Public lecture on the lives of soldiers

Thu, Jan 12, 2012

Standing on sodden fields at Waterloo awaiting battle; surviving the damp, dirt, and dead bodies in the Western Front trenches; and enduring the heat of the desert at El Alamein were hard enough experiences without also having to face death as the enemy closed in.

Take part in the Galway Walks event this Saturday

Thu, Jan 12, 2012

Galwegians are invited to take part in the Galway Walks/Operation Transformation event which takes place this Saturday.

Is it a score? — NUIG talk to look at sporting technologies

Thu, Jan 12, 2012

The next talk in the NUI Galway public talk series on Sports Technology will take place on Tuesday, 17 January at 6pm. Entitled A score or not a score – that is the question! Score detection and other technologies in Gaelic games, soccer and other field sport, the talk will be delivered by Liam Kilmartin, Lecturer with the School of Engineering and Informatics at NUI Galway.

According to Liam Kilmartin: “From Geoff Hurst in 1966 to Frank Lampard in 2010, the inability to determine whether valid goals have been scored in soccer has generated much press and debate. Similar discourse has erupted at times in GAA circles particularly relating to hurling where determination of valid point scores is often even more challenging due to the speed and height of the sliotar.”

Paws 4 Thought

Thu, Jan 12, 2012

If you are looking for a pet, check out these gorgeous animals looking for homes. While we can only show you a sample here, please check our website www.galway-spca.com and have a look at all our animals. Please note home checks are carried out for all our animals, and a donation is required.

Reducing Garda Traffic Corps is a ‘short-sighted retrograde action’ says Cuddy

Thu, Jan 12, 2012

Reducing the size of the Garda Traffic Corps “is a short-sighted and retrograde step” that will have a “detrimental effect on policing across the country”.

This is the view of Jim Cuddy, the Independent councillor for the Oranmore area, who is calling on Minister for Transport Leo Varadkar and Minister for Justice Alan Shatter to review this decision.

Galway singer hopes to wow judges with her voice on new TV show

Thu, Jan 12, 2012

Galway will be represented in the RTE series The Voice on Sunday next when Claregalway native Ailbhe Hession auditions for the four judges with the aim of winning a recording contract with Universal Music.

Duo accused of robbing Christmas market trader sent for trial

Thu, Jan 12, 2012

Two men accused of following and then robbing a trader during the Continental Christmas Market in 2010 have been sent forward for trial.

Cláraigh Anois do Sheachtain na Gaeilge

Thu, Jan 12, 2012

Tá Conradh na Gaeilge ag ullmhú Clár na Gaillimhe de Sheachtain na Gaeilge faoi láthair. Beidh Seachtain na Gaeilge 2011 ar siúl ón 5 – 17 Márta agus beidh na céadta imeacht ar siúl le linn na tréimhse sin agus na mílte duine ag glacadh páirte sna himeachtaí.

Athbhreithniú ar an Acht Teanga

Thu, Jan 12, 2012

Tá deis anois ag pobal na tíre a dtuairimí a chur ar fáil faoi Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla 2003, mar chuid den athbhreithniú ar an Acht atá fógartha ag an Rialtas. Tá go dtí 31 Eanáir ag daoine a dtuairimí agus a mholtaí a chur ar fáil do Roinn na Gaeltachta. Is féidir é seo a dhéanamh trí shuirbhé ar líne a chomhlíonadh maidir leis an Acht reatha agus freisin trí aighneacht a dhéanamh maidir le hathruithe a rachadh chun tairbhe spriocanna an tAcht Teanga a bhaint amach, sé sin cur leis an leibhéal seirbhíse a chuireann an stát ar fáil do phobal na Gaeilge.

Labour to hold National Conference in Galway in April

Thu, Jan 12, 2012

The Labour Party will hold its 2012 National Conference in Galway in April.

Public order offender jailed for four months and ordered to sober up

Thu, Jan 12, 2012

A homeless man arrested eight times in just three weeks and charged with a plethora of public order offences has been jailed for four months and told to use that time to sober up.

Health Minister urged to avert looming orthopaedic crisis at Merlin Park Hospital

Thu, Jan 12, 2012

A call has been made for the Minister for Health to avert a looming crisis at Merlin Park Hospital which is threatening to cripple the provision of orthopaedic services in the west from next month.

Questions about begging industry have to be asked, says judge

Thu, Jan 12, 2012

Serious questions need to be asked about the emerging begging industry where strings are pulled by those using vulnerable people, according to a Galway District Court judge who imposed a suspended sentence on one man for obstructing people while begging.

Judge Mary Fahy made the observation at Monday’s court sitting after hearing how Petrica Constantin (32) travelled from his home at 130 Willowpark, Athlone, Co Westmeath, to Galway city on December 9 last to beg for money, however, he was charged with an offence under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 2011 when he found to be obstructing the passage of persons while begging. Judge Fahy noted that the circumstances were suspicious, questioning how anyone who was “down on their luck” could afford to buy the bus fare to come to the city, and that there was the distinct possibility that the incident was part of a begging industry.

UHG junior doctor sent inappropriate texts and emails to female colleagues, hearing is told

Thu, Jan 12, 2012

A junior doctor sent inappropriate text messages and emails to female colleagues within a fortnight of starting work at University Hospital, Galway, a Medical Council Fitness to PractiSe hearing was told this week.

Family and friends of murdered Galwayman turn up for arraignment

Thu, Jan 12, 2012

Deirdre Nikoras sat in the front row of the downtown courtroom, craning her neck to see the face of the teenager who police say killed her brother.

Opposition grows to proposed Tesco development on Rahoon Road

Thu, Jan 12, 2012

Concern is growing among business and residential communities about the proposal to build a Tesco hypermarket on the Seamus Quirke Road/Rahoon Road.

Local businessman and former Fianna Fáil mayor of Galway Micheál Ó hUiginn has lodged a planning application to the Galway City Council on behalf of Tesco to build a two-storey complex on the site of his former lumberyard. However the current mayor, Hildegarde Naughton, believes the development could negatively affect both the the city centre and Westside Shopping Centre.

McNelis criticises council’s Christmas tree recycling service

Thu, Jan 12, 2012

Galwegians wishing to dispose of their Christmas trees have three days left to avail of the Galway City Council’s Christmas Tree Recycling service. However a local councillor has claimed the service is leading to “illegal dumping”.

Through the glass darkly

Thu, Jan 12, 2012

It is not just Richard Dawkins, though he is a typical, contemporary, example. And it does seem as if science, dazzled, in many cases justifiably, by its own success in extending the boundaries of what we know about the physical world is uniquely liable to this particularly modern form of arrogance.

Man found with counterfeit driving licence jailed

Thu, Jan 12, 2012

A man who persistently drove with a counterfeit Romanian driving licence, once driving into a roundabout while drunk, has been jailed for eight months and disqualified from driving for six years.

At Galway District Court on Monday Vasile Chivaran (34), with an address at 116 Rahylin Glebe, Ballybane, pleaded guilty to driving without valid driving licence and insurance, drink driving, and being in possession of a counterfeit Romanian driving licence at Oran Hill on May 19, 2011, and to driving without a valid driving licence and insurance, and being in possession of as well as using a counterfeit Romanian driving licence at Castlepark Road, Ballybane, on Janaury 19, 2011.

Boston teenager to face trial next January for killing of Aran Islander

Thu, Jan 12, 2012

A Boston teenager was arraigned Monday in a US Superior courtroom for last October’s murder of Inis Meain man Ciaran Conneely and a subsequent double-shooting near St. Mark’s that left one man with multiple gunshot wounds.

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