Aras Badminton Club to resume next week
Aras Badminton Club will resume on Tuesday, September 12 at Aras Bothar na Tra, Dr Mannix Road, Salthill.
The club takes place weekly every Tuesday from 8pm to 10pm. Membership is open to all levels and beginners are welcome. This is a fun social club and membership is pay as you go. For further details contact 087 6152668.
Table quiz for Galway Green Party
The Galway Green Party will hold a fundraising table quiz in Sheridan’s Bar, Knocknacarra, on Tuesday, September 12 starting at 7.30pm.
Entry is €50 for a table of four. All are welcome. See www.galwaygreens.ie for details.
School bus service is not fit for purpose - Canney
The school bus service is no longer fit for purpose and needs to be completely overhauled as a matter of urgency, Dep Sean Canney has warned.
According to the Independent Galway East TD, the repeat of last year’s lack of school bus tickets for children depending on the service underlines the need for reform of the system.
“For a second year running parents and students are left without school bus tickets and are only receiving notification of this as children prepare to go back to school,” Dep Canney said this week.
“Students are again without tickets even though they received tickets in previous years.”
Meanwhile, in some cases parents whose children received tickets have been told there is no bus or driver available to provide the service. Dep Canney said parents had contacted him about this issue at the start of the school year.
“I have also learned that Bus Éireann is cutting back the hours of their own drivers in favour of private operators despite a shortage of drivers,” he added.
“The Minister for Education has got to intervene and sort out this mess for hundreds of families.
“I understand that there is a review taking place, but this review is ongoing for nearly three years and in the meantime the situation is getting worse.
“We have instances where a school bus pulls up outside a family home to pick up students, but the family have no tickets for the bus.
“I also had the situation where Bus Éireann are cutting back drivers’ hours at a time they should be increasing them to deal with the demand.
“There are also instances where bus tickets have been issued but there is no bus available.” he said.
