Doomsday, not Bloomsday for James Joyce and Class of ‘91
Thu, Jun 11, 2009
In the election count of 1991, three new bright councillors were elected onto Galway County Council. They beamed with pride as they marched into their first council meeting at the old Council chamber in the former County Buildings.
Read more ...Past experience of loss spurs Mannion to victory
Thu, Jun 11, 2009
Missing out by just 14 votes in 2004 made Eileen Mannion something of a pessimist at the count centre at the weekend. Although the tallies showed that she was well placed to take a seat in Connemara, she wasn't counting any chickens until it was confirmed, as a direct result of her experience last time.
Read more ...‘A nicer man you couldn’t meet’
Thu, Jun 04, 2009
Following the tragic death of Kieran Cunningham on Wednesday morning, a feeling of sorrow and despair has spread across the city. A native of Claregalway, Kieran had worked full time for the last 18 months at the deli counter in Hughes’ supermarket in Claregalway. The east Galway man was the eldest of three children from Slievefinn. Friends and family have all been devastated by the news of his untimely death.
Read more ...Hunt for killer begins after man stabbed in city centre
Thu, Jun 04, 2009
Gardaí have launched a wide-ranging investigation following the death of a young Claregalway man who was found with stab wounds in the city centre in the early hours of yesterday.
Read more ...Callanan reveals our city councillors pocketed €2 million in last five years
Thu, Jun 04, 2009
Councillors have cost this city €2.13 million over the last five years while the mayoral transport is costing €209,000. It is time to call a halt to councillors’ expenses and abolish this “gravy train” system.
Read more ...New balls please — Tennis club and Westside to be venues as future of councillors is decided
Thu, Jun 04, 2009
Galway goes to the polls tomorrow to elect 30 county councillors, 15 city councillors, and three MEPs, while Saturday and Sunday will be taken up with counts, elections, and eliminations.
Read more ...Brutal killing takes shine off feelgood factor
Thu, Jun 04, 2009
There is nobody in this city or county who is not horrified by the senseless killing of young Kieran Cunningham just 100 yards from this office in the early hours of yesterday morning. Shocked by the needless rubbing out of the life of a man who by all accounts was a decent sort. His colleagues in Hughes Supermarket in Claregalway where he had worked on the deli counter for the past 18 months were shocked to the core at the news of his death and were sincere in their praise of him.
Read more ...Galway student dies in Bali after drinking contaminated alcohol
Thu, Jun 04, 2009
It has been confirmed that the Irish woman who died in Indonesia after drinking contaminated alcohol was a final year engineering student at NUI Galway.
Read more ...President to bid farewell to the Volvo Ocean Race
Thu, Jun 04, 2009
Following the electric atmosphere of the last 12 days, Let's Do It Galway, are asking as many people as possible to join in farewell festivities on Saturday to bid farewell to the Volvo Ocean Race sailors.
Read more ...Walsh lashes Keane over ‘ruined the city’ remarks
Thu, Jun 04, 2009
“Nonsense” is how Fine Gael councillor Brian Walsh has described claims by Fianna Fáil Galway City West candidate Peter Keane that the current body of city councillors have “ruined the city”.
Read more ...Cameron condemns ‘sinister’ attempt to ‘besmirch my name’
Thu, Jun 04, 2009
A “sinister” attempt to “besmirch my name and blacken my character in the final days of the election campaign” is how Labour councillor Billy Cameron has described information leaked to the media over his expenses claims to the Galway City Council.
Labour councillor Billy Cameron was embroiled in controversy this week when the Irish Independent ran a story claiming that he had claimed more than €4,000 in milage expenses to conferences, despite the fact that he does not own a car and cannot drive.
Read more ...Galway can be proud and confident, but now needs to capitalise on the Volvo experience
Thu, Jun 04, 2009
There is nothing to stop Galway hosting another stopover of the Volvo Ocean Race in the future, according to Volvo’s communications director Marcus Hutchinson.
Read more ...Noone proves a hit on the doorsteps in competitive Oranmore constituency
Thu, Jun 04, 2009
As the chase for seats in the Oranmore electoral area hots up, it has emerged that a battle royale will ensue for the third and fourth seats in that area.
Read more ...Pioneer smoke-ban pub fined for smoking ban offence
Thu, Jun 04, 2009
A city centre licensed premises, which was one of the first in Galway to implement the smoking ban before it had been made law, has been fined for allowing punters to smoke in an area specifically designated as non-smoking.
An Tobar and the Dew Drop Inn, which is now a combined premises run by DDI (Public House) ltd, was fined €500 and ordered to pay costs of €950 with two months to pay after the company was summoned to appear in court by Galway City Council.
Read more ...Woman steals jewellery after release from custody
Thu, Jun 04, 2009
A Scottish woman who stole jewellery worth more than €300 immediately following her release from Garda custody for another theft has been sentenced for three months and given an additional five month suspended sentence.
Read more ...Happy snappers upload 6,000 photos of Volvo Ocean Race Festival
Thu, Jun 04, 2009
An incredible response to the Volvo Ocean Race stopover in Galway has produced some 6,000 photos for a photo competition to highlight the west of Ireland’s creative industry.
Read more ...Fianna Fáil’s performance will be the key to this weekend’s election outcome
Thu, Jun 04, 2009
The outcome and the aftermath of tomorrow’s Local Election in Galway city will be determined by the performance of Fianna Fáil, for that will impact directly on how Labour and Fine Gael do.
Read more ...Extensive coverage of election counts on Galway Bay fm
Thu, Jun 04, 2009
Full coverage of the local and European election counts will be available on Galway Bay fm from Saturday morning.
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