My daughter Mia recently told my wife and I that she really loves us because ‘when you love someone for real it means your heart loves their heart and that her heart really loves our hearts’. Very profound words from a 7 year old? Her words made me think (after I cried my eyes out),… Read more »
Yearly Archives: 2015
Intermediate Girls off to flyer It’s been a busy week for Carnmore Camogie on all fronts with the Intermediate girls getting their championship campaign off to a flyer with a six point win over a strong Cappataggle outfit. Carnmore, who are looking to bounce back following a disappointing 2014 season and return to the form which saw them… Read more »
A Corofin schoolgirl could see her name featured in the top selling book lists in the future. Caoimhe May O’Rourke is launching her debut book this Friday and is already planning to put aside some of the profits to fund a future career in writing. The busy 12-year old took the time to rewrite and illustrate… Read more »
The following is a story about a tidal wave of love and hope which I heard recently from a close friend. It’s about a young child’s love of ice cream. Praying for ice cream A man was having lunch with his children in a restaurant when his young son turned to him and asked if he coud… Read more »
With only four weeks to go to the most prestigious event in the country’s racing calendar, sponsors of this year’s Best Dressed Lady Competition, Kilkenny, have unveiled this year’s celebrity judge—the fabulous Maura Derrane. Joining Maura to cast their expert eyes on Thursday July 30th will be some of the crème de la crème of… Read more »
Any suggestion that the bypass for Claregalway is off the agenda is unfounded, according to a local TD who was once promised the project under a different Government. But Deputy Noel Grealish is adamant that the €21 million project will be provided despite a recent statement by the Transport Minister to the contrary. The Department of… Read more »
An editorial from the Galway Advertiser has been named as a winner in a global contest to honour the best editorial writing in weekly newspapers. The Golden Quill & Golden Dozen award winners were announced by the International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors at a banquet in the University of Missouri on Sunday. The Golden Quill… Read more »
Mahatma Gandhi believed hat we must be the change we want to see in the world. This was well demonstrated when he helped India gain its independence. Gandhi was a revolutionary man, but he accomplished India’s emergence as a nation, without starting a revolution. In fact, he advocated no violence. One of the most powerful… Read more »
Two Galway women are in the running to be crowned Mum of the Year at a gala ceremony taking place next week. Asylum seeker Siphthisiwe Moyo (41), who lives in Salthill, and Bronwen O’Malley, (29) from Connemara will find out on Monday 6th of July if they will be crowned with the title. A 12 member… Read more »
Climate change, food safety, sustainable gardening and sustaining living, as well as creating beautiful gardens, are themes of this year’s Galway Garden Festival, which will take place on Saturday and Sunday July 4th and 5th at Claregalway Castle. Entertainment and revelry will also feature, with live music, family theatre, gardening and trade stands and a range… Read more »
A Galway toddler who has been swimming since he was six months old is the latest face of the baby and toddler swim school Water Babies. Charley Wiley from Corofin has been swimming with Water Babies in Claregalway since he was just six months old. Charlie was eleven months old in his prizewinning picture—and now, aged… Read more »
This house would have sold for €2 million at the height of the boom—now it’s simply busted to pieces. Thieves have ransacked and vandalised this once luxury home in Cregmore, Claregalway, leaving it a shell of its former self. In its prime, it was owned by one of the county’s leading property developers but now a… Read more »