Man jailed for eighteen months for threats to Brothers of Charity workers
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
A man who once held a senior position with the Brothers of Charity told Galway District Court how he had been “utterly terrified” when a disturbed client, who claimed to have suffered institutional abuse, arrived at his home and threatened to break his legs and shoot him.
Read more ...Referral to EU must not delay work on bypass says Fahey
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
The referral of the Galway City Outer Bypass to the EU Court of Justice should not delay the bypass proceeding to the preliminary tender stage according to Galway West TD Frank Fahey.
Read more ...Galway to mark International Day Against Racism
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
Galway city will mark International Day Against Racism with an event in the Amnesty International Café, Middle Street, tomorrow from 4pm to 6pm.
Various speakers will discuss issues of tackling racism and inequality through community development. Speakers include Anastasia Crickley, UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination; Sen Franklin Siakor of the Liberian parliament; Ann Irwin, Community Workers’ Co-operative; Margaret Ó Riada, Galway Traveller Movement; and Claire Davey, Galway Refugee Support Group.
Read more ...France, Belgium, USA, Dubai — register shows full extent of Fahey’s international property holdings
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
Most Galway TDs own some property or land in Galway city or county, but unlike Fianna Fáil TD Frank Fahey, none of them owns property in France, Belgium, the USA, or Dubai.
Read more ...Loughrea bids for €5m in sustainable travel funding
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
Loughrea has been shortlisted for a new sustainable travel initiative which will see €5 million awarded to one town for the development of sustainable transport infrastructure.
Read more ...Galway to go for a blackout next week?
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
Could Galway be in for a blackout next week? The Minister for the Environment John Gormley certainly hopes so as he is calling on Galwegians to take part in Earth Hour 2010.
Read more ...Galway Film Centre to host information evenings on ID Projects
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
The Galway Film Centre will hold two free information evenings for community groups that would like to take part in the ID Projects programme.
Read more ...Claddagh School’s website proves big hit with global web browsers
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
The Claddagh National School’s website has enjoyed more than 3,600 hits from web users from more than 70 countries across the globe in its first year in existence.
Read more ...Galway Choral Association seeks new members
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
The Galway Choral Association is seeking new members to take part in its special summer concert when it will perform with Wyoming’s Casper Civic Chorale in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church on Friday June 11.
Read more ...Ryan Hanley consultants to conduct study of Clare River and flooded areas
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
Ryan Hanley Consulting Engineers is to carry out a comprehensive study of the River Clare and the Lisheenavalla, Claregalway, Caherlea, and Ardskeaghmore areas following the winter floods.
Read more ...Galway acts chosen for new band competition
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
Galway bands Disconnect 4 and The Coonics, along with Identity Parade, who have strong Galway connections, have been chosen to take part in the inaugural Tiger Untamed band competition.
Read more ...Fundraiser for Milltown man with acquired brain injury
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
A fundraising drive to raise money to help a local man who has an acquired brain injury will kick off on Sunday March 28 at 5pm at Milltown Community Centre.
The event is being organised by the friends of Milltown man Oliver Burke who sustained a brain injury after falling from a ladder at work in October 2007.
Read more ...Galway Christian Community Night Vigil Service
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
The next Galway Christian Community Night Vigil Service takes place in the United Methodist Presbyterian Church at Victoria Place tomorrow at 10pm.
Read more ...Most carers say their loved one’s needs are ‘overwhelming’
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
More than three out of four family carers say their ageing loved one’s needs are “overwhelming”, according to a new study, just published.
Read more ...Tall tales and growing gardens for Galway Childminding Week
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
A variety of events for childminders and children will take place in Galway next week as part of Galway Childminding Week, an initiative of the Galway City and County Childcare Committee.
Read more ...Radio series to profile the foreigners who love speaking as Gaeilge
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
It has often been noted about many of the Viking and Norman families that came to Ireland in the Middle Ages that once they settled down they became “more Irish than the Irish themselves”.
Read more ...Lecture on Irish history at city museum
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
STEVEN ELLIS, a leading expert on Tudor Ireland will deliver a public lecture on how The English Pale and partition have affected Irish history next week.
Read more ...Chance exists to reduce speed limits in rural Galway says Connaughton
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
New speed limits on the outskirts of many villages and small towns and a reduction in the 80kph speed limits on county roads must form part of the new Road Traffic Bill.
This is the view of Fine Gael Galway West TD Paul Connaughton who believes the Bill could be an opportunity to have “a root and branch examination of speed limits as they relate to every town and village in Ireland”.
Read more ...A Cajun concert for children
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
Cajun music developed in Louisiana among the French setters who moved there from Quebec after the British took over Canada.
Read more ...Buggins Turn
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
”It's not easy being green.
It seems you blend in with so many other ordinary things.
