Lucia seeks Irish singers for six-month US tour

Thu, Apr 15, 2010

Singers Of United Lands, an organisation based in Michigan, USA, is seeking Irish singers for a six-month tour of the USA and they have asked Lucia Evans to find them.

Pádraig O’Céidigh lends support to Fahey’s bypass campaign

Thu, Apr 15, 2010

Aer Arann’s Pádraig O’Céidigh and Treasure Chest owner Mary Bennett will feature in video supporting Frank Fahey’s Galway Bypass campaign.

Also lending his support will be the president of the Galway Chamber of Commerce Paul Shelly. All feature in a video that has been distributed today by email as part of Galway West TD Frank Fahey’s campaign for the development of the Galway City Outer Bypass.

Information sought on missing man

Thu, Apr 15, 2010

The family of a Dublin man who went missing in Galway last month have appealed to Galway people who may have seen him to contact the gardaí.

Nineteen thousand local public patients benefited from National Treatment Purchase Fund

Thu, Apr 15, 2010

More than 19,000 of Galway’s longest waiting public patients have benefited from faster treatment through the work of the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF), a Government initiative designed to cut hospital waiting lists by offering public patients treatment in private hospitals.

Try the Gaeltacht day course

Thu, Apr 15, 2010

Gaelnua, which runs Gaeltacht summer day courses in Connemara, has announced it will be making another bus available, following demand from the public.

Carraroe man fined for ‘Del Boy’ style counterfeit money offence

Thu, Apr 15, 2010

A Carraroe man got caught up in a “Del Boy situation” when pub-talk in England led to him purchasing €600 worth of poor quality counterfeit notes at a location in Westside, the Galway District Court heard this week.

Open Ballyloughane gates and toilets at weekends says O’Flaherty

Thu, Apr 15, 2010

The car park gates and toilets at Ballyloughane Beach must be left open at weekends, especially during fine weather, so last weekend’s scenes of gridlock and public discomfort are not repeated.

Celebrate Latin America Week in Galway

Thu, Apr 15, 2010

Latin America, its people, culture, literature, and the issues affecting its nations, will be celebrated and discussed during Latin America Week in Galway.

Book of condolences opened at City Hall for victims of Polish air crash

Thu, Apr 15, 2010

City Hall has opened a book of condolences for victims of Polish air crash which claimed the lives of the Polish president, his wife, and 94 others last weekend.

Let us not lose Galway-ness

Thu, Apr 15, 2010

In case you haven’t noticed it, the large section of the paper that has just fallen on your shoe is a 72-page magazine which we have produced to mark the fact that on this day 40 years ago, the first issue of the Galway Advertiser hit the streets. At the time, it was deemed crazy that a product could be given out free on such a mass scale and as you can imagine, predictions of its demise came thick and fast. However, it has stood the test of time, hence today we carry the baton into the fifth decade.

Funding boost for youth cafés

Thu, Apr 15, 2010

The Child and Family Research Centre at NUI Galway has launched research which acknowledges the work of youth cafés in providing a safe recreational space for teenagers and which aims to aid the development of the youth café model across the country.

Councillors raise concerns over Ceannt Station Quarter proposals

Thu, Apr 15, 2010

The Ceannt Station Quarter will completely change the boundaries of what we now think of as the city centre, and provide a major boost to business, not just in the Ceannt Station area, but throughout the city.

Bank sues solicitor over security for property loans

Thu, Apr 15, 2010

Bank of Ireland is suing a Galway-based solicitor’s firm for allegedly failing to put in place the necessary charges to ensure that the bank had security for loans advanced for several property deals.

The action has been taken against Donal Downes, practising as O’Dea and Company solicitors, Hardiman House, Eyre Square, Galway. The bank claims that it advanced loans of €2.8 million and $900,000 (€663,000) on the basis of it having a first legal charge over various properties. However, the bank later learnt that other financial institutions had prior securities over properties in Galway while there was no security at all in place for a development of 14 apartments in Co Sligo.

Ó Cuív to officially open long-awaited Knocknacarra national school

Thu, Apr 15, 2010

Minister Éamon Ó Cuív will be on hand to perform the official opening of St John the Apostle, Knocknacarra national school, on Friday April 23.

Exciting new courses provided by the Learning Curve Institute

Thu, Apr 15, 2010

Westport based The Learning Curve Institute, one of the west’s fastest expanding training and education providers, is now enrolling students on a host of internationally recognised, FETAC accredited courses and workshops in Castlebar, Sligo, Galway and many other areas all over Ireland.

The Learning Curve Institute has recently been in the spotlight due to the high profile workshop entitled “Legal Highs - a description of the available head shops substances and their effect”. The first workshop took place to a packed audience in Sligo and has since been prominently featured on both RTÉ's Morning Ireland and in The Irish Times. Due to its overwhelming success, the workshop is now being rolled out in various locations all over the country.

Advertiser archive goes online.

Thu, Apr 15, 2010

Forty years go online — Galway Advertiser founder and chairman Ronnie O'Gorman (on right) pictured with group editor Declan Varley (centre) and (on left) group IT manager Kevin Devane, as they push the button to place the entire forty year archive of the Galway Advertiser online and available free to all. The archive can be accessed at http://archive.advertiser.ie

Irish who die abroad refused death registration

Thu, Apr 15, 2010

A local Fine Gael senator wants the legislation dealing with registering the deaths of Irish people abroad to be amended so that Irish citizens who die overseas can have their deaths registered at home.

Oranmore senator Fidelma Healy Eames says there is a pressing need for the current system to be changed.

Trad gigs and workshops in Renvyle

Thu, Apr 15, 2010

Fans of trad music and those who want to learn how to sing and dance in the sean nós style will be making their way to Renvyle this weekend.

Crospon gets FDA clearance for new product

Thu, Apr 15, 2010

A new product developed by a local medical device company will provide an improved diagnostic test for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).

The EndoFLIP® technology was designed by Crospon which is based at Galway Business Park and was set up in 2006. It develops leading edge minimally invasive medical devices for monitoring, diagnosis and therapy in the gastroenterology area.