City businessman and election candidate slams HSE West €7m spend on legal fees
Thu, Feb 03, 2011
A general election candidate and a founding member of Hope4Disability, a local disability action group, has slammed what he terms the “obscene” amount of more than €7 million spent by the HSE West on legal fees for barristers and solicitors last year.
Read more ...Man to face trial for false imprisonment of woman
Thu, Feb 03, 2011
A 28-year-old man accused of allegedly tresspassing in a building and falsely imprisoning a woman has been sent forward for trial.
The Galway District Court heard this week that the book of evidence has been served on Guozhu Zhuang (28) with an address at New Oriental, Cahir, Tipperary.
Read more ...NRA €4.3 million funding to make ‘real difference’ says Galway Tranportation Unit head
Thu, Feb 03, 2011
The recent NRA funding of €4.3 million is a big boost and will help make a “real difference” in the city council’s work to provide high standard road infrastructure and improve safety for cyclists and pedestrians, according to Joe Tansey, head of the Galway Transportation Unit.
Read more ...Emigration will ‘damage Galway society and economy’ says Nolan
Thu, Feb 03, 2011
Ireland will never fully emerge from the present economic crisis unless unemployment is seriously addressed by politicians and university graduates are given a reason to stay in the country.
Read more ...Crowe vows to help secure €25 million funding for Galway Port plan
Thu, Feb 03, 2011
The Galway Port Development Plan is an “ambitious” project which will help open up the entire region and secure Galway’s sustainable economic growth into the future, that is according to Mayor Michael Crowe who has vowed to work to secure the necessary €25 million State investment.
Read more ...Airport’s future brighter following crucial Government decision on funding
Thu, Feb 03, 2011
The future of Galway Airport was made a lot brighter this week as it will now continue to be included in the vital operational subvention funding programme following a decision by Government to reject the recommendations contained in the ‘Value For Money’ report.
Read more ...No excuses as The Chosen People shun politics
Thu, Feb 03, 2011
The best laid plans of mice and men, Eh? Well, the mice have certainly been to the fore this week with the news that the beautiful people, the chosen ones, those doyens of the media, those apostles of the commentary box, those Ivorians of the ivory tower have decided that after much bleating, beating of chests, gnashing of teeth and scratching of arses, that they could not be bothered to take part in the forthcoming election and save Ireland for the rest of us.
We were charging them with the responsibility of protecting us from the gobshite, the gombeen, the funeral man. With their academic brains, the beautifully designed and framed columns, their sharp poses and sharp proses, they would have made the 31st Dail a super Dail, a sort of Seanad for Irish superheroes. It would be a great Dail not just a good Dail.
Read more ...Jury to resume deliberations in Cunningham murder trial
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
The jury in the case of a Polish man on trial for the “quiet and deadly” murder of a 20-year-old man outside a Galway nightclub, will begin its second day of deliberations at the Central Criminal Court today (Thursday).
Read more ...Ó Cuív fails to become new Fianna Fáil leader
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
Connemara based TD Éamon Ó Cuív failed in his bid to become the eight leader of Fianna Fáil yesterday, despite speculation over a last minute surge in support.
Read more ...Fianna Fail — The show is over, get off the stage
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
The political drama of the last while is beginning to wear on us now. We’ve seen and heard it all. We don’t want to be lied to anymore. We don’t want to see the likes of Brian Cowen anymore or his lying ministers. We don’t want to see the legal eagle Lenihan spinning us his economics the way he’d spin a defence to get a gurrier off the hook in court. The likes of Dermot Ahern and Noel Dempsey shaking their heads and lying to us, treating us like fools. Jumped up teachers and solicitors and people who never had a real job in the real world, but who were coccooned in a bubble at our expense.
Read more ...Cycling and pedestrian groups have ‘no confidence’ in council roads spending plans
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
The Galway Cycling Campaign has given a “no confidence” vote in the Galway City Council’s ability to use the recently allocated NRA funding of €4.325 million to effectively improve safety and infrastructure for cyclists on the city’s roadways.
Read more ...Report calls on Leisureland to become ‘more proactive’
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
A new report on Leisureland has called on the Salthill venue to become “more proactive” in securing major events and concerts.
Read more ...Galway Bay Hotel scotches rumours and enjoys record January
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
The manager of the Galway Bay Hotel has said he was surprised to hear rumours that the hotel is in financial difficulty, given the fact that the hotel has seen a year on year increase in revenues despite the downturn. The Galway Bay Hotel is the latest in a series of businesses which have come forward to scotch rumours of their demise.
Read more ...Vigilante behaviour of baton attacker and ‘so-called’ injured party was appalling, says judge
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
A baton attacker and a “so-called” injured party were both reprimanded for their violent vigilante behaviour which was described by a district court judge as “appalling”.
Making the comments at a hearing at Galway District Court on Monday, Judge Mary Fahy warned that the courts will not and can not condone such behaviour, adding that she was suspicious of the actions taken by both parties.
Read more ...Mayo county councillor and FF director of elections fined €800 and disqualified for dangerous driving
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
A Fianna Fail Mayo County Councillor who risked the lives of other motorists by driving dangerously on a twisted treacherous stretch of road has been fined a total of €800 and disqualified from driving.
Read more ...Crane Bar is for sale but ‘the music will go on’
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
The Crane Bar may be up for sale but the current tenants, Mick Crehan and Maeve Joyce, will be staying, regardless of who the new owner will eventually be.
CB Richard Ellis and joint agents Mullery auctioneers have confirmed their instructions to offer for sale a number of commercial properties in Clifden and Galway, including the Rock Glen Hotel, J Conneely’s Bar, and the D’Arcy Inn, in Clifden; as well as The Crane Bar, Sea Road, Galway.
Read more ...Garda Ombudsman investigation into fatal crash continues
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
An investigation by the Garda Siochana Ombudsman Commission into a road crash which claimed the life of a young Galway man earlier this month is still continuing.
Read more ...Unfair Universal Social Charge leaves disabled woman unable to pay for physio
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
A disabled woman has been left devastated, unable to pay for her physio, and on the verge of a nervous breakdown due to the Universal Social Charge which has cut €400 from her income every month.
Read more ...Make sure you are registered to vote, says O Brolcháin
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
The next election looks likely to be held on February 25 and if you want to have your say on which politicians should stay and which should go, you must be registered to vote.
To be eligible to vote you must be at least 18 years of age on February 15 and an Irish or British citizen. You must be registered at one address only and live at that address on September 1 before the register comes into force.
Read more ...Quarter century in business for Peter Murphy Electrical
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
Peter Murphy Electrical is celebrating 25 years in business in their shop in Westside this year and tomorrow Friday Seán Bán Breathnach will broadcast his Raidió na Gaeltachta programme SBB Tráthnóna from the shop, and one lucky listener will finish the programme one 42’ Panasonic TV richer, thanks to Peter Murphy’s generosity.
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