Labour deny offering FF a deal to form new council pact

Thu, Jun 03, 2010

Labour councillor Derek Nolan has rubbished claims that certain party colleagues have made offers to Fianna Fáil and councillor Hildegarde Naughton of forming a new pact in City Hall.

Nine gang suspects still being questioned

Thu, Jun 03, 2010

Nine men, arrested as a result of a major operation against drug and organised crime, are still being detained and questioned by gardai this morning.

€1,000 a week so that our political rejects can get to work

Thu, Jun 03, 2010

Ya know, maybe it would feel better if they were worth it, but it doesnt’ ease the pain at all.

Jobs boost as gaming giant announces 200 posts for city

Thu, May 27, 2010

There was welcome news on the jobs front yesterday with the announcement that leading American entertainment software company, Electronic Arts (EA), is to locate its European customer service and operations centre in Galway city, a move that is expected to create 200 jobs.

Infamy, infamy, they’ve all got it infamy...

Thu, May 27, 2010

Insider is sure that all City Councillors had a right good old chuckle after reading Councillor Padraic Conneely’s letter to the editor in last week’s edition of this publication alleging that the Insider was running a vendetta against him. Conneely, long time master of the media seems to have a problem with anonymity.

Our new Freeman did more than just bring boats

Thu, May 27, 2010

John Killeen will have to sit back, fold the arms, throw back the ears and listen to a lot of compliments in the next few days. And all of it is richly deserved. Before he gets to scribble his name onto the scroll of those who have been granted the Freedom of Galway city, he’ll be made to blush a few times. He’ll hear again how his dream secured the Volvo Ocean Race for Galway, not once but twice. How he beat the odds and defied the doubters, how he managed to make the city the envy of the rest of the country’s sailing ports. John is a jolly man, whose demeanour and personality allows him to make friends and to listen to his argument. And he has used this to great effect to achieve what he has achieved in his own life, in business and in sailing.

However, what he probably won’t hear is that he is someone who has played a key role in days like yesterday when Galway was once again the recipient of a timely jobs boost. When companies like EA decide to come to a place, they take a lot of factors into consideration. They take the location, the infrastructure, the availability of support from government and education, but they also have to be convinced to buy into the experience that is Galway. The Galway experience, the Galvian Way is something that is intangible but it hangs in the air. It is a sense of joie de vivre, a coolness that is needed for chic cool companies, a place where they can make chic cool games.

US software company announces 200 jobs boost for Galway

Thu, May 27, 2010

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Timing of UHG ward rounds to be changed to ensure earlier discharge of patients

Thu, May 27, 2010

The timing of ward rounds at Galway University Hospitals are to be changed to ensure the earlier discharge of patients who have been treated and are waiting to go home or move to another health service.

International line-up for Galway Arts Festival

Thu, May 27, 2010

Ireland’s leading arts event, the Galway Arts Festival, is set to provide an internationally acclaimed line-up of music, dance, theatre, comedy, street events and art from July 12 to 25.

Hep C scare will rock public confidence in ‘shaky’ HSE service

Thu, May 27, 2010

A local patients’ advocate has warned that the hepatitis C scare - which has resulted in more than 450 former public hospital patients being offered screening after it emerged they may have been treated by a surgeon infected by the virus - may further rock public confidence in an “already shaky” HSE led health service.

Grealish calls for taxi insurance scam to be stamped out

Thu, May 27, 2010

There are a number of “unscrupulous” taxi drivers plying their trade in Galway City without proper insurance cover in place, according to Independent Galway West TD Noel Grealish who is calling for this “scam” to be urgently stamped out.

George to give the Kings Head the Right Hook

Thu, May 27, 2010

George Hook will present a special broadcast of his Newstalk radio show The Right Hook live from The Kings Head pub tomorrow between 4.30pm and 7pm.

Kent man gets 23 years in jail for murdering Galwayman

Thu, May 27, 2010

A Kent man last night received a life sentence after being found guilty of the murder of his friend, Galway man Cathal Hughes.

Loughrea teenager says stammering recovery programme changed his life

Thu, May 27, 2010

Simon Madden is a 14-year-old recovering stammerer who comes from Loughrea. While Simon is now a contented teenager, he admits stammering previously had a negative effect on his everyday life.

‘Slurring nurse’ has suspension extended for another six months

Thu, May 27, 2010

A nurse who was found swaying from side to side and slurring her words with drugs belonging to residents scattered around her is facing an anxious wait over her career this week.

Agreement reached on acquisition of site for Oranmore train station – Fahey

Thu, May 27, 2010

Local Fianna Fáil TD Frank Fahey has confirmed that agreement has been reached between Galway County Council and Iarnrod Eireann regarding the acquisition of a site for the development of a new train station in Oranmore.

Fahey encourages public to ‘Back the Bypass’ as crossroad approaches

Thu, May 27, 2010

Galway West Fianna Fáil TD and Chairperson of the Oireachtas Transport Committee Frank Fahey TD is encouraging the people of Galway to show their support for the Galway City Outer Bypass as the Supreme Court cases on challenges to the Bypass approach.

Town road surfaces in “shocking condition”

Thu, May 27, 2010

Roads surfaces in three small towns in north Galway are in a “shocking condition” according to local county councillor, Paul Connaughton Jnr.

Senator says Tanaiste must address ‘one in six’ early school leavers

Thu, May 27, 2010

Tanaiste and Minister for Education Mary Coughlan must urgently address the “one size fits all” philosophy that is prominent in Irish schools, says Galway West Senator Fidelma Healy-Eames.

Headford Road Community Centre of “critical urgency”

Thu, May 27, 2010

The much anticipated Headford Road Community Centre is long overdue and has reached a point of “critical urgency”, according to Labour councillor Derek Nolan.

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