Work to begin on €4.8m housing developments in Ardrahan and Ballinasloe

Thu, Mar 14, 2024

Galway County Council this week signed contracts for the construction of two new housing developments in Ardrahan and Ballinasloe.

PorterShed announces new facility for parents and guardians

Thu, Mar 14, 2024

PorterShed has announced a new addition to their events facilities, ‘Seomra Bábóg’, dedicated to serving parents and guardians who find themselves without childcare when they’re attending a PorterShed event.

Renmore multi-use games area could be completed by early next year, says Crowe

Thu, Mar 14, 2024

Cllr Michael Crowe this week confirmed the timelines for the various stages and completion of the new all-weather facility to be built at the back of the community centre on Renmore Avenue.

Canney welcomes commencement of Portumna Courthouse renovation

Thu, Mar 14, 2024

Sean Canney, Independent TD Galway East, has welcomed the commencement of the refurbishment of the courthouse building in Portumna.

The milestone in the project was marked by the signing of the contract between Galway County Council and the building contractor Michael Kelly, Moate, Co. Westmeath.

Galway students shine bright in RDS Simmonscourt at ESB Science Blast

Thu, Mar 14, 2024

Over 500 projects from primary schools around the country, including 10 schools from Galway, were showcased at this year’s sixth annual ESB Science Blast, the RDS Foundation’s flagship Science and Technology Programme, which took place from 4th to 7th March.

Asraf Chowdhury - Dedicated to making a difference in his community

Thu, Mar 14, 2024

Asraf Chowdhury is a Fine Gael candidate for Galway West for the upcoming Local Elections. Asraf has lived and worked in Galway for over 20 years. Over this time, Asraf has been an active representative for the Bangladeshi community, setting up and partaking in numerous projects. Proudly supported by his wife and two children, he lives in Knocknacarra with his loving family. Asraf is dedicated to making a difference in his local community.

McDonnell concerned about lack of support services for International Protection applicants in Ballybane

Thu, Mar 14, 2024

Independent councillor Declan McDonnell has written to Government to record his concern over the impact the housing of international protection applicants will have on the east side of the city.

Recruitment crisis in cancer services staff resulting in lifesaving machines lying idle

Thu, Mar 14, 2024

SIPTU representatives have highlighted that a lack of recruitment by the HSE of radiation therapists has resulted in lifesaving machines for treating cancer patients being left idle in hospitals in Dublin, Cork and Galway.

Speaking at the ‘Next Steps for Cancer Services in Ireland Seminar’, SIPTU National Radiation Therapist Executive member, Olivia Brereton, said that “the staffing crisis is having a devastating impact on our services”.

I will never forget Saoirse’s face of bravery

Thu, Mar 14, 2024

In the winter of 2020, the world was a dark place. Hope was in short supply in a country and world laid low by a common cause. Our mood not helped by the nightly roll call of the departed; everything we knew as life had come to a standstill in a world in which even the most devastating news stayed within homes, dwarfed by the enormity of the worldwide virus.

Public has month to make submissions on new Corrib bridge

Thu, Mar 14, 2024

Galway City Council is seeking immediate feedback from the public on the proposed new Clifden Railway Pedestrian and Cycle Bridge crossing the Corrib at Woodquay.

Call for schools and educators to share their artistic creations with Galway Atlantaquaria

Thu, Mar 14, 2024

Galway Atlantaquaria in Salthill is seeking the help of local schools and educators to promote Ocean and Environmental Care through Art and Design.

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Thu, Mar 14, 2024

Assault on Dominick Street
Gardaí in Galway are investigating an assault that took place at the Róisín Dubh public house, Dominick Street, on Sunday, March 10 at 2:20am.

Gardaí in Galway are investigating an assault that took place at the Róisín Dubh public house, Dominick Street, on Sunday, March 10 at 2:20am.

Play your part in the shaping of a new Galway

Thu, Mar 14, 2024

The present and the future have an annoying habit of conspiring to show just how silly we might have been in the past. Armed with foresight and hindsight, something that might have seemed like a good idea at some stage in the past is ridiculed by the present and put right by the future.

I will never forget Saoirse's face of bravery

Fri, Mar 08, 2024

Health workers set to lose special leave for long Covid, says Naughten

Thu, Mar 07, 2024

Roscommon-Galway TD Denis Naughten has urged the Government to reconsider its decision to terminate the special leave entitlement for frontline health workers who contracted COVID-19 early in the pandemic and have since been unable to return to work due to long COVID symptoms.

Clare man named new Galway City Council Chief Executive

Thu, Mar 07, 2024

The elected members of Galway City Council this week approved the appointment of Leonard Cleary as Chief Executive of Galway City Council.

Galway-made Glór Tíre returns to bring Country music to the nation

Thu, Mar 07, 2024

TG4 BECOMES the home of Country and Irish music once again when Galway-made Glór Tíre, the station’s long-running, hit music series, returns on Tuesday March 12 at 9.30pm.

Boston Red Sox chooses Galway’s Centripetal as cyber network security partner

Thu, Mar 07, 2024

Centripetal, the global leader in intelligence powered cybersecurity with an EMEA team based in Galway, has this week been selected as the Official Cyber Network Security Partner for the Boston Red Sox and Fenway Park.

Quaker’s street collection in aid of people of Gaza

Thu, Mar 07, 2024

Irish Quaker Faith in Action, in conjunction with Islamic Relief, will hold a street collection for the people of Gaza in Galway City this Saturday March 9.

As this latest cycle of violence continues unabated between the Israeli Defence Forces and Hamas, more than 30,000 Palestinians have been killed, mostly civilians, overwhelmingly women and children. “While we wait for the International Court of Justice to issue its verdict on the charge of genocide, more than two million people have been ordered to vacate their homes in contravention of international human rights law, and are now displaced, without adequate shelter, food, water, or protection from the relentless bombing and indiscriminate shooting,” they said.