition - a charity event organised by the Corrib Lions Club. Six entrants spanning the business, health, and sporting sector of Galway will engage in a ‘sing-off’ and all funds gathered on the night will be donated to the Kilcuan retreat and healing centre, Clarinbridge.

Knocknacarra to host Defeat the Property Tax meeting

Thu, Apr 11, 2013

How we can Defeat the Property Tax is the title of a public meeting for residents in Knocknacarra and surrounding areas which takes place this evening at 8pm in the Clybaun Hotel.

Connolly condemns Government for slashing disabled grants

Thu, Apr 11, 2013

Almost 70 instances of housing adaptations and aid for the disabled and the elderly cannot be carried out this year in Galway city due to Government slashing of funding for such services.

DERI key as‘Big Data’ to open wealth of treasures in the RTÉ archives

Thu, Apr 11, 2013

RTÉ archives announced an ambitious collaboration with the newly announced SFI “Big Data” Research Centre called INSIGHT and the Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI), which will be carried out in DERI (NUI Galway) at INSIGHT, to develop an innovative semantic content discovery platform to open up the treasures of the RTÉ Archives.

Councillors urged to show respect to the chair and get business done

Thu, Apr 11, 2013

While an amendment to a standing order to punish unruly councillors financially has been abandoned, as it was found to be legally unsound, many councillors agreed that a committment must be taken to ensure that business is done efficiently in a way that showed dignity and respect to the chair.

Staff from a private security firm were manning the doors as Monday night’s council meeting took place. An amendment to a standing order asked for this increased security and demand for identification to continue, however many councillors expressed concerns condemning it as undemocratic and draconian. Despite these concerns the amendment was later passed.

Galway inventor aims to clean up your recycling with Brustibin

Thu, Apr 11, 2013

Methods for dispensing rubbish is set to be enhanced by the introduction of the Brustibin, designed by Galwayman Michael Prendergast. This new device, currently being manufactured in Longford, aims to revolutionise how rubbish is removed from residential and commercial units in a practical, efficient, and cost effective way.

Patient doctor conquers the ‘jaws’ of the Hawaiian waters

Thu, Apr 11, 2013

Galway based doctor Katie McAnena has recently made history by becoming the world’s first woman to wind surf the Hawaiian wave “Jaws.”

City Bin Co expansion continues with twelve new jobs in Galway IT hub

Thu, Apr 11, 2013

The City Bin Co, Galway’s primary waste disposal service, has announced that it is creating twelve new jobs in its IT department at its Oranmore headquarters.

In the past five months, 38 new recruits have been added to its Dublin and Galway offices. And this expansion is set to continue with a further 12 specialist roles currently being created in the IT department of the Galway branch.

More than one thousand DAS payments still outstanding in Galway

Thu, Apr 11, 2013

More than 1,000 farmers in Galway, who applied to the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme, have not received any payment, a situation a local TD has called “disgraceful”.

Fianna Fáil agriculture spokesperson and Galway West TD Éamon Ó Cuív said that figures he has received through a series of parliamentary questions show 1,097 Galway farmers have not received the money they are owed.

Galway Bay Hotel receives gold standard accolade at Best Companies Awards

Thu, Apr 11, 2013

Hodson Bay Hotel Group has been named as one of Ireland’s Best Managed companies in this prestigious Deloitte Awards Programme for the fourth year in a row, recognised at a gala awards dinner in Dublin recently. Former Taoiseach, Chairman of IFSC Ireland and EU Ambassador to the EUR, John Bruton, was special guest speaker at the event.

Labour councillors welcome water charges announcement

Thu, Apr 11, 2013

The refusal to introduce water charges next year is not only a “very positive development” but an “acknowledgement of the concerns that people around the country have”.

South Galway to get boost from launch of Gregory and Yeats trail website

Thu, Apr 11, 2013

The promotion of a trail which incorporates many of the historical sites across South Galway could yield a large dividend for tourism in the region, according to its organisers who will launch the trail’s website next week.

Shantalla family names publication to get mayoral launch tonight

Thu, Apr 11, 2013

A publication recording the names of all the families who have resided in Shantalla over the past 70 years will be launched tonight (Thursday) in the city.

The book which has been compiled by the Shantalla Family History Society documents the various family names that were prevalent in Shantalla from 1943 to the present day.

Red Cross man wins Volunteer of The Year award

Thu, Apr 11, 2013

Dominick Burke, a long-serving organiser with the Galway Red Cross, was this week made the Galway City Credit Union’s Volunteer of the Year at the city’s 10th Annual Mayor's Awards.

Clonbur woman’s slow boat to America in her battle against cancer

Thu, Apr 11, 2013

Eight years ago in May 2005, I was diagnosed with a life-threatening illness. At the time I was diagnosed, I wasn't to know having undergone chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and beating the cancer, that I would be left with very severe and long-term side effects from the treatment. The last eight years have been an ongoing battle with many hospitalizations and suffering. I didn't think the discovery of my illness would someday lead me from a small town in Ireland to Winston-Salem, North Carolina. But here I am.

Latte and culture as Maurice Walsh exhibition launches at Renzo Gallery Cafe

Thu, Apr 11, 2013

Why not enjoy a leisurely latte and a slice of culture at Renzo Gallery Cafe, 32 Eyre Street? Galway artist, Maurice Walsh is showing his second solo exhibition of paintings at the cafe until May 26. Photographer Jane Talbot officially opened the event at a wine reception on Saturday last April 6.

Calling youth singers and choirs for Street Angels

Thu, Apr 11, 2013

Street Angels is a music competition for groups, choirs, and solo singers to perform music and song suitable for a church service and is open to secondary students in Galway.

The competition will be a public concert in the Augustinian Church. The winning groups will be selected by an independent jury of musicians. The concert is planned for April 19 at 8pm, but this has to be fully finalised.

Fianna Fáil - the greatest comeback since Lazarus?

Thu, Apr 11, 2013

Over recent weeks, despite the happy distraction of the St Patrick’s Day festivities and the Easter break, Insider has detected a sense of worry in people’s demeanour created by a largely unexpected development that has truly shaken them out of any complacency.

Gardai vow to find those who started massive gorse fires that ravaged bogland

Thu, Apr 04, 2013

Gardai in Salthill and county Galway have confirmed that a hunt is under way to find whoever lit the gorse fires that ravaged bogland near Barna and Oranmore on Monday and Tuesday.

Dignity of lives lost should not be forgotten in circus

Thu, Apr 04, 2013

Next Monday, a circus will descend on Galway. Media of all hue and definition will head west for a hearing that will be seen to set the agenda for a debate that has long divided this country. For more than a week, the focus of the country will be on the deliberations of a coroner and his witnesses in a case which has brought Galway to the attention of the world.

It is a case that is being used by all sides to advance a cause. And on all sides, it is a cause to which their proposers are strongly committed. It has often been difficult to comment on this case without being seen as a supporter of one side or the other, as being part of that agenda. It should be the case that the media should act as a conduit, but often this is not the case.

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