Troubled teenager pleads guilty to burglary and car theft

Thu, Apr 21, 2011

A teenager, described in court has someone who had “slipped through the system”, pleaded guilty to offences which include burglary and the theft of a car and has been further remanded into custody for possible sentencing.

Seanad voting deadline approaches

Thu, Apr 21, 2011

Galwegians eligible to vote on the NUI panel in the Seanad Éireann elections must post their votes as soon as possible to arrive at the NUI offices in Dublin by 11am on Wednesday April 27.

Way of the Cross in the Good Shepherd parish

Thu, Apr 21, 2011

Tomorrow at 2pm, the way of the cross will be acted out by a cast from the community of the Good Shepherd parish in the children's playground. The event will take place in Doughiska Park, at the rear of Merlin Woods new school, on Doughiska Road.

Filipino Community charity concert for Japan

Thu, Apr 21, 2011

Galway’s Filipino Community will be holding a charity concert in the Menlo Park Hotel at 6pm on Saturday April 30.

People urged to take part in city walk and raise funds for suicide charity

Thu, Apr 21, 2011

Hundreds of people are expected to take to the streets of Galway on Sunday May 15 to raise funds for a local charity with the twin aims of supporting the suicide bereaved and helping prevent suicide.

Connemara Photo Society exhibition

Thu, Apr 21, 2011

THE CONNEMARA Photo Society will open its inaugural exhibition this evening at 6.30pm at Bridge Street, Clifden.

Lunchtime jazz in the museum

Thu, Apr 21, 2011

A CONCERT of jazz favourites will be performed by the Galway Youth Jazz Orchestra in Galway City Museum this Saturday at 1pm.

Josette Farrell joins Fine Gael

Thu, Apr 21, 2011

Josette Farrell, who ran for Labour in the Oranmore ward in the 2009 local elections, has left the party to join Fine Gael.

Treatment plant needed urgently to clean up Clifden beach

Thu, Apr 21, 2011

Locals and representatives in the Clifden area are renewing their call for a long-awaited wastewater treatment plant to be given the green light following an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) report which revealed how a popular beach has failed, six years in a row, to meet basic water quality standards.

European Parliament committee to question council over flooding hardship

Thu, Apr 21, 2011

The Committee on Petitions at the European Parliament is to seek an explanation from Galway County Council regarding the financial hardship suffered by a number of families following the flooding crisis of late 2009.

Local chief fire officer to attend annual conference

Thu, Apr 21, 2011

Local chief fire officer Michael Raftery will join colleagues and industry experts from across Ireland and Europe at the 54th annual chief fire officers’ association conference which will be held in Adare, Co Limerick, from May 4 to 5.

Asian Tea House going for national glory in Irish Restaurant Awards

Thu, Apr 21, 2011

The Asian Tea House in Mary Street in Galway City was acknowledged this month as the top restaurant in Galway city and county in the Santa Rita Irish Restaurant Awards. The restaurant will now compete for the Regional and All- Ireland title which will be announced at the Irish Restaurant Awards in the Burlington Hotel Dublin on Wednesday May 25.. “We are delighted to be recognised by these awards,” says Terry Commons, proprietor of the Asian Tea House, which celebrated its third birthday last Sunday.

Famine victims should not be forgotten by this generation

Thu, Apr 21, 2011

It’s Thursday night which means it’s Strange Brew in the Róisín Dubh, the night when the city’s indie music fans are out to hear Gugai spinning the very latest music by the coolest alternative bands.

Grealish calls for Kenny to raise plight of undocumented Irish with Obama

Thu, Apr 21, 2011

The visit of US president Barack Obama to Ireland in May is the “ideal window of opportunity” to press for legalisation for the undocumented Irish in the States.

This is the view of Independent Galway West TD Noel Grealish, who is calling on the Government to make the case for “the thousands of undocumented Irish that are presently living in ‘legal limbo’ in the US”.

NUI Galway student awarded prestigious international prize

Thu, Apr 21, 2011

A doctoral fellow at the Centre for Innovation and Structural Change (CISC) at NUI Galway, Ciara Fitzgerald, was presented with second prize in the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) Graduate Student Literature Review Prize at their annual meeting in Las Vegas recently.

Galway SF to ask public to sign petition against Universal Social Charge

Thu, Apr 21, 2011

Galway Sinn Féin will be calling on the public to sign its petition against the controversial and much resented Universal Social Charge.

The party will be actively campaigning against the tax and is committed to abolishing it. According to Galway Sinn Féin City West spokesperson Tom Hanly: “The introduction of this penal tax benefited those on the highest incomes as everyone with an income over €16,000 pays it at the same rate of seven per cent.

Top class coach and nutritionists to give talk on sports nutrition

Thu, Apr 21, 2011

Evergreen Healthfoods will be hosting an information evening on sports nutrition at the Pillo Hotel & Spa, (formerly the Courtyard by Marriot) on Tuesday, April 26 at 6:30pm. The event is being organised in support of Special Olympics Ireland, and in association with the Pillo Hotel & Spa. There will be three speakers on the night, each covering different aspects of sports performance and nutrition.

Michael D’s daughter not running for Seanad

Thu, Apr 21, 2011

Alice Mary Higgins, daughter of Labour president Michael D Higgins, has announced that despite much speculation, she is not running in the Seanad elections.

UHG’s poor performance in hospital league tables is ‘embarrassing’, says health forum chief

Thu, Apr 21, 2011

The chairperson of the HSE West’s regional health forum has slammed University Hospital Galway’s poor rating in the HSE’s latest league tables as “embarrassing”.

Will removing roundabouts cause greater congestion?

Thu, Apr 14, 2011

Galway’s days as the ‘Roundabout city’ could be coming to an end with new plans to remove seven of the city’s roundabouts and replace them with signalised junctions.

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