Former winners line up for another tilt at elite title

Thu, Jul 23, 2009

The line up in the elite section of this year’s Umbro Cup includes all four previous winners, FAI Emerging Talent (2005), Aberdeen (2006), Ipswich (2007) and Leicester City (2008).

Valerenga from Norway are the first Scandinavian side to take part in the Galway Cup and they will have a challenging opening to the tournament, facing both the FAI Emerging Talent and Fulham on Wednesday August 5.

Galway Airport questions An Bord Snip recommendations

Thu, Jul 23, 2009

Galway airport management have said they are hugely concerned by An Bord Snip recommendations that all support, amounting to €17million, to Ireland’s six regional airports and regional air services is cut by 2011.

ACC get tough in legal action in separate cases against two Galway businessmen

Thu, Jul 23, 2009

ACC Bank have shown this week that they are taking no hostages over two separate instances with Galway businessmen.

Have a laugh and raise funds for Galway Hospice

Thu, Jul 23, 2009

Galway comedian Bobby Hennigan will lead a night of laughter and music at a special fundraising show for the Galway Hospice Foundation at the Galway City Museum this Saturday at 8pm.

City and county council will have to publish drinking water data on the web

Thu, Jul 23, 2009

To ensure Galway’s drinking water supplies are of the highest quality, the county’s two local authorities will have to publish the results of their drinking water sampling programmes online.

Not me, t’was the nipper that did it — phone thief claimed that her toddler had put it in his pocket

Thu, Jul 23, 2009

A woman who denied stealing a mobile phone from a dental surgery, claiming that her toddler son had put it in his pocket, failed to contest the charges and was sentenced to four months in jail.

Funding is available for six park and ride sites around the city says Fahey

Thu, Jul 23, 2009

Creating six park and ride facilities on the outskirts of Galway city is a realistic and worthwhile option that would significantly reduce traffic congestion.

We binge but we think we’re healthy, study shows

Thu, Jul 23, 2009

The results of the Galway health and well-being survey has highlighted that despite high levels of binge drinking Galway citizens rate their general health very well.

Reward offered as gardaí step up hunt for man in Kieran Cunningham murder probe

Thu, Jul 23, 2009

A €10,000 reward has been offered this week for information leading to the conviction of the murderer who stabbed a young Claregalway man to death in the city centre last month.

Galway man jailed in Australia for ‘cowardly attack’

Thu, Jul 23, 2009

A local man on a work travel visa in Australia has been jailed for attacking another Irishman in what was described as a callous and cowardly attack.

Gordon Thomas Melia, a 26-year-old backpacker from North Galway, was given a 12 month sentence for attacking 28-year-old Kieran Byrne from Monaghan.

Call on HSE to provide contingency plan for Galway pharmacies

Thu, Jul 23, 2009

The Irish Pharmacy Union has said that it has “grave concerns” about the HSE's contingency plan for the supply of medicines after August 1.

Two men charged with €2,000 ‘cleaning’ deception of elderly city woman

Thu, Jul 23, 2009

Two brothers accused of alleged theft by “deception” of €2,000 from an elderly woman have been remanded on continuing bail for service of the book of evidence.

The white flag has been raised....

Thu, Jul 23, 2009

Good evening punters and welcome to Ballybrit for the inaugural running of this evening’s feature race

the Bord Snip-sponsored Nobuckettopeein Plate. And what a turnout we have with a massive field all looking resplendent in their horsy colours and fun-sized men aboard. The recession has not hit Ballybrit at all. Indeed, it looks as if the entire town has turned out to place their redundancy payments on the geegees.And what a treat they’re in for with this feature event. The white flag has been raised and they’re offfffffffff.

Win tickets to Galway Races

Thu, Jul 23, 2009

Next week Ballybrit will reverberate to the sound of hooves as the annual summer festival of racing at Galway starts again.

Witness in Glenamaddy murder trial denies instigating knife attack

Thu, Jul 23, 2009

A witness in a murder trial has denied taunting the accused man and being the instigator of a stabbing incident which resulted in the death of his young friend.

Councillor frustrated at the ‘amount of bulls**t’ surrounding speed limit changes

Thu, Jul 23, 2009

The delays in the implementation of new speed limits on Galway’s roads led one councillor to label the bureaucracy “bullshit” at this week’s council meeting.

Verging on the ridiculous — council hedge funds well down as overgrown vegetation makes roads unsafe

Thu, Jul 23, 2009

Funding to cut roadside hedges and to cut back verges is down by more than 60 per cent and that’s why the county’s roads are quickly being overgrown by vegetation, angry councillors were told this week when they queried why hedges were being cut in some areas and not in others.

An Taisce’s heritage is not Irish, but British, says councillor

Thu, Jul 23, 2009

The heritage that An Taisce and such organisations is trying to protect when objecting to planning in Connemara is not Irish heritage, but British heritage, the county council was told on Monday.

Could FG overtake FF in Galway West?

Thu, Jul 23, 2009

The thing about elections is that political anoraks can never get enough of them. The locals are just over and already speculation is going on about who might run for which party in the next General Election.

No more cheap Viagra or Nigerian slushfunds for county councillors

Thu, Jul 23, 2009

County councillors will no longer be bombarded with offers of cheap Viagra or to have their bank accounts used to hold funds for exiled African princes, following the unveiling of their new secure email system this week.

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