Social media overload drags down academic performance
The constant updates and messages that come with modern social media can feel like an endless bombardment at times.
But the overwhelming amount of communications that comes from s ...
Galway projects share in €20 million Sláintecare Integration funding
Multiple innovative Galway healthcare projects will be sharing in a €20 million pot from the Sláintecare Integration Fund.
The Sláintecare Integration Fund is aimed at testing mul ...
B&B plans for vacant city centre buildings refused
Plans to convert two buildings in the heart of the city centre into a B&B have been rejected for being against housing guidelines.
Permission was sought from the city council ...
UHG has been the second most overcrowded hospital 7 times in 10 days
University Hospital Galway has been the second most overcrowded in Ireland seven times in the last ten days of records.
Today UHG is the second worst affected hospital in Ireland ...
GMIT and Brothers of Charity award first joint arts bursary
GMIT and the Brothers of Charity Services have awarded their first joint arts bursary to local film maker Jill Beadsworth.
Jill, a documentary filmmaker, is the first recipient of ...
Galway start up wins second place at Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur competition
A Galway woman has been named as runner-up in the Best Business Idea category in the Ireland's Best Young Entrepreneur competition.
Local Enterprise Office Galway’s finalist for t ...
Project Baa Baa – clearing up woolly thinking on sheep
Aiming to teach young children more about the role that sheep, and all that comes from them, plays in our society and traditions, Project Baa Baa is coming to schools around Galway ...
New centre for child sexual abuse victims opens in Galway
A new initiative launched in Galway this week aims to completely revamp the way child sexual abuse is handled in Ireland.
The Barnahaus Onehouse Galway pilot project brings togeth ...
Medtech company creating 30 jobs in Galway
Medtech consultancy firm Med-Di-Dia is going to be creating 30 jobs in Galway with the opening of its new offices in the city this week.
Med-Di-Dia works with medtech companies to ...
Emergency repair money for Craughwell NS welcomed
The allocation of funding for emergency repair works on Craughwell National School has been welcomed.
Craughwell NS has been allocated funding by the department of education for r ...