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On the tear

Students gather at the Spanish Arch on Monday afternoon as ‘Charity Week’ kicks off at NUIG. Further reporting on page…

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City shopping centre to quadruple in size

Over two hundred apartments, four main anchor units and 91 commercial units are to be constructed as part of a…

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On your marks!

Galway runners on your marks! Galway is about to become home to a city marathon. Galway City Marathon is to…

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Race chief to jet in to seal deal

The CEO of the Volvo Ocean Race and An Taoiseach will today sign the contract confirming Galway as host of the grand finale of the Volvo Ocean Race in 2012. Mr Knut Frostad will meet with Brian Cowen at The...

Grand Scenic - Renault's space provider

Renault lays claim to being the originator of the people carrier or MPV concept. For years the Espace was uniquely Renault and then it was joined by the Scenic. Since then, every car company has jumped in on the act....

No compromise

For an up and coming songwriter, James Vincent McMorrow has already had an eventful few years in the music business. He picked up in a publishing deal with EMI in 2008, his songs 'We Don't Eat' and 'Follow You Down...

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Ruth Ruane - Entrepreneur

Name: Ruth Ruane Location: Fr Griffin Road Occupation: Entrepreneur Favourite thing about Galway: The people and being near the sea Worst thing about Galway: The terrible planning!

New nursing library opened

A new €2 million nursing and midwifery library has been opened at NUI Galway. The new library, which adjoins the James Hardiman Library on the main campus, has been open for business since last July and provides a modern learning environment...

Calls for national register of house prices

The lack of a national register of house prices could do untold damage to the economy and delay the country's economic recovery. That's according to the Construction Industry Federation (CIF), which has called on the Government to create the register...

Single And The City

Our weekly tongue in cheek look at single life in Galway.

Good vibrations

Despite all the fad diets and quick-fix exercises that bombard our television screens, it has become clear that, whether we like it or not, the key to a great shape is healthy eating and regular exercise. However, with most women already...

Working together

The new Strategic Alliance between NUI Galway (NUIG) and the University of Limerick (UL) will not directly create jobs, rather it will go some way towards creating the tools that can create employment. That's according to NUIG President, Dr Jim...

O Brolchain omitted some of facts on Deirdre De Burca resignation

Dear Editor, Niall O Brolchain gave a very 'simplistic' summary in your article of Wednesday 17 February. He is guilty of omitting crucial facts in the story of why Deirdre De Burca quit the greens and Seanad Eireann.

Let's do it again

As An Taoiseach Brian Cowen gets set to confirm today that Galway has secured the final stop in the 2011/2012 Volvo Ocean Race, he will be just one of many jumping on the good news bandwagon. However, it is the...

Galway Arts Festival

Travellers in isolation

Colm Hogan is a stills photographer and cameraman working mainly in the areas of Film, Television, Theatre, Documentary and the Arts who has worked on over 300 productions over the past ten years. His work has taken him throughout Ireland,...

Champions!

NUI Galway 1-17 Waterford IT 1-16 (after extra-time) NUIG bridged a 30 years gap when they captured the Fitzgibbon Cup in dramatic circumstances at Pearse Stadium on Saturday.

Seachtain na Mac Léinn Gaelach 2010

Tá Seachtain na Mac Léinn Gaelach ar siúl faoi láthair ag Cumann Sóisialta Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge agus leanfaidh sé ar aghaidh go dtí an13 Márta 2010. Beidh mic léinn an Acadaimh ag cur imeachtaí sóisialta éagsúla ar siúl...

View from the front Torben Grael, Ericsson 4

Holding a 13-point lead over Bouwe Bekking's Telefonica Blue boat, the Ericsson 4 crew, led by the legendary Torben Greal, look set for overall race victory, barring a major catastrophe. Victory in the Leg 7 race from Boston to Galway extended...


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Bow Waves to organise racing comp

Bow Waves, the Galway Sailing and Powerboat School, is organising the Connaught School Team Racing Championships and the National School Team Racing Championships. The Connaught event is to be held in Rosmoney in Clew Bay, Co. Mayo on Saturday 20...

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