Motoring
As they say on quiz show ‘University Challenge’, "Here's your starter for ten - and no conferring!
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Setlist
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Actor Aaron Monaghan talks to Conor Harrington about the thrill of performing in all three plays of Druid’s upcoming DruidMurphy cycle.
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News
The father of a son with a severe intellectual disability has expressed concern for his son’s future, as he prepares to graduate from school in the summer.
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Business
Galway’s hosting of the Volvo Ocean Race Grand Finale is important not just in terms of the business it will bring to the city but also because of the legacy it will leave, as Anthony Ryan’s Ltd Managing Director Anthony Ryan tells Lorraine O’Hanlon
The Volvo Ocean Race is a “wonderful showcase for Galway”, according to local businessman Anthony Ryan, who was appointed the new Chairperson of the Galway City Business Association (GCBA) earlier this year.
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In the news
Despite not having made his Republic of Ireland debut until he was in his thirties, Millwall goalkeeper and Galway native, David Forde never lost hope that he would one day get the chance to pull on the green jersey, or the goalie’s equivalent, at least, at a major championships.
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Single and the City
Unlock the Summer Love
Single and the City
Posted on 16/05/2012 by Marie Madden
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What an ass!
Single and the City Posted on 09/05/2012 by AnonymousLast week I was away for the weekend and staying with three friends in a hotel that was heaving with Irish men of all ages, who were there attending a match. And each one of them was just as rude and repulsive as the next.
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Network controlled freaks
Single and the City Posted on 02/05/2012 by AnonymousAre we becoming controlled by networking?
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The fear
Single and the City Posted on 25/04/2012 by AnonymousFear is a great motivator. Whether it’s fear that you’re going to be fired if your work isn’t up to scratch, fear that you’re going to fail your exams and flunk out of college, or fear that you’re going to end up old and alone, surrounded by an unhealthy number of cats or dogs (depending on your preference).
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Mixed messages
Single and the City Posted on 18/04/2012 by AnonymousWhat is it about some men in Galway? I say some because I do not wish to generalise or insult the great grown up guys also out there, but I have noticed a disturbing trend in the city’s bars lately.
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‘I'll call you’
Single and the City Posted on 11/04/2012 by Anonymous'Mr I'll Call You'. We have all had one of these in our lives. You may still be waiting for the call, or you may have deleted his number to stop yourself from calling him when your buddy vodka told you it was a good idea.
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Dating: The sport of singletons
Single and the City Posted on 04/04/2012 by AnonymousBeing single gives you all the power in your love life. You can kiss strangers after one too many drinks, drop your number in a busker’s open guitar case, or pick someone up in a bar. They may not be your soul mate, but you might not care!
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Weighing up the pros and cons
Single and the City Posted on 28/03/2012 by AnonymousThe week before St Patrick’s Day, a friend asked whether I had a date for the day. I remember her confused look when I failed to answer and instead stared at her as if she had grown a second head.
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Frenemies
Single and the City Posted on 21/03/2012 by AnonymousMy friend and I were chatting the other day about just how strange another friend’s relationship appears. Melissa (not her real name) has been with her boyfriend, let’s call him Peter, for almost six months now and we have yet to meet him, despite the fact that we see her regularly and speak all the time.
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Making a list
Single and the City Posted on 14/03/2012 by AnonymousI was in a shop the other day, describing the kind of handbag that I wanted to a fellow shopper, an elderly lady, when she dumbfounded me. There I was describing the style, shape, colour, etc of the handbag that I wanted when she said: “You shouldn’t know what you want.
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Dating without drinking
Single and the City Posted on 07/03/2012 by AnonymousIs it feasible to have an active dating and social life without a hangover the next day?
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Is three the magic number?
Single and the City Posted on 29/02/2012 by Anonymous“Three in the bed and the little one said: ‘Did you forget I was here?’” Yes, the unfortunate truth of a three-way is, someone is probably going to feel like a third wheel. It’s like being single and hanging out with your ‘couple-friends’ but with significantly less clothes.
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The wrong man
Single and the City Posted on 22/02/2012 by AnonymousJournalist Caitlin Moran really hit the nail on the head when she wrote: ‘You can always tell when a woman is with the wrong man, because she has so much to say about the fact that nothing’s happening.
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All the single ladies…
Single and the City Posted on 16/02/2012 by AnonymousI expected to be suffocated by the smell of want in the room, turned to stone with the piercing dead eyes of the incurably desperate and poisoned and then unceremoniously drowned in the waterfall of bile from the interminable bitter.
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Unlock the love!
Single and the City Posted on 25/01/2012 by AnonymousAre you single and looking to mingle, but getting tired of the same nights out meeting the same people but never meeting your Mr or Ms Right?
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