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People Before Profit Galway will hold a fundraising table quiz this coming Monday at 7.30pm downstairs in The Cellar Bar, Eglinton Street.

A ‘gap year’ is the popular term for students who take time off to travel or work between secondary school and starting college or apprenticeships. The aim generally is to promote a more mature outlook with the benefit of some insight before taking the next step. Not everyone wants to go straight from school to college but before that decision is made, one needs to seriously consider what one wants want to achieve or it could end up being a wasted year. So what are the pros and cons of this choice?

The Prince of Wales Hotel and Prince Bar & Kitchen has developed closer ties with the Ken Smollen Appeal in the run up to Christmas.

More than €1 million will be available to Galway city householders to allow extensions to be built in private homes for people with a disability as well as housing adaptations to improve mobility aid for the elderly.

In a new survey carried out by Mayo Volunteer Centre, 61 per cent of respondents said their interpersonal skills had improved following their volunteering experience while 60 per cent reported an increase in their self-esteem.

In a new survey carried out by Mayo Volunteer Centre, 61 per cent of respondents said their interpersonal skills had improved following their volunteering experience while 60 per cent reported an increase in their self-esteem.

Long-time activist and campaigner Brendan Smith was announced on Tuesday night as the Galway City Council Volunteer of the Year, at the fourteenth Annual Mayor’s Awards for Galway City.

A musical concert taking place in Breaffy House Hotel on Thursday October 13 at 8pm will feature Caroline Cresham with musical support from Rebecca Cresham, Mick Mulhearn, Mick Holster, Mick Buckton, Tom Lyons, Stephen Doherty, Pat Coyne, Sarah Lyons and Richie Heneghan. The concert will also feature performance by Tina Browne, a student at St Anthony’s School.

The family and friends of local man Seamus Meade, who comes from a well-known family from Assumption Road, have launched a huge fundraising appeal on his behalf.

A local volunteer centre has reported a 25 per cent increase in the number of people contacting its service for the first time last year seeking volunteering work. More than half of these had never volunteered before.