Galway celebrates longest running gay pride festival in Ireland

Thu, Aug 21, 2014

Galway is set to once again hold the Galway Community Pride Festival, which, in its 25th year, is the longest continuously running pride festival in the country.

NUI Galway given go-ahead for new drama centre

Thu, Aug 21, 2014

NUI Galway has been granted conditional permission by Galway City Council for a new centre for drama, theatre and performance.

The city council made the decision on August 15 to grant permission for the centre with nine conditions attached. The centre will be built at the former IMI building at the Newcastle campus.

Explore our heritage in the spoken word

Thu, Aug 21, 2014

There are many fascinating little gems of our heritage contained in the words we speak every day but go unnoticed. For example, the name Scotland translates as ‘land of the Irish’, while another country name literally means ‘fierce people’. The surname Cameron is a transliteration of cama shrón, which Irish speakers will translate as ‘crooked nose’, and Cambell comes from cam béal, meaning ‘crooked mouth’.

The meaning of the slang term for a Dubliner, ‘jackeen’, is no longer obvious to us because it has become abbreviated over time. The full term reveals the heritage of native Dubliners, their attitude to the rest of the country, and the non-Dubliners’ attitude to Dubliners. The full term is Union Jackeen, and jackeen in turn has rude meaning.

Hospice wants Galwegians to ‘have a cuppa’ next month

Thu, Aug 21, 2014

Ireland’s biggest coffee morning takes place on Thursday September 18, and the Galway Hospice is asking Galwegians to “have a cuppa” in support of their local hospice.

Marconi Half Marathon teams up Kingfisher Club

Thu, Aug 21, 2014

The Marconi Half Marathon has announced the Kingfisher Club as its official health and wellbeing partner to help promote health and fitness in the county and get runners in tip top shape for the event this year.

Celebrate with Tiny Dancer at Claregalway Castle

Thu, Aug 21, 2014

Help fund Tiny Dancer Lily-Mae Morrison’s on-going fight against cancer by joining her at a charity party this weekend at Claregalway Castle.

This Saturday, the Tiny Dancer Party in the Castle, featuring singers such as Paddy Casey, will be held to help celebrate the progress made by Lily-Mae and raise even more funds for a costly clinical trial, called DFMO, in Michigan in the US which aims to prevent a relapse.

Table quiz in aid of the Galway Patrician Musical Society

Thu, Aug 21, 2014

A fundraising table quiz in aid of the Galway Patrician Musical Society will be held at The Stock Exchange Bar, 34 Shop Street, on Wednesday August 27 at 8pm.

Lots to do and see in Galway during Heritage Week

Thu, Aug 21, 2014

Heritage Week, the national celebration of our history and heritage, starts on August 23 and some 60 events will take place throughout Galway city and county during the week. Below is a selection of the many free events taking place around County Galway during the week, for a full list of events see www.heritageweek.ie.

NUI Galway public forum on diabetes

Thu, Aug 21, 2014

NUIG will be hosting a public forum on diabetes, delving into what research is doing to advance treatments for complications of Type 2 diabetes.

Family history events in Galway during Heritage Week

Thu, Aug 21, 2014

Two free events taking place in Galway next week as part of Heritage Week will give participants the opportunity to learn more about researching their family history.

Cyclists complete charity cycle challenge for Croi

Thu, Aug 21, 2014

More than 200 cyclists from all over Ireland completed the second Étape Connemara 150km cycling challenge in aid of the fight against heart disease and stroke.

Captain’s Day at Galway Lawn Tennis Club

Thu, Aug 21, 2014

The inaugural Captain’s Day event took place at GLTC on Sunday August 17 with Age Action named as the nominated charity for the day.

In the mixed doubles tournament Frans Van Deweijer and Serena Silke won the Orange Group, Pat Dillon and Evelyn Smyth triumphed in the Blue Group, while Con Holohan and Bridget Harrington Barry were victorious in the Purple Group.

Continuing the Connemara Pony family tradition

Thu, Aug 21, 2014

Bartley O’Sullivan’s great granddaughter returns to the west for the famous Connemara Pony Breeders Show currently taking place in Clifden.

RTÉ’s The Voice of Ireland is back

Thu, Aug 21, 2014

RTÉ’s hugely successful talent show The Voice of Ireland is back for a fourth series and producers are looking for Ireland’s most exciting, fresh and unique talent.

The show, which is a firm favourite with viewers with an average audience of more than 600,000, provides the perfect platform for budding or even established singers to break into the music industry, with the winning contestant securing a recording contract from Universal Records.

Clarenbridge Oyster Festival’s Best Dressed Competition is bigger and better

Thu, Aug 21, 2014

The 60th Clarenbridge Oyster Festival returns this September and GALWAYnow will once again sponsor the Best Dressed Competition at the glamorous event.

University of life or career - or both

Thu, Aug 21, 2014

We have moved very far from Newman’s idea of a university - the purpose of which was to present a cultural inheritance of the Western World and to provide the tools whereby graduates could continue their journeys of education.

For some time now universities and colleges have become forcing houses for future jobs and careers. The idea of a broad education has been replaced by the utilitarian considerations of how to get a foot on the ladder of successful employment.

See how IBAL scored sites it surveyed around Galway with this interactive map

Mon, Aug 18, 2014

The latest IBAL Litter League results, released earlier today, give Galway a good grade overall and found the city to be clean to European norms.

Giant Tesco store gets thumbs down

Thu, Aug 14, 2014

PLANS TO build a giant Tesco superstore and retail park along the Seamus Quirke and Rahoon roads has been refused planning permission by An Bord Pleanála.

Wave of relief after Leaving Cert panic

Thu, Aug 14, 2014

Nearly 57,000 secondary school students received their Leaving Certificate results yesterday, with 2,928 students receiving their results in Galway.

Schabas to head UN commission on Palestine

Thu, Aug 14, 2014

Professor William Schabas, honorary chairman of the Irish Centre for Human Rights at NUI Galway, has been appointed to a new UN Commission of Inquiry charged with investigating purported violations of international humanitarian and human rights laws in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and particularly in the Gaza Strip, since the conflict began on June 13.

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