TEA-TIME FOR TUAM
Tuam Cancer Care is urging everyone to host a tea party in aid of the charity throughout the month of May. It could be in your home, at work or in a local community or [...]
SCHOOL DIGITAL CHAMPIONS @ GOOGLE
I had a great morning at the Foundry @ Google for the School Digital Champions Showcase event. Students from 53 schools were exhibiting, all bursting with ideas about digital futures and possibilities. They had plenty [...]
CANNEY WELCOMES €2.4 MILLION FUNDING FOR YOUTH SERVICES
Galway East TD and Minister of State for Community Development Seán Canney has called on youth clubs and organisations to seek a share of €2.4 million in capital grant funding announced by the Government. Youth [...]
GET YOUR PASSPORT APPLICATIONS IN EARLY!
GET YOUR PASSPORT APPLICATIONS IN EARLY! Thanks to Brexit, we are now experiencing a record number of passport applications. I am advising everyone to get their applications in early to avoid any last minute stress. [...]
PEATLANDS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SCHEME LAUNCHED
PEATLANDS COMMUNITY I very much welcome the launch of the 2019 Peatlands Community Engagement Scheme by my colleague, the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Josepha Madigan TD. The Scheme aims to encourage local [...]
GALWAY TO RECEIVE MORE RESOURCES TO COMBAT DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE
DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE Galway is to get three new outreach workers for frontline services to combat domestic, sexual and gender-based violence as part of a €23.8 million national funding allocation this year. The move [...]
NEW FOREST OWNER PAYMENTS
NEW FOREST OWNER PAYMENTS More than 4,000 forest owners who applied for their annual premium payments by paper application have received grants amounting to €15.4 million. The payments follow on from more than 6,000 payments [...]
GETTING READY FOR THE BIG HELLO
THE BIG HELLO There are going to be 43 community events all over County Galway this Bank Holiday Weekend to mark the Big Hello, Ireland's first ever National Community Weekend. There are a huge variety [...]
43 GALWAY COMMUNITY GROUPS READY TO CELEBRATE THE BIG HELLO
Forty three Galway community groups will be saying a Big Hello to mark Ireland's first National Community Weekend. The Big Hello, which is an initiative by the Department for Rural and Community Development, will take [...]
GALWAY TO RECEIVE MORE RESOURCES TO COMBAT DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE
Galway is to get three new outreach workers for frontline services to combat domestic, sexual and gender-based violence as part of a €23.8 million national funding allocation this year. The move announced by the Department [...]