Man jailed after being found ‘slumped’ over wheel of car

Tue, Dec 30, 2008

A man who had been found intoxicated and “slumped over the wheel” of his car while disqualified from driving was jailed for three months last week.

Garda division changes to come into effect next week

Tue, Dec 30, 2008

Galway’s two Garda divisions will be united into a single Galway division from Thursday under administrative changes being introduced under the Policing Plan.

Lifetime achievement award for GMIT lecturer

Tue, Dec 30, 2008

A lecturer in the GMIT school of hotel and catering has been awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Panel of Chefs of Ireland.

Galway families hurt by high energy prices — Healy Eames

Tue, Dec 30, 2008

Sen Fidelma Healy Eames has hit out at the continuing high cost of energy, despite a massive drop in the cost of oil.

Suspended sentence for chef who sliced up cannabis for friends

Tue, Dec 30, 2008

A French chef who had been slicing up blocks of cannabis resin for his friends was given a six month suspended sentence when he appeared at Galway District Court last week.

Socáir to help elderly and disabled people remain in their homes

Tue, Dec 30, 2008

Socáir, a new service recently launched in Galway, will enable older people to live in their own homes by providing 24 hour, long-term, live in, practical, and cost effective non-medical care.

Healy Eames to refer ‘heartless’ city council decision to ombudsman

Tue, Dec 23, 2008

A local senator is referring what she terms a “heartless and stupid decision” involving an unwell 83-year-old city woman and made by the Galway City Council and the Department of the Environment to the ombudsman.

Galway adults spend €2,300 a year on alcohol

Tue, Dec 23, 2008

Galway adults spend an average of more than €2,300 each on alcohol annually, according to research obtained during Hibernian Health’s National Health Screening campaign.

Fare skipper fined after racial abuse of taxi driver

Tue, Dec 23, 2008

A Kildare security man who refused to pay a taxi fair and then racially abused the driver was fined €300 at Galway District Court last week.

Train to be a counsellor

Tue, Dec 23, 2008

Are you interested in counselling/psychotherapy as a career? If so, a foundation level course being run in the city in January may appeal.

New discharge system to free up acute hospital beds

Tue, Dec 23, 2008

More hospital beds are expected to be freed up nationally with the introduction of a new discharge system.

Walk off the Christmas pud in New Quay

Tue, Dec 23, 2008

The New Quay walking group will hold its seventh annual sponsored 10k walk on New Year’s Day.

Westdoc asks people to only call if seeking urgent GP medical care over Christmas and New Year perio

Tue, Dec 23, 2008

Westdoc, the out of hours GP service, is appealing to people to only contact it if they require urgent GP medical care over the festive period.

Judge left ‘horrified’ at abuse of garda

Tue, Dec 23, 2008

A District Court judge was left “horrified and shocked” at the behaviour of a Monaghan man who told a garda to go f*** himself and then called him a “fat bastard”.

Teen jailed for resisting arrest

Tue, Dec 23, 2008

A Ballybane teenager, with 75 previous convictions, was given a further five months’ detention this week after he resisted arrest, broke a garda officer’s mobile phone, and spat on the patrol car seat.

Abbey bells to ring in Christmas for first time in three decades

Tue, Dec 23, 2008

The bells of the Abbey Church in St Francis’ Street will ring in Christmas and the New Year for the first time in more than 30 years this week following a massive restoration project on the church.

Civic and religious leaders to deliver Christmas messages on Galway Bay FM

Tue, Dec 23, 2008

Galway’s civic and religious leaders will deliver their Christmas messages on Galway Bay FM on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. The 20th annual Christmas messages programme will be broadcast at 6.04pm on Christmas Eve and 1.04pm on Christmas Day, and will feature music from a seven-track CD recorded recently by a group of Galway musicians to raise money for the Western Alzheimer’s Foundation.

Galway International Rally to give €3.6m boost to local economy

Tue, Dec 23, 2008

The Safety Direct Galway International Rally, which will take place from January 16 to 18, is expected to give a €3.6 million shot in the arm to the local economy.

Advertiser charity fund to help Tanzanian schoolgirls and young women in Galway

Tue, Dec 23, 2008

Donations to this year’s Galway Advertiser charity fund will go towards extending a secondary school for girls in Tanzania, and funding a centre which looks after young women experiencing a crisis pregnancy in Galway.

Warning about pickpockets targeting Christmas shoppers

Tue, Dec 23, 2008

Christmas shoppers are being warned to be vigilant and to ensure that their purchases and other property are safe during the last days of the festive retail rush

Gardai in Galway are asking people to be vigilant with their property while they are out shopping in big crowds after reports of pickpockets operating in the city centre.

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