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It has taken a lifetime of darkness to say thank you. You transformed our lives when you first arrived back in the fifties, and we stopped buying the candles and paraffin oil with its aroma permeating and lurking in dark under stairway spaces. You cast a whole new light on all our activities, our nocturnal comings… Read more »
Earlier this year I was asked to write a foreword for an anthology of poems and short stories written by primary school children and published by the Galway Education Centre. Within that foreword are the words Is é sin an draíocht atá laistigh ionann go léir. That is the magic within all of us. I… Read more »
The volunteer run Never Too Old Charity Shop in aid of Claregalway & District Day Care Centre is an ideal location to pick up a surprise gift or bargain this Christmas. The CDDCC began operating in October 2012 after a group of people from the community held a public meeting and identified a need to provide… Read more »
On my way home from work a number of years ago, I stopped off in Salthill for petrol. As I got close to the entrance of the shop after filling my car, I noticed a ragged middle aged woman coming towards me rather meekly. She looked me in the eye and said in a low… Read more »
Dozens of parents across Galway are being denied vital services that will teach their special needs children basis life skills to help them to sit up, eat and get dressed. The major worry for parents is that if their children do not receive this intervention when very young and at a time when their brains… Read more »
TV3 Chef and Craft Butcher Ambassador by Meg Regan and Chloe Conway Second year Home Economics students at Coláiste Bhaile Chláir enjoyed a visit from celebrated chef and butcher Adrian Martin. Adrian is associated with Craft Butchers of Ireland so he was able to supplement their knowledge of meat by showing them a presentation on the different types and cuts of… Read more »
Well, it is already December and only a few weeks to go before Christmas is on top of us. The last few months have literally flown right by me and I am just now coming up for air. I graduated last week, with first class honours, from the MA in Journalism at NUI Galway and… Read more »
Here in Turloughmore Health Centre we provide a comprehensive Womens Health service, as do most General Practitioners. We look after the important areas of women’s health including: Cervical screening Breast check Sexual health Contraception and family planning Ante- & post-natal care Fertility issues Menopause Free Smear Testing Turloughmore Health Centre is registered with the National Cervical… Read more »
Christmas seems to come around so fast, we just have put away the decorations and now we’re taking them out again. It gives you a chance to be creative, using your decorating skills and to have fun. You will spend most of your time around the dining table at Christmas eating and entertaining, so dress… Read more »
Learning Chinese is child’s play at Bawnmore National School where every pupil from fourth class upwards is taught once a week phrases and names in that language by a teacher who is a native of China and takes fourth, fifth and sixth classes for separate 12-week classes. Meanwhile every child from first class upwards also… Read more »
This appeared as a Letter to the Editor in the Irish Independent on Wednesday 3rd of December 2014 I seem to be living austerity eternally—before, during and after the Celtic Tiger years and all through the official austerity years—but that is not why I write. The €2.50 on my prescription shoved my medication of forty years onto my luxury… Read more »
When I was first invited to contribute something to Nuacht Chláir, I must confess to being somewhat reluctant initially seeing that the paper has been so successful over the years. On re-consideration I thought I might try a Gaelic Corner or Cúinne Gaelach in view of the district’s illustrious past not least in the area… Read more »
Beautiful photo taken this evening by Marie Dempsey at 7pm while saying the Rosary at the Grotto in Claregalway Church.
