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NUIG to offer extra CAO points for creative arts
Galway Bay fm newsroom – NUIGalway has announced that it’s offering extra CAO points to students with exceptional achievements in the creative arts.
Students who meet strict criteria will be awarded 40 CAO ‘performance points’ under the college’s Creative Arts Scholarship Scheme.
The extra CAO points are to recognise the significant time and dedication students have shown to reach an exceptional level in their chosen field.
The areas which will be open to the performance points are creative writing, digital arts and media, Drama Theatre & Performance, Film and non-fiction writing including journalism.
Successful applicants will be assigned a mentor in their creative arts discipline, who will help them develop as artists.
Today’s announcement follows a controversial announcement last month by NUIG that it would also award 40 performance points to exceptional athletes towards undergraduate courses.
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Galway City Council has agreed to take two roads at a Doughiska estate in charge.
Councillors have voted unanimously in favour of taking over the management of the roads at Fionnuisce.
It comes as last year an application calling for the City Council to takeover the roads was made by the Local Authority on behalf of residents from the estate.
The City Council has confirmed that 61% of residents voted in favour of the proposal, while 10 submissions were made on the plan – one by a residents group, one by a local elected representative and eight by local residents – all in favour of the proposal.
With the agreement by Councillors, the Local Authority will now manage almost 400 metres of road space, including open public spaces, within the Fionnuisce estate.
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Walk-in vaccination centres are to be in operation in Ballybrit and Clifden from this weekend.
The HSE has revealed the details of the locations of all the walk-in vaccination centres on their website.
The Clifden satellite vaccination base will be open for walk-ins at Clifden Community School and the Galway Racecourse base will also take walk-ins.
A number will open nationwide this weekend for those over the age of 16.
It comes as 70% of the adult population is now fully vaccinated against Covid 19 and 85 per cent have received their first dose.
Health Minister, Stephen Donnelly, says those attending do not need an appointment.
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Over 500 less Galway claimants received the pandemic unemployment payment this week.
The number of people on the State support nationally has dropped below 200,000 for the first time.
192 thousand people are due to get it this week – the lowest number since it was introduced in March 2020.
10,159 people will receive the payment in Galway.
Economics lecturer in UCC, Seamus Coffey, says the economy is recovering well.
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