Polly Needs A Very Special Hooman! Could it be you?

Mon, Mar 20, 2023

Anyone who follows Madra on socia media has probably seen their Polly many times. Madra are devastated to announce that next month Polly will have been in their care for 2 years, the majority of which has been spent in kennels. Despite everything Madra's staff and volunteers do for her and the love they have for her, this just isn't a suitable life for her. And if they are quite honest, they just don't understand why it has never been Polly's turn to find her forever home.

Thousands to flock to city as Galway pulls out the stops for best parade ever

Thu, Mar 16, 2023

More than 40,000 people are expected to flock into Galway tomorrow for what is expected to be the biggest St Patrick’s Day Parade the city has held.

Trad greats line up for concert in aid of COPE Galway

Thu, Mar 16, 2023

Some of Galway’s biggest names in traditional music will come together on stage at the Town Hall Theatre later this month to launch a new album by ‘unsung hero of Irish traditional music’, Iomar Barrett, with all proceeds from the event going to COPE Galway.

Galway woman urges support for cancer patient services this Daffodil Day

Thu, Mar 16, 2023

A Galway woman who was diagnosed with a stage 3 triple breast cancer last year is urging the people of Galway to support cancer patients by getting involved with the Irish Cancer Society’s Daffodil Day on Friday March 24.

Inspiring Teresa ‘doing it for her donor’ as she goes for gold in Perth

Thu, Mar 16, 2023

An inspiring Galway grandmother who was recently widowed and who received a kidney transplant 22 years ago could be forgiven for putting up her feet and taking it easy, but that’s not the ethos of driven Teresa Smyth from Dunmore.

EZ Living Furniture wins prestigious website awards for two consecutive years

Thu, Mar 16, 2023

EZ Living Furniture has been crowned winner of the National Website of the Year at the National Digital Awards. The popular furniture retailer also picked up another award for Medium Business Website of the Year for the second time in a row. Every year, Digital Business Ireland in collaboration with Permanent TSB recognises businesses and individuals that dominate the digital space. This year, the award ceremony took place in the Gibson Hotel in Dublin.

Save money with a free financial review from Murray Financial Services

Thu, Mar 16, 2023

Murray Financial Services was established by Adrian Murray who has more than a decade’s experience in financial services.

Fancy a taste of Galway towns in the 1990s?

Thu, Mar 16, 2023

Loughrea-native photographer/videographer Aengus Devine worked and lived in London and the US for many years. On his trips home on holidays, he used his cameras to shoot insightful and beautiful videos of towns around the county.

­Through the glass darkly

Thu, Mar 16, 2023

Sometime before 1905, John Bagnell Bury, Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge, son of a Church of Ireland clergyman, and already one of the most distinguished historians of his time, turned his attentions to St Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland.

Bury’s historical focus was Classical Greece and Rome. In 1888 he had published A History of the Later Roman Empire from Arcadius to Irene (AD395 to AD800), and he was at this time researching another study of this period.

Getting to know...

Thu, Mar 16, 2023

WHAT IS YOUR EARLIEST MEMORY?
I remember spending a lot of time on the beach as a child with my brothers. That is my earliest memory.

Galway choir changing the definition of choral singing

Thu, Mar 16, 2023

A Galway-based singing group, RISE Choir is changing the definition of choral singing by celebrating diversity, empowering different voice types, and promoting positivity and connectivity through singing.

Lyons welcomes Clybaun Heights public lighting upgrade

Thu, Mar 16, 2023

Galway City Council has appointed a contractor in conjunction with Electric Skyline to undertake ground works and install a complete new public lighting in Clybaun Heights.

Galway City West and Knocknacarra councillor Donal Lyons said that in mid February, the public lighting had to be turned off in Clybaun Heights due to a serious fault on the network.

Walk in Pink for breast cancer research this Sunday

Thu, Mar 16, 2023

This Sunday, Mother’s Day, ‘Walk in Pink’ takes place for the National Breast Cancer Research Institute. The charity is asking everyone to help make a difference for the many Irish women suffering from breast cancer by taking part.

Crime World show coming to Galway

Thu, Mar 16, 2023

Crime World, the weekly Sunday World podcast about criminals, drugs and the sins of the underworld hosted by investigative journalist Nicola Tallant, is coming to life with Omertà: A journey into the dark heart of Ireland’s criminal underworld – and the murders that shatter its sacred code.

The good news for fans of real life crime podcasts in the west is that Ms Tallant will bring the show to Galway this summer and tickets go on sale this morning Thursday March 16.

Saw Doctors to rock Tuam this summer with reprise of West’s Awake concert

Thu, Mar 16, 2023

In 1991, on the crest of their wave, The Saw Doctors played an iconic concert in their hometown at Tuam Stadium that has stayed in the memory of their fans. In the interim, there have been many calls for the gig to be repeated — and finally it is going to happen.

The Saw Doctors will play the exclusive Irish ‘homecoming’ show in Tuam on Saturday August 19 in a Big Top marquee in the grounds of St. Jarlath’s College.

Sentencing of former Christian Brother represents ‘end of 50-year journey’ for city businessman

Thu, Mar 16, 2023

A 77-year-old former Christian Brother has been sentenced to 27 months in prison with the final seven months suspended after being convicted of the abuse of a schoolboy 50 years ago.

Pitch battle as Rahoon-Newcastle hail Salthill-Knocknacarra move as ‘violating spirit of the GAA’

Thu, Mar 16, 2023

Two long-established GAA clubs in the city areas are at loggerheads over plans by one to construct a state of the art playing facilities to within a short distance of the other.

Spring into St Patrick’s weekend with special musical concert

Thu, Mar 16, 2023

Oranmore soprano Helen Hancock will present The Lark in the Clear Air in the Mick Lally Theatre this Saturday March 18 at 8pm.

Hancock will be joined by Dublin-based pianist Annalisa Monticelli and clarinettist Berginald Rash to present the programme which will feature Schubert’s Shepherd on a Rock along with Arnold Cooke’s Songs of Innocence, both for soprano, clarinet and piano. In addition Strauss and Clara Schumann songs for soprano and piano will feature, as will Paul Reade’s Victorian Kitchen Garden Suite for clarinet and piano. A selection of Irish airs will round off the evening.

Have your spake at Speak Outs in Galway City and Gort

Thu, Mar 16, 2023

What’s wrong with Galway? What’s right with it? University of Galway’s UrbanLab invites members of the public to share their thoughts through a series of Speak Outs in Galway City and Gort. These Speak Outs offer an opportunity to explore the question, ‘How can we make better places?’. People who wish to present at the Speak Outs are asked to give a short five minute talk on a local issue of their choice.

The events are being organised by UrbanLab Galway which is a home for collaborative research into placemaking, place development and the future of Galway in particular. Dr Mark Rainey, a member of UrbanLab Galway, states that ‘The Speak Outs allow people to have their voices heard on local development issues. Citizen engagement is crucial when we imagine the future of Galway and the wider region’.

University of Galway appoints new Traveller Education Officer

Thu, Mar 16, 2023

University of Galway has appointed its second ever full-time Traveller Education Officer to lead on the recruitment of and support students from the Irish Traveller community.

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