Galway Advertiser 2003/2003_04_24/GA_24042003_E1_011.pdf 

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Simon race night to Mozambique work-trek
T H E GALWAY S i m o n C o m m u n i t y is h o l d i n g a fundraising Race Night in Monroe's Tavern, on April 30 at 9pm. There will be raffles and providing support and lots of spot prizes on the shelter for homeless people night. Also, Galway Simon in Galway since 1979. It is planning a trek and work currently has eight projects project t o take place in operating and hopes to Mozambique in July of this expand further in the year. Those who wish t o coming year. b e c o m e involved will For more information on partake in renovating a the Race Night contact village school and clearing Galway Simon on 091 overgrown areas t o make play areas for local children. Galway Simon Community have been

Galway forum to mark May Day
A FORUM on the future of the trade union movement will take place in Galway next week to commemorate May Day. The event, organised jointly by the Galway Council of Trade Unions and the Department of Management at NUI, Galway, will take place on Thursday May 1 at 7.30pm in the Great Southern Hotel. The main speaker at the event will be Peter Bunting, assistant general secretary of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. Bunting is also the Northern Ireland officer of ICTU, and is involved in restructuring trade councils in the North. Deirdre Curran, a lecturer in industrial relations in the Department of Management at NUI, Galway, will also address the meeting. Curran recently worked on a report commissioned by the Department of Enterprise, Trade, and Employment assessing the level of preparedness of Irish organisations to implement the forthcoming European Information and Consultation Directive. The final speaker on the night is John Carty, a member of the executive of the Galway Council of Trade Unions. Carty is the Western division organiser for the Mandate Trade Union. The event is open to the public, and admission is free.

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Day of prayer and reflection
THERE WELL be a day of prayer and reflection in Emmanuel House of Providence, in Clonfert, Ballinasloe this Saturday from 10am. All a r e welcome and those coming are asked to bring a packed lunch. For more information contact 0507 - 25215.

Olympics fundraiser
THERE WILL be a fundraiser for the Special Olympics on Sunday, when the Athenry Active Retirement Association hold an art and flower arrangement auction and sale. The events take place in the Castlegate Hotel Athenry, with viewing from 3pm to 4pm and the sale commencing at 4pm. There will be paintings on exhibit by Frank Clarke (Simply Painting), Linda Keohane and Janet Vinnell (The Hawthorn Gallery), as well as local artists.

' Attending the opening of the Cuirt Festival of Literature at the Aula Maxima were John Crumlish, Gary McMahon, Marilyn Gaughan, and Maurice Kennedy.

Galway cyclists lodge complaint over 7UP advertising campaign
BY KERN AN ANDREWS GALWAY CYCLISTS have lodged a complaint with the Advertising Standards Authority over a poster for 7UP, which they say endorses footpath cycling. According to the Galway Cycle Campaign, the new 7UP advertisement shows a cartoon of a cyclist with a six-word caption: "Avoid road rage. Use the footpath". However, the cycle campaigners point out that cycling on footpaths is illegal and can be dangerous. They say cycling on the footpath is a hazard to pedestrians and to cyclists, who are liable to injury by cars turning and crossing at every junction, including driveways. "Normally we'd love to have advertising agencies using cyclists, or images of cycling, to sell their products," said GCC spokesman Shane Foran. "We do realise the poster is meant to be a light-hearted poke at the stresses of modern urban life, but if you cycle on footpaths at normal Irish cycling speeds, then you are extremely liable to injury." In their complaint to the ASA, the cyclists have provided data from international studies showing that cycling on footpath-type structures can result in up to 10 or 12 fold increases in the risk of junction collisions, which already account for three quarters of all car/bicycle collisions.

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