Australian credited with Walking School Bus concept to hold free workshop

Thu, May 20, 2010

One of the world's most innovative thinkers on traffic, community life, and urban design David Engwicht will speak about his ideas in Galway next week.

Mr Engwicht will give a workshop entitled Smarter Travel and the Creative City in the Galway City Museum on Monday May 24.

Company enlists a hawk to sort out the pests

Thu, May 20, 2010

When companies operate a ‘recruit a friend’ scheme for employees, recommendations rarely come with measurements of wing span, but Maximus is no ordinary recruit, he is a Harris hawk.

Crowe announces new €1 million pedestrian bridge for Galway

Thu, May 13, 2010

A new €1million pedestrian bridge is to be built over the Eglinton Canal, running from the Fisheries Field over to the grounds of NUI, Galway.

Minister’s listed TV sports event plan could lead to ‘dire consequences’ for Connacht Rugby

Thu, May 13, 2010

Connacht Rugby faces renewed threats - not, this time, from headquarters, but from Government plans to broadcast major rugby matches free.

Burglars hold woman captive during raid

Thu, May 13, 2010

Gardaí have launched a hunt for two men who held a woman captive yesterday morning while they ransacked her home.

Gardaí warn elderly over bogus callers and door-to-door fraudsters

Thu, May 13, 2010

Gardaí are warning elderly people not to hand over money to callers following a rise in the number of people calling to houses and attempting to fraudulently obtain money from older residents.

When people power meets petrol power

Thu, May 13, 2010

Have ya ever seen the Government move as fast on anything as they did on the head shops. All it took were a few phone calls to Joe Duffy and you didn’t even have to be from Clontarrrrrrrrrrrfff Joe and hey presto, they’re introducing legislation that came into force, not tomorrow, but yesterday. That’s the type of Government ya need. Introducing laws so fast that they’re in force by the time you get to hear about them. All around the country on Tuesday morning, poor Hans and Jurgen and Johann with the funny hair who ran the head shops had to draw up “Closed Til Further Notice” notices so much on the hop they had been caught by our ultra quick fast reacting Government. Mary Harney, a woman who wouldn’t be in the FloJo league when it comes to turn of speed, had the laws in by the time that Hans and Johann and Jurgen had gone to bed, and by the time the dawn broke over the headshops and they looked through the hazy scene that was their lovenest, they were no more. And if Hans and Jurgen and Johann thought they were going to just shut up shop for a few days to give them time to change the name of the legal high to Ohjaysisthisisgreatdylhide, fast Mary had out-thought them on that too. She had the clear head, ya see. She wasn’t smokin’ any of that auld foreign shite. When she’s overseas, she doesn’t go into the brown cafes. No, she goes to the hairdressers and probably the nice muffin shop next door. She wrote into the law that any drugs that have their names changed and that the guards think are a bit funny can be deemed illegal as well, so now go away and put that in your pipe and smoke it, she told them, smug as anything. She might be leaving Granny for 72 hours on a shopping trolley in Casualty our Mary, but she put it to those foreigners with their head shops

Accused refuses to give evidence at jockey murder trial

Thu, May 13, 2010

A man accused of setting fire to a UK block of flats killing two promising young jockeys, including Claregalway native Jamie Kyne, refused to give evidence at his trial yesterday.

Human League, Josh Ritter, Heaven 17, and Cathy Davey for arts festival Big Top

Thu, May 13, 2010

Synth pop legends and heroes of 1980s electro The Human League and Heaven 17, and leading singer-songwriters Josh Ritter, Cathy Davey, and Damien Dempsey, will all play the Galway Arts Festival Big Top in July.

AIB seeking €18m judgment against Corrandulla businessman

Thu, May 13, 2010

A Cprrandulla businessman is being pursued by Allied Irish Banks for €18 million summary judgment orders over unpaid loans allegedly advanced for property developments in Galway, property investment in New York and a bloodstock business.

Because of defects in the bank’s legal documents, Mr Justice Peter Kelly adjourned the bank’s application for transfer of the proceedings against Joseph Joyce and his company Cahermorris Developments Ltd to the Commercial Court to this morning (Thursday.)

Naughton makes her case to be FG city candidate in election

Thu, May 13, 2010

She may only be on the Galway City Council for less than a year, but Fine Gael’s Hildegarde Naughton is nothing if not ambitious, and her sights are now firmly set on running in the next General Election.

HSE cuts will set back nation’s dental health by a decade, warn dentists

Thu, May 13, 2010

Almost 68,000 local medical card holders will be denied routine dental treatments, including fillings and extractions as well as dentures and treatment of gum disease, due to HSE cuts, according to the Irish Dental Association.

Denouncing what it terms the health authority’s decision to dismantle the medical card dental scheme and reduce it to one which only provides limited emergency cover for card holders the association says the move is “unsafe” and “unworkable”.

Castlerea Prison responds to Walsh’s allegations about prisoner escape

Thu, May 13, 2010

A spokesperson for Castlerea Prison has responded to allegations by Fine Gale councillor Brian Walsh, regarding the recent escape of a prisoner from University Hospital Galway.

Connolly’s motion condemning Government will live to fight another day

Thu, May 13, 2010

An attempt to pass a motion of no confidence in the Government’s handling of the economic crisis failed to get a chance to be heard at Monday’s city council meeting.

Galway Theatre Festival table quiz

Thu, May 13, 2010

THE GALWAY Theatre Festival’s Arts Quiz takes place at 8pm on Thursday May 20 at the Galway Arms, Dominick Street.

Leading PR guru to give communications masterclass in the city

Thu, May 13, 2010

One of Ireland’s leading PR Professionals, Jack Murray, will host a special communications masterclass in the Radisson hotel Galway on May 27.

GPO goes into voluntary receivership

Thu, May 13, 2010

The GPO nightclub on Eglinton Street has gone into voluntary receivership, but despite this it is still “business as usual” at the venue.

Nolan condemns ‘unthinking’ bureaucracy which cost VEC training places

Thu, May 13, 2010

Thirty training places at the city of Galway VEC’s Sandy Road training centre have been lost due to “unthinking and illogical bureaucracy” according to Labour councillor Derek Nolan.

Road carnage adverts could lead to male drivers taking more risks, says NUIG research

Thu, May 13, 2010

New NUI Galway research has found that advertising campaigns showing the carnage on the nation’s roads could actually lead to young male drivers taking more driving risks.

Fracas in Eyre Square

Thu, May 13, 2010

Gardaí have appealed for witnesses to come forward following a late night fracas in Eyre Square at the weekend.

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