Daniel comes back west
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
Tickets go on sale next month for Daniel O’Donnell’s Castlebar concert on Saturday July 24. It has been 18 months since Daniel O Donnell has played The Royal Theatre and his fans have been eagerly awaiting this show.
Read more ...Age Action charity shop at Abbeygate Street to close next month
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
A city charity shop is to close next month because it it no longer viable, according to the organisation which runs the service.
The Age Action shop at Abbeygate Street will shut its doors for the last time on April 16.
Read more ...Wide product range of Stihl saws at Caulfields
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
Caulfield Industrial is the official stockist of the STHIL brand of power tools — the most widely sold chainsaw brand in the world.
Stihl has used its knowledge, skills, and expertise gained in developing the chainsaw, to become an industry leader for many other heavy duty power tools including consaws, hedgetrimmers, blowers, grass trimmers and brushcutters. The new range of power tools from Stihl has just being launched and is available in Caulfields’ Tuam Rd Retail store.
Read more ...Willie Nelson to play Castlebar concert
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
American Country Superstar Willie Nelson is to play a concert in Mayo on June 5, with tickets on sale from today.
Read more ...More GP training places for Galway from summer
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
Local patients are set to have a bigger choice of doctors in the community with the news that the number of GP training places is set to increase.
Read more ...Information nights for parents of teenagers
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
Parents of teenagers can learn more about issues of concern, such as drugs, legal highs, sexual health, alcohol and effective communication, at two information nights being held in the county later this month.
Read more ...New Maxi-Cosi FamilyFix collection at Bella Baby
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
Maxi-Cosi has been supporting parents for decades by keeping their precious cargo safe while travelling in cars.
Read more ...Ninety seven per cent of ‘urgent’ patients seen at UHG’s breast centre within ten days
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
Some 97 per cent of “urgent” patients are seen within 10 days at the symptomatic breast centre at University Hospital Galway.
The facility, one of eight such designated centres throughout the country, got a positive review in a report compiled by the health watchdog HIQA recently.
Read more ...Cake sale to raise funds for Sr Rose in Haiti
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
A fundraiser in aid of a former Galway based nun who has been working in Haiti for the past five years will take place at the Irish Girl Guide Centre at 36, New Road on Saturday from 11am to 2.30pm.
Read more ...B&B burglar jailed for twelve months
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
A 35-year-old man who committed burglaries at a number of B&Bs, by gaining access to rooms with filed down keys, was jailed for 12 months this week and could face deportation following his release.
Allan Dambuka with an address at 203A Collins Avenue, Whitehall, Dublin 9, appeared before Galway District Court on Monday where he pleaded guilty to the offences brought against him.
Read more ...Mother steals and damages nearly €3,000 worth of stolen goods
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
A Limerick mother of one, with 108 previous convictions, cheekily stole more than €2,000 worth of clothes and jewellery from a city centre retail store and then damaged nearly €500 of her loot by taking security tags off, the Galway District Court heard this week.
Read more ...Garda takes action to ensure baby’s safety at house party, court hears
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
A garda who had concerns for the safety of a child after gaining entry to a wild house party was then confronted with the highly intoxicated and agitated mother, the Galway District Court heard this week.
Read more ...Mayoman ‘foolishly’ bought cocaine and cannabis
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
A Mayo man, who had “foolishly” bought €100 of cocaine and a small quantity of cannabis after attending an engagement party, was fined a total of €900 at Galway District Court this week.
Read more ...Learn occupational first aid with the Irish Red Cross
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
The Irish Red Cross offers a range of courses designed to comply with health and safety legislation regarding first aid in the workplace.
Read more ...Unprecedented demand for childcare training in Galway
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
Demand for childcare training has reached an all time high since the introduction of the Government’s new free pre-school scheme. The Early Childhood Care and Education Scheme requires that staff in childcare services have accredited childcare training in order to participate in the scheme. “This has been a welcome step in the professionalisation of childcare,” said Mary Giblin, coordinator of the Galway City and County Childcare Committee.
Read more ...Who can we now trust in the Church?
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
The revelations this week that Cardinal Sean Brady sat in on and conducted interviews with traumatised victims of child rape, believed their story to be true and failed in his moral, Christian and legal duty to inform the gardai, is a true indicator of the extent of the level of denial that exists in the Catholic Church regarding the culture of secrecy.
Read more ...City council is more mature, less dysfunctional than before
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
Green Senator Niall Ó Brolcháin recently described the Galway City Council as being a dysfunctional institution and in the aftermath received a tongue lashing from certain councillors for what was seen as an unwarranted attack.
Read more ...Dotted line for the finish line — Cowen pens deal for €80 million race spectacular
Thu, Mar 11, 2010
It’s official. As we revealed here on this page last week, Galway is set to host the biggest global party in Irish sailing history.
Read more ...Galway property developer tried to sell properties to meet loan repayments, Commercial Court told
Thu, Mar 11, 2010
A Galway property developer who has unsuccessfully tried to sell properties for more than two years so as to meet loan repayments is in the same situation as many people coming daily before the Commercial Court, a judge remarked yesterday (Wednesday)
Read more ...The Boy With The Dragon Yahoo and other Swedish things
Thu, Mar 11, 2010
SOMEWHERE in Dublin. Probably Buswells. A Wednesday. Around teatime. Cups are clinking. A man stands up on a chair. Silently, a grey cat breaks wind and spits into a fire. Simultaneously. The man talks.
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