Welcome to your weekly email from your Students’ Union | Fáilte chuig do r-phost seachtainiúil ó Chomhaltas na Mac Léinn
Happy Thriftmas!
Call down to Áras na Mac Léinn 11am-3pm today Thurs 4 Dec for our Thriftmas Market with:
- Student Business Stalls
- Galway Simon Pop Up Shop (+ donation drop off)
- Christmas Raffle Tickets + SU Charity Socks
- Hygiene Hub Donation Drive
- Tunes from Flirt FM
More info HERE
Christmas Raffle Closes Sunday!
Christmas raffle tickets are on sale HERE until 11pm Sunday. There’s 20 amazing prizes to be won including a LOCO E-Scooter, jewellery, hoodies, hampers, and lots of vouchers for fabulous places!
Life Skills 2026 now booking
Sign up has now opened for our SU Life Skills courses for 2025. Courses include:
- Sign Language
- Gaeilge
- Heartsaver AED
- Bodhrán
- Tin Whistle
- Pilates
- Self Defence
- safeTALK Suicide Awareness Training
- Disclosure Training with Galway Rape Crisis Centre
- Financial Resilience
- 5 A Day for Mental Health with Jigsaw
- Bike Maintenance Course with An Mheitheal Rothar
More info + sign up links are HERE.
Our Big Yellow Thing socks are just €9 with all proceeds going to the SU Charities: Galway Rape Crisis Centre and GOAL. Pick up a pair from the SU Office or the SU Shop now!
Good Luck in your Exams!
We’ve put together some tips and info HERE to get you through the next couple of weeks. Don’t forget you need your student ID card for your exams. If you don’t have your student ID Card you can get a replacement from the Student Registry Helpdesk.
SU Extended Opening Hours for Exams Mon 8Dec – Fri 19Dec
- The SU Cloakroom + Síbín will both be open 09:00-19:00 Mon-Fri
- The SU Shop is open 08:00-18:00 Mon-Thurs, 08:00-17:00 Fri + Saturday/Sunday 10:00-15:00
- Smokey’s Café is open 08:30-20:00 Mon-Thurs and Fri 08:30-17:00
- SU Office, Sult and Spéir are all open our normal hours.
We Hear U
Join the University of Galway Diversity Champions 12pm-4pm today Thurs 4 Dec in Áras na Mac Léinn for a celebration of diversity and inclusion.
Library Extended Weekend Opening Hours
- 8.30am-9.30pm Sat 6 Dec/Sat 13 Dec
- 10am-9.30pm Sun 7 Dec/Sun 14 Dec
Have you experienced racism? You don’t have to face it alone.
The EDI Race Equality Advisors are here to help if you experience racism on or off campus. They offer confidential one‑to‑one appointments and can guide you on reporting options and support mechanisms. More info here.
Reading Week – Student Opinion Survey
This survey is to find out the opinions of students on having a ‘reading week’ i.e. a week of no lectures in the middle of the semester. You can take our short survey HERE.
Hardiman PhD Scholarships
The 2026 Hardiman PhD Scholarships scheme is open for ‘new’ PhD students. They are fully funded for four years; with a stipend of €25,000 per annum, plus tuition fee covered for the 4 years. Applications Close 6 February. More info HERE.
Items can be donated to the box in the SU Office 10am-5pm Mon-Fri. Your donations will go to The Hygiene Hub’s community partners in Galway who include COPE Galway, Galway Simon Community, Galway Traveller Movement and Saint Vincent de Paul.
Charity Events in Galway over the Holidays
- Galway Simon Community Dip at Dawn swim is 8.20am on Sun 21 Dec to mark the Winter Solstice. More info HERE
- The GOAL Mile will be on Christmas Day in Dangan. More info HERE
- COPE Galway have their Christmas Day swim in Blackrock. More info HERE
Contact Us | Déan teagmháil linn
You can contact the Students’ Union by email to studentsunion@universityofgalway.ie with any questions or suggestions you may have.
You can also find us on Facebook Instagram Tik Tok (@cmlong_su) X (Twitter) and LinkedIn (Comhaltas na Mac Léinn Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway Students’ Union)
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Fáilte chuig do r-phost seachtainiúil ó Chomhaltas na Mac Léinn
Tá Tíosmhargadh na Nollag linn!
Buail isteach chuig Tíosmhargadh na Nollag idir 11am-3pm inniu, Déardaoin, an 4 Nollaig in Áras na Mac Léinn. Is é a bheidh ann:
- Seastáin ag Gnóthaí Mic Léinn
- Tobshiopa Chlann Shíomóin na Gaillimhe (agus áit le tabhartais a fhágáil)
- Ticéid do Chrannchur na Nollag agus Stocaí Carthanachta an Chomhaltais
- Tabhartais don Mhol Sláinteachais
- Ceol ó Flirt FM
Tuilleadh eolais ANSEO
Crannchur na Nollag le dúnadh Dé Domhnaigh!
Beidh ticéid do chrannchur na Nollag ar díolANSEO go dtí 11pm, Dé Domhnaigh. Tá 20 duais iontach le buachan, lena n-áirítear Scútar Leictreach LOCO, seodra, húdaithe, ciseáin, agus neart dearbhán le haghaidh áiteanna iontacha!
Scileanna Saoil 2026: déan áirithint anois
Is féidir clárú anois do chúrsaí Scileanna Saoil 2026 an Chomhaltais. I measc na gcúrsaí, beidh:
- Teanga Chomharthaíochta
- Gaeilge
- Heartsaver (Uath-Dhífhibrileoir Seachtrach)
- Bodhrán
- Feadóg Stáin
- Pilates
- Féinchosaint
- Oiliúint safeTALK um Fheasacht Féinmharaithe
- Oiliúint um Nochtadh ó Ionad Éigeandála um Éigniú na Gaillimhe
- Athléimneacht Airgeadais
- 5 sa lá ar son na meabhairshláinte le Jigsaw
Tuilleadh eolais agus naisc chun clárú ANSEO.
Níl ach €9 ar ár stocaí den Rud Mór Buí agus rachaidh gach airgead chuig Carthanachtaí an Chomhaltais: Ionad Éigeandála na Gaillimhe um Éigniú agus GOAL. Faigh péire ó Oifig an Chomhaltais nó ó Shiopa an Chomhaltais anois!
Ádh mór oraibh sna scrúduithe!
Tá leideanna agus eolas le fáil ANSEO chun cabhrú leat na chéad cúpla seachtain eile a chur tharat. Ná déan dearmad go mbeidh do chárta aitheantais mic léinn ag teastáil uait chun na scrúduithe a dhéanamh. Mura bhfuil do chárta aitheantais mic léinn agat, is féidir leat ceann ionaid a fháil óDheasc Chabhrach Chlárlann na Mac Léinn.
Uaireanta Breise Oscailte an Chomhaltais i gcomhair na Scrúduithe, Dé Luain, an 8 Nollaig – Dé hAoine, an 19 Nollaig
- Beidh Seomra Cótaí an Chomhaltais agus Síbín ar oscailt ó 09:00 go 19:00, Luan go hAoine
- Beidh Siopa an Chomhaltais ar oscailt 08:00-18:00, Luan go hAoine agus 10:00-15:00 ar an Satharn agus ar an Domhnach
- Beidh Smokey’s Café ar oscailt 08:30-20:00, Luan go Déardaoin agus 08:30-17:00 ar an Aoine
- Beidh feidhm ag na gnáthuaireanta oscailte i gcás Oifig an Chomhaltais, Sult agus Spéir.
Cloisimid Thú
Bí i dteannta Cosantóirí Éagsúlachta Ollscoil na Gaillimhe 12pm-4pm inniu, Déardaoin, an 4 Nollaig in Áras na Mac Léinn chun ceiliúradh a dhéanamh ar an éagsúlacht agus ar an ionchuimsitheacht.
Uaireanta Breise Oscailte ag an Deireadh Seachtaine sa Leabharlann
- 8.30am-9.30pm, Dé Sathairn, an 6 Nollaig/Dé Sathairn, an 13 Nollaig
- 10am-9.30pm, Dé Domhnaigh, an 7 Nollaig/Dé Domhnaigh, an 14 Nollaig
An raibh tú riamh thíos leis an gciníochas? Ní gá duit dul i ngleic leis leat féin.
Tá Comhairleoirí EDI um Chomhionannas Ciníocha anseo chun cabhrú leat má bhíonn tú thíos leis an gciníochas ar an gcampas nó lasmuigh de. Éascaíonn siad coinní rúnda duine‑le‑duine agus is féidir leo treoir a thabhairt duit maidir le roghanna tuairiscithe agus córais tacaíochta. Tuilleadh eolais anseo.
Seachtain Léitheoireachta – Suirbhé Tuairimí Mac Léinn
Díreoidh an suirbhé seo ar thuairimí mac léinn a fháil amach maidir le ‘seachtain léitheoireachta’ (i.e. seachtain gan léachtaí i lár an tseimeastair) a bheith ann. Is féidir leat an suirbhé gairid a líonadh isteach ANSEO.
Scoláireachtaí PhD Hardiman
Tá scéim Scoláireachtaí PhD Hardiman 2026 oscailte do mhic léinn PhD ‘nua’. Maoinítear na scoláireachtaí go hiomlán go ceann ceithre bliana. Íoctar liúntas €25,000 in aghaidh na bliana, chomh maith leis na táillí teagaisc do na ceithre bliana. Beifear ag glacadh le hiarratais go dtí an 6 Feabhra. Tuilleadh eolais ANSEO.
Bailiúchán na Nollag don Mhol Sláinteachais
Is féidir earraí a bhronnadh don bhosca in Oifig an Chomhaltais idir 10am agus 5pm, Luan-Aoine. Dáilfear na tabhartais ar chomhpháirtithe pobail an Bhainc Sláinteachais i nGaillimh, lena n-áirítear COPE na Gaillimhe, Clann Shíomóin na Gaillimhe, Gluaiseacht Taistealaithe na Gaillimhe agus Cumann Naomh Uinseann de Pól.
Imeachtaí Carthanachta i nGaillimh an Nollaig seo
- Beidh snámh ag breacadh an lae ar son Phobal Shíomóin na Gaillimhe, ‘Dip at Dawn’, ar siúl 8:30am, Dé Domhnaigh, an 21 Nollaig chun Grianstad an Gheimhridh a cheiliúradh. Tuilleadh eolaisANSEO
- Beidh rith/siúlóid GOAL Mile ar siúl sa Daingean Lá Nollag. Tuilleadh eolaisANSEO
- Beidh snámh ar son COPE na Gaillimhe ar siúl Lá Nollag ag an gCarraig Dhubh. Tuilleadh eolaisANSEO
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