Claregalway jockey killer to be sentenced
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
A date has been set for the sentencing hearing of a British man convicted of killing Claregalway jockey Jamie Kyne.
Read more ...Signs of hope as Galway unemployment figures show no increase
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
Despite the massive rise in unemployment in Galway city and county over the past three years, there are signs that the crisis has stabilised.
Read more ...Garda cameras receive cautious welcome
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
The new Garda mobile safety cameras have been given a cautious welcome with local representatives urging the Government to ensure that it will not turn into a money-making exercise and to invest in the re-alignment of dangerous country roads.
Read more ...Breakthrough in case of murdered photographer
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
There has been a breakthrough in relation to the murder of popular Galway photographer Trent Keegan as a man has been charged by Kenyan police.
Read more ...Businesses ‘fed-up to the teeth’ of being robbed by drug users
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
Businesses in towns and villages in Co Galway already under pressure from the recession are being repeatedly targeted by drug users, many just out of prison.
Read more ...Christmas cooking demos at The Grainstore
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
The Grainstore café deli, located on Lower Abbeygate Street in the heart of Galway, will host its first cooking demonstration on Christmas party food.
Read more ...Dark days set to return if people with disabilities suffer more cuts
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
Hope4Disability, the Galway based disability representative group, is appealing to the Government not to impose any further health cuts to protect existing frontline services for people with disabilities.
Read more ...Former Miss Ireland offers style tips In Galway
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
Former Miss Ireland, and model agent Andrea Roche will hold two style masterclasses Galway on Saturday.
Read more ...Inis Oírr wins top award
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
Picturesque Inis Oírr scooped one of the top awards at 2010 All-Island Pride of Place competition with The Latin Quarter in Galway city and Letterfrack also doing well by taking runner up awards.
Read more ...Ironman Galway information evening
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
As Galway prepares to host one of the most prestigious races on the international triathlon calendar next September, the Galway Triathlon Club will host an information evening on Tuesday November 23 at 7.30 in the Salthill Hotel.
Read more ...Special fares to shop in Galway this Christmas
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
Special return train fares to shop in Galway this Christmas have been unveiled by Iarnród Éireann.
Read more ...Nursing union calls for crisis summit on health
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
A leading local nursing union official is calling for a crisis summit on the health services to be convened immediately.
Read more ...Breffmeister to be MC at Colga Ball
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
Star of The Apprentice and Celebrity Bainisteoir Breffni Morgan is to be the guest MC for the forthcoming Colga FC Ball to be held in the Clayton Hotel on Saturday November 27.
Read more ...Connacht rugby players strike a pose for COPE
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
Up-close and personal shots of Connacht Rugby stars can be seen in a new calendar created to raise money in the fight against homelessness.
Read more ...Galway bands get rocking for Movember
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
Galway bands Lost Chord and Go Panda Go are providing the soundtrack to Movember, the moustache growing charity, with their fundraising single ‘I Wanna To Be Tom Selleck’.
Read more ...No twinning likely with Philippines ‘oyster city’
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
Despite having major oyster festivals in common, it is unlikely that any twinning arrangement between Galway and Roxas City in the Philippines will take place.
A story appeared in the Philippino media and blogs this week, saying that the Philippino Ambassador to Ireland Ariel Y Abadilla had approached the Galway City Council with a view towards the twinning arrangement.
Read more ...Calls for Aung San Suu Kyi to be invited to Galway
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
Calls have been made for Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese pro-democracy leader, to be invited to Galway to receive the Freedom of the City, which was awarded to her in 2005.
Read more ...Craughwell nursing home wins national care award
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
A Co Galway nursing home was recently chosen as the outright winner of a national care award at the Nursing Homes Ireland annual awards ceremony.
President Mary McAleese presented the award, sponsored by Bank of Ireland, to the Village Nursing Care Centre in Craughwell at a reception in Dublin recently.
Read more ...Tourism figures show need for ‘urgent action’, says Michael D
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
The decline in the number of tourists to Ireland, as revealed by the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office, shows there is an “urgent need for action”.
Read more ...Name a puppy for Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
The Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind (IGDB) has joined forces with Specsavers the opticians to find Galway’s most ‘pup’ular names beginning with the letter ‘S’ to name a six-week-old guide dog litter.
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