Tanaiste Micheal Martin has pledged to raise the lack of a Minor Injuries Unit in Galway with Health Minister Stephen Donnelly. He was asked in the Dáil by Deputy Noel Grealish why one doesn’t already exist. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Deputy Grealish said there’s fourteen nationwide, including a very successful unit in Roscommon, and […]
Galway Chamber is to partner with Galway Convention Bureau to host a discussion event in Dublin later this week. ‘West Meets East: Crafting Connections from Galway to Dublin’ will take place in the Guinness Storehouse from 6 to 8 on Thursday evening (may 2). (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Wild Atlantic Team Manager at Failte […]
In February 2022 the Redemptorist Order announced the closure of its Monastery at Esker, near Athenry bringing with it an end to more than three centuries of continuous religious presence at the site. Esker Monastery had been a beacon of faith and service since the early 1690’s when it was first established by the Dominican […]
Funding has been announced for scalp-cooling technology to prevent hair-loss in cancer treatment following a campaign by a Galway senator. Senator Pauline O’Reilly told the Connacht Tribune that Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly, confirmed to her that on foot of a motion she placed before the Seanad, the technology, which is an optional treatment for […]
A Campaign to make Galway City Autism Friendly launches this evening in the Clybaun Hotel in Knocknacarra. The Campaign is a joint initiative between Galway Autism Partnership and As I Am, Ireland’s Autism Charity. It will make Galway one of the first cities in Europe to be Autism Friendly. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The […]
A teenage artist from Gort was the big winner as Galway took home five prizes from this year’s 70th Texaco Children’s Art Competition. Fifteen-year-old Darragh Granahan, a pupil at Gort Community School, won first prize in the 14-to-15-year age category for his work entitled ‘Unconditional Love’. His artwork is described by Final Adjudicator, Gary Granville, […]
It looks like the periscope in a submarine – but this is a concept to take to the highways and byways rather than the depths of the deep blue sea, taking the arts into the community in a whole new way…in a massive portable jukebox. The poetry jukebox does exactly what it says on the […]
An appeal has been lodged with An Bord Pleanala over considerable expansion plans at Galway Clinic. The project is a two-storey expansion with extra assessment and diagnostic facilities, as well as a new ambulance bay. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Permission for the project was granted last month by city planners, though a number of […]
By Denise McNamara The new Droichead an Dóchais was slammed as the wrong name in a time of no hope and too ‘PC’ to hold any meaning for ordinary Galwegians. The naming of the €10 million pedestrian and cycling bridge was expected to be rubber-stamped at a special City Council meeting this week after the […]
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