Monsignor O’Flaherty celebrates jubilee and retirement

Thu, Jun 17, 2010

The Westwood Hotel in Newcastle hosted recently an evening’s celebration to mark the jubilee of the ordination and the retirement of Monsignor O’Flaherty, parish priest of Galway Cathedral.

First Galway Garden Festival to take place next month

Thu, Jun 17, 2010

The first Galway Garden Festival, which will take place on Saturday July 10 and Sunday July 11, promises to be a very special weekend.

Dignity's Got Talent

Thu, Jun 17, 2010

Galway’s newest gay venue, Dignity bar, will launch talent competition Dignity’s Got Talent next month.

All Ireland Talent Show finalist and former Alternative Miss Ireland Joanna Ryde will host the event, which takes place on Thursday July 8.

New principal for the Bish

Thu, Jun 17, 2010

A former head of religious education at St Joseph’s (the Bish) is the new principal of the Nuns’ Island based boys’ secondary school.

Table quiz for St Vincent de Paul

Thu, Jun 17, 2010

The charity table quiz will be held in Garvey’s Bar on Monday 21 at 8.15pm in aid of Lotus Lives and the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul.

Galway has lowest percentage of births outside marriage

Thu, Jun 17, 2010

Galway county has the lowest national percentage of births outside marriage, according to figures released by the Central Statistics Office.

Dangerous motorcyclist gets ten months

Thu, Jun 17, 2010

A dangerous motorcylist who raced through Eyre Square, forcing a garda to jump out of the way, and charged at a checkpoint before losing control, was sentenced to 10 months in jail this week.

Three months for brazen theft of work tools and runners

Thu, Jun 17, 2010

A man who brazenly stole expensive work tools from an industrial store room in broad daylight and tried to fool a discount retail shop by swapping tags on runners was sentenced to three months.

Teen spits in garda’s face, court told

Thu, Jun 17, 2010

A teenager who failed to take the chance given to her and who spat in a garda’s face during an arrest received 10 months detention this week.

Penniless man steals whiskey to keep warm, court hears

Thu, Jun 17, 2010

A penniless man, with 56 previous convictions, took a particular liking to a brand of whiskey during a month-long shoplifting spree and used the fire water to warm himself up at night, the Galway District Court heard this week.

Further custody for robbery and assault accused

Thu, Jun 17, 2010

A man accused of robbing and assaulting a group of men while wielding a potentially lethally pointed hammer has been remanded into further custody.

photographic competition

Thu, Jun 17, 2010

Well this is the opportunity for you.

Blue Flags reveal a community’s eco ethos

Thu, Jun 17, 2010

With schools set to close as we head into the summer season proper, thousands of people will be heading to our beaches for a day of sun, sea, and relaxation.

Nothing quite signifies summer more than a trip to the beach, and here in County Galway we are blessed with an array of options, from Kinvara in the south to Renvyle out west.

Health forum chief calls for public inquiry after baby scan revelations

Thu, Jun 10, 2010

The chairperson of the HSE West’s regional health forum is calling for a public inquiry into baby scan errors at University Hospital Galway which could have resulted in the lives of two unborn children being terminated.

We can’t depend on ‘gut instinct’ to protect us from the health service

Thu, Jun 10, 2010

The revelations in the media in the last 48 hours that at least two Galway babies and perhaps many more may have been inadvertently killed in the places where their mothers were to go for care is one of the most shocking to emerge from the litany of error that emanates weekly from the HSE.

Coming just a week after we heard the terrible details of the little boy whose healthy kidney was removed, despite the insistence of his parents that this was so, the latest stories are truly shocking and are bound to lead to another public inquiry into our health services.

Gort victim of third baby scan error felt intense guilt for not reporting the misdiagnosis

Thu, Jun 10, 2010

The Galway woman at the centre of the third baby scan error has spoken of the “intense feeling” of guilt she experienced for not reporting her scanning misdiagnosis at University Hospital Galway in 2008.

Business as usual at Lisloughrey Lodge

Thu, Jun 10, 2010

All 60 employees at Lisloughrey Lodge in Cong are to be kept on after management at the hotel this week succeeded in securing a new lease for the premises.

Boats burned in Woodquay

Thu, Jun 10, 2010

Gardaí have appealed for information following an incident in which two boats were damaged earlier this week.

The boats, which were in the boat yard beside the Commercial Boat Club in Woodquay, were set on fire on Monday night. The fire was discovered at 11.45pm.

Further remand for criminal gang accused

Thu, Jun 10, 2010

Two men accused of offences committed while participating in organised crime have been further remanded in custody.

Survival scheme may resolve bank’s concerns about Sweeney group, High Court told

Thu, Jun 10, 2010

A modified survival scheme for two companies in Galway businessman John Sweeney's Black Shore group may resolve Anglo Irish Bank's concerns about the scheme, the High Court heard today (Wed).

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