Learn Angelic Reiki from experienced practitioners

Thu, Sep 11, 2014

This month brings a rare chance to learn the original system of Angelic Reiki with an experienced team of international teachers. It has been 27 years since the London-based Angelic Reiki practitioner and teacher Regina Neumann last came to Ireland to facilitate this certified course. Joining forces with the immensely gifted Michaela Fay, the team creates the potential for a life-changing event.

Learn reflexology for self help

Thu, Sep 11, 2014

A 10-week course in reflexology for self help will take place in the Triskell Centre, Galway, from September 15.

GMIT to host information evening on religious studies degree programme

Thu, Sep 11, 2014

GMIT will hold a special information evening for its BA in religious studies programme on Monday September 15.

Free sean-nós dance workshops at NUI Galway

Thu, Sep 11, 2014

NUI Galway’s Centre for Irish Studies will host a series of Sean-Nós Dance workshops this September. The workshops will be taught by Gearóid Ó Dubháín, the NUI Galway Sean-nós Dancer in Residence 2014.

Rocky road to Dublin for Console

Thu, Sep 11, 2014

A fleet of movie star Rocky lookalikes are all set to run from Galway to Dublin on Saturday September 13 in aid of the national suicide prevention and bereavement charity Console.

Have you signed up for this weekend’s Enable Ireland No Limits Gym Challenge?

Thu, Sep 11, 2014

The countdown is on to the Enable Ireland No Limits Gym Challenge. This is the inaugural All Ireland Gym Challenge, where teams of four spend 10 minutes each on the bike, crosstrainer, rower and treadmill, in order to record the furthest distance travelled and qualify for the All Ireland final in City West Hotel, Dublin on October 19. There are nine regional heats in total and the Galway heat takes place in NUIG Kingfisher Gym this Saturday, September 13. To register, teams must raise a minimum of €200.

Commenting on the challenge, Enable Ireland’s Sharon Meehan said, “There has been great support and interest so far in the challenge. On the day we expect to have representatives from the local Garda Siochána, the Defence Forces, fire services, Galway football, camogie and hurling teams, Enable Ireland Services, along with the many fit individuals from our clubs and gyms throughout the city and county.

Tests show contaminated South Park soil is ‘no longer threat to public’

Thu, Sep 11, 2014

Contaminated soil in South Park no longer poses any risk to human health a new report has confirmed, although a local councillor said it should not have “taken eight years to come up with this analysis”.

In a new, written, report, by City Hall, Galway City Council management confirmed that detailed re-examination and soil retesting shows there is now no risk to human health from the contaminated soil and that there is no requirement to remediate the site.

Exploring traditional skills on the Aran Islands

Thu, Sep 11, 2014

‘Seo é Inis Oírr’, a workshop weekend celebrating island crafts and the traditional skills of Inis Oírr, Aran Islands, takes place from September 19 to 21.

Corribdale Duathlon on this Saturday

Thu, Sep 11, 2014

The second annual Corribdale Duathlon will take place on Saturday in Oughterard.

Council applies for major Salthill to Silverstrand walkway

Thu, Sep 11, 2014

A scenic pathway and footbridges spanning the shoreline between Salthill and Silverstrand is the subject of a major new planning application.

The Galway City Council has applied to the Department of the Environment for a foreshore licence to pave the way for a continuous coastal walkway. Applications to the Department can be a protracted process.

Galway Baytones host top Norwegian a cappella group tonight

Thu, Sep 11, 2014

Fans of a cappella singing are in for a treat tonight when the Galway Baytones host top Norwegian a capalla group Halvdan Svartes Guttekor from Norway.

Public consultation on ‘world class’ Eyre Square to Ballinasloe greenway

Thu, Sep 11, 2014

Public consultation on the Galway city to Ballinasloe section of the Dublin to Galway greenway is to begin next month with planning permission expected to be lodged with An Bord Pleanála by autumn 2015.

Traffic delay warning as stop/go in place as Lough Atalia ahead of road lowering

Thu, Sep 11, 2014

Motorists are being warned of possible traffic delays caused by a stop/go system at Lough Atalia bridge to facilitate site investigations ahead of a major road lowering project due to begin next January.

Change needed to tackle housing crisis

Thu, Sep 11, 2014

The Rental Accommodation Scheme is a waste of time, that is according to a number of city councillors who called for major change to properly address the housing crisis which has gripped the city and left many families with young children homeless.

Kyne accuses Dublin MEP of ‘threatening progress’ on Connemara road

Thu, Sep 11, 2014

A Dublin MEP has been accused of “threatening progress” on a road she “does not travel regularly”, by raising questions about it in the European Parliament.

City Hall investigation into houses allocation accusations continues

Thu, Sep 11, 2014

The internal investigation over allegations that a Galway City Council official improperly allocated a house to a fellow council staff member remains ongoing in City Hall

What have the Scots ever done for us?

Thu, Sep 11, 2014

Next week when the Scots go to the polls to vote whether to stay or nay, there'll be mixed feelings on this side of the country. We might have watched with pride the exploits of Mel Gibson as William Wallace, roaring on his compatriots (all of whom looked like Brendan Gleeson) in the battle against the Sassanach in Braveheart; we might have found ourselves running down that street with Ewan McGregor in the opening of Trainspotting; we might have found ourselves singing in the street at 4am to the lyrics of The Proclaimers; we probably roared on Archie Gemmill when he scored that wonder goal against the Dutch in the '78 World Cup, but here in Galway, there is only one thing that we have not yet forgiven the Scots for — and that's the stealing of Digital.

We had lived peacefully with our Celtic (and Rangers) cousins for centuries, always eying each other up and down with a degree of camaraderie but with an even greater degree of suspicion in a sort of 'you couldn't be up to them' sort of way.

Scotland’s independence vote will affect us

Thu, Sep 11, 2014

With the schools back, the evenings longer, and summer giving way to autumn, focus is switching to the resumption of the Dáil and to what the political environment will be like over the coming months. Are we facing a winter of discontent or are the dark skies starting to give way to brighter days?

Remembering The Great War’s fallen Irish through art

Thu, Sep 11, 2014

THE CENTENARY of the First World War has prompted many commemorations of, and fresh reflections on, that vast and cataclysmic conflict. Here in Ireland it has occasioned a reclaiming of the history of the many thousands of Irishmen who served and died in the war and whose stories had largely been erased from official memory until recent years.

Government commitment to Gaeltacht questioned over changes to LEADER programme

Fri, Sep 05, 2014

The future of community services in the Gaeltacht and smaller Gaeltacht areas has come under question after it was revealed that it will not be treated as a separate entity under the new rural development programmes.

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