World heath meeting at NUI Galway

The World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Health Promotion Research at NUI Galway is to host a Partnership Working Meeting

€1m funding for NUI Galway projects

Eight projects at NUI Galway are to receive over €1m in funding from Science Foundation Ireland (SFI).

So'oialo signs for Connacht

Club of the month

Enterprise award winners announced

The winners in the Galway County and City Enterprise Awards have been announced.

Home-grown

A county council initiative aims to help promote Galway craft and food producers

Folk revival

The Irish music scene is ready to revolt against squeaky-clean pop and embrace a roots revolution, Fiachra Cunningham of Rackhouse Pilfer tells Marie Madden

Olympus Has Fallen

I wouldn’t say it was the most original plot ever – ‘let’s take over White House, kill the President and destroy the US etc’ - but there are a good few reasons to watch ‘Olympus Has Fallen’. Withou...

Escape to the Island

While her fashion choices may leave something too be desired, no one can deny that Britney Spears is queen of the celebrity fragrance.

Bargain beauty from Aldi

Oh how we love a bargain! While we may occasionally fall victim to picking up some dodgy wardrobe additions due to the 50 per cent off sign, Aldi has just launched some great value beauty buys that...

Family friendly electric

Toyota has been the pioneer in terms of bringing hybrid technology to average suburban driveways. True, Honda technically was the first to get a hybrid car on sale to the public (the original 1999 ...

Mercedes-Benz & Aston Martin renew engagement plans

As on-again, off-again romances go, it has been a bit of a classic. Wealthy European business leader courts (or being courted by, depends to whom you speak) a classically beautiful English rose. Wi...

City property in need of refurbishment

Bohermore, Galway 

Auctioneers launch 'major drive' for Galway properties

DNG Maxwell Heaslip and Leonard have begun a major drive for properties to list in order to meet “ever increasing demand” in the Galway property market.

Back door options

Are you intending on going to college this year? Have you completed your CAO? If so, it is imperative that you give serious consideration to your CAO choices.

NUI Galway named in top 200 universities

NUI Galway has been named as one of the eight Irish institutions to have apperared on the list of the world's top 200 universities.

Turf war not over

Government press releases on the Turf Compensation package give the impression that the strategy of bullying people from their bogs is working. Nothing could be further from the truth. In 2011, 29 ...

Plenty to shout about

The pub as we know it is in a bad place, writes Terry Tyson, chairman of the Galway branch of the Vintners’ Federation of Ireland ahead of their AGM which is on in Meath this week

'What would make a life well-lived?'

As part of our series of articles looking at life from other people's perspectives, a local man talks about working overseas with development organisation SERVE

'Before Outreach Moldova arrived, all the children’s heads were shaved to avoid head lice.'

A Galway woman talks about her time spent volunteering with Outreach Moldova