Launch of new Galway Ocean Sports Centre

Thu, Feb 17, 2011

The Galway Ocean Sports Centre, which will provide facilities for all watersports organisations in the city and the region, is to be officially launched by Minister Éamon Ó Cuív tomorrow, February 18, at 5.30pm.

Fós ag fanacht ar chruinniú

Thu, Feb 17, 2011

Agus an colún seo á scríobh bhí iarrachtaí fós ar siúl chun cruinniú a shocrú idir Enda Kenny agus toscaireacht ó bhreis agus 20 eagraíocht Ghaeltachta, Gaeilge, oideachais, agus óige maidir le polasaí Fhine Gael deireadh a chur leis an nGaeilge mar chroí-ábhar Ardteiste.

Bean an Tí sa Chistin

Thu, Feb 17, 2011

Agus mná tí na Gaeltachta go mór sa nuacht agus iad ag troid in aghaidh pholasaí Ghaeilge Fhine Gael, seans go gcuirfear spéis faoi leith sa tsraith Bean an Tí sa Chistin, sraith nua atá le craoladh ar TG4.

Buaiteoirí Ghlór na nGael i nGaillimh

Thu, Feb 17, 2011

Fógraíodh roinnt de thorthaí chomórtas náisiúnta Ghlór na nGael ar chlár Seán Bán Breathnach ar Raidió na Gaeltachta Dé hAoine seo caite. Go deimhin bualadh bob ar Sheán nuair a fógraíodh le linn an chláir gurbh é féin a bhí ainmnithe do Ghradam Ghlór na nGael i mbliana.

Poll indicates collapse of Fianna Fail vote

Thu, Feb 17, 2011

Say something often enough and it will come true. At every election Fianna Fáil TD Frank Fahey has made dire predictions about his political health and warned he is in danger of losing his seat.

Mixed fortunes for Independents and small parties

Thu, Feb 17, 2011

Galway West looks set to elect an Independent TD for the first time in its 74-year history, according to the Galway Advertiser poll on the constituency, but it also shows mixed fortunes for the smaller parties.

Galway West to elect first female TD since Máire Geoghegan Quinn

Thu, Feb 17, 2011

Fine Gael senator Fidelma Healy Eames looks set to be the first woman to win a seat in Galway West since the retirement of Máire Geoghegan Quinn, according to a new poll carried out by the Galway Advertiser.

New restaurant to create twenty jobs in Galway city

Thu, Feb 17, 2011

There was some good news for Galway this week as 20 jobs will be created with the opening of a new bar and restaurant in the city centre.

Counting the cost of chronic pain

Thu, Feb 17, 2011

The introduction of improved services for people in the early stages of chronic pain could help cut the “sizeable” economic burden caused by the condition - an estimated €4.76 billion per year - in Ireland, a leading Galway based expert said this week.

Bail for car theft and dangerous driving accused

Thu, Feb 17, 2011

A 23-year-old Ballybrit man charged with a string of offences including alleged unauthorised taking of a vehicle, dangerous driving, drink driving, and possession of a knife, has been remanded on continuing bail.

Last Chance Saloon

Thu, Feb 17, 2011

Nest Friday may well be a defining date in the history of this nation. In the future history students will study the economic collapse of the early years of this millennium and our response to the challenge. Who we vote for next week will have a defining influence on the shape of our future. The question is, for whom do we vote? My analysis is based on national issues because we must cease with the parochial political gombeenery. Vote for the most competent team. Electing local stroke-pullers over competent legislators is the root cause of our problems.

Government recruitment ban putting children’s lives at risk, claims Kyne

Thu, Feb 17, 2011

Staff shortages caused by the Government’s recruitment ban are to blame for the failure to roll out the BCG vaccination programme for newborn babies at University Hospital Galway.

FG plan to double suicide prevention fund welcomed

Thu, Feb 17, 2011

Fine Gael councillor Brian Walsh has welcomed the party’s plans to double the funding for suicide prevention to €10m a year, if elected to form part of the next government, after new figures released by the HSE revealed that 29 people died by suicide in Galway in 2009.

Nolan bashes FG over public services proposals

Thu, Feb 17, 2011

Fine Gael will take two teachers out of every school and one in every six nurses out of hospitals if the party’s vision for the public services ever becomes a reality.

Equipment worth €35,000 stolen in city mobile services store burglary

Thu, Feb 17, 2011

A mobile phone and computer repair store was completely “cleaned out” by four suspects during a night-time burglary in which they made off with equipment valued at €35,000.

A major investigation has now been launched by local gardai who are appealing for witness to come forward.

Questions your Independent, SF, and Green candidate must answer

Thu, Feb 17, 2011

Seven independents are running in Galway West while three have thrown their hat into the ring in Galway East. Sinn Féin and the Greens are also running candidates in the constituency and Insider feels that before they can gain our support they must be able to answer the following questions.

Questions every Fine Gael candidate in Galway must answer in this campaign

Thu, Feb 17, 2011

As the election enters its final straight Fine Gael is on course to lead the next Government appears to be the party with the momentum and some observers have speculated about the possibility of a single party FG government. Therefore it is vitally important that people question their FG candidates in some detail over the next week.

Since when is a vote for Nolan a vote for Kyne?

Thu, Feb 17, 2011

“The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there,” wrote the English novelist LP Hartley. Were he around today he might say: “The internet is a foreign country. Reality operates differently there.”

GMIT to link up with Marine Institute to further develop marine research

Thu, Feb 17, 2011

Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology is to join forces with the Marine Institute to further develop marine research capabilities, undergraduate and postgraduate marine science programmes and, staff training and development initiatives at the two organisations.

Let Mindlink bring you happiness

Thu, Feb 17, 2011

Would you like to have more happiness, peace and love in your life? Are you tired of being in a rut? Are you looking for a life-changing experience? Then a seminar run by Mindlink may appeal.

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