Do you want to make a documentary?

Thu, Mar 05, 2009

THE GALWAY Film Centre wants to help those who have an idea for a short documentary, but do not have the technical know-how and gear to make it. The centre is running a four weekend documentary making course, tutored by the award winning documentary maker Paddy O’Connor.

Canny canines take to streets for new search and rescue service

Thu, Mar 05, 2009

Sniffing under rubble and overseeing evacuations or combing events, and city streets for missing persons, it’s all in a day’s work for the furry recruits at Charity Search and Rescue who are being put through their paw paces to really be man’s best friend.

Drink driver to serve four months before deportation

Thu, Mar 05, 2009

A drink driver who was found trying to pull out of a filling station with no lights and the handbrake on while disqualified will now spend four months in jail before being deported.

MS society to hold info meetings

Thu, Mar 05, 2009

The local Multiple Sclerosis Society will hold information and support meetings at its western regional office at Roxboro House, Raleigh Row, on Friday March 13 from 11am to 1pm and at the Shearwater Plaza Hotel, Ballinasloe, on Wednesday March 11 from 11am to 1pm.

What breed of Independent are you?

Thu, Mar 05, 2009

The American columnist Franklin P Adams wrote in 1944 that: “Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.”

Economics now engulf our politics

Thu, Mar 05, 2009

The Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis, recent opinion polls, and normal political activity are all being overshadowed by the perilous state of the economy. I have always believed that politics follows economics – to coin Bill Clinton’s phrase “It’s the economy, stupid”.

Ó Neachtáin goes public on fear of Bonner candidacy

Thu, Mar 05, 2009

You have to feel sorry for Fianna Fáil North West MEP Sean Ó Neachtáin. He serves the party loyally in Galway and Europe and yet, when it comes to elections, HQ seem to be permanently trying to undermine him.

No one is betting on any councillor just yet

Thu, Mar 05, 2009

While people talk about Billy Cameron, Brian Walsh, Declan McDonnell, Padraig Conneely, etc, as on course to keep their seats, people are unwilling to place any bets on the 2009 Local Elections just yet.

‘Unruly’ behaviour forces college to end support for Rag Week

Thu, Feb 26, 2009

Rag Week in its current form may be no more as NUI Galway senior management announced yesterday that it is no longer in a position to support the event following “a series of unfortunate incidents”.

Ninety-five new jobs for Galway

Thu, Feb 26, 2009

There was good news on the jobs front for Galway this week with the announcement of 95 new jobs in two companies due to open premises in the city centre in the coming weeks.

Gang of youths vandalise car

Thu, Feb 26, 2009

Gardaí have appealed for information after a car was tipped over by vandals in Lios an Uisce.

Students lose sight of Rag Week’s traditional values

Thu, Feb 26, 2009

You’d have to be deaf and blind not to have noticed the revelry in Galway this week – an antithesis of a low spirited January in which the population was getting to grips with our economic collapse.

Man lucky to escape jail for racial abuse of taxi driver

Thu, Feb 26, 2009

A man who hurled racist abuse at a taxi driver after consuming a cocktail of alcohol and medication was lucky to excape jail and instead left Galway District Court this week with a €700 fine and a two month suspended sentence.

Ballinfoyle community centre may not be recession proof despite approval

Thu, Feb 26, 2009

Ballinfoyle is set to get its long awaited community centre, but there are concerns that the project could be put in jeopardy due to the economic downturn.

Connolly lambasts Costello for supporting rezoning motion

Thu, Feb 26, 2009

Labour Cllr Tom Costello was on the end of a verbal roasting from his former party colleague Cllr Catherine Connolly this week, over his support for two controversial rezonings.

Fahey calls for bypass to be included in existing road projects

Thu, Feb 26, 2009

The approved section of the Galway City Outer Bypass should be included in the major road projects on the N17 and N18 which are proceeding under Public Private Partnerships.

Galway business groups welcome bypass news

Thu, Feb 26, 2009

Galway’s business lobby group has welcomed the news that the Galway city outer bypass will start preliminary works as planned.

Any Anglo-Irish Bank wrongdoers must meet ‘full rigour of the law’

Thu, Feb 26, 2009

The current investigation into Anglo Irish Bank by the Garda fraud bureau is a “necessary step” and if any wrongdoing is discovered, the perpetrators “should be pursued with the full rigour of the law”.

City still waits for anti-social behaviour officer

Thu, Feb 26, 2009

Despite funding being made available for the appointment of an anti-social behaviour officer two years ago, City Hall has still not appointed anyone to the position.

The shouting game plays out at city council

Thu, Feb 26, 2009

It is rare the Mayor of Galway Cllr Padraig Conneely finds himself out-muscled in the vocal department at Galway City Council meetings, but that’s what happened on Monday evening.

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