Lack of council staff is hurting the public, says McCormack
Thu, Feb 04, 2010
The embargo preventing local authorities from recruiting staff is having a serious effect on the public, as it is preventing many elderly people from getting essential repairs to their homes.
Read more ...Public lecture on life in a 19th century Irish farmhouse
Thu, Feb 04, 2010
What were Irish farmhouses like in the 19th century? Did they differ in different parts of the country? How did people decorate them? What do they tell us of life in those days?
Read more ...Hi-def for high-flying TV production company Abú Media
Thu, Feb 04, 2010
Independent Television Company Abú Media, which was set up 10 years ago by Pierce Boyce and sisters Eileen & Bríd Seoighe, has recently embarked on a new expansion plan bucking the trend in the current recession.
Read more ...Michael D to speak on his life and work in NUIG
Thu, Feb 04, 2010
Michael D Higgins, the Galway Labour TD and one of the most prominent figures in Irish politics, will give a public interview in NUI, Galway next week.
The event, entitled Michael D Higgins - The Life, Times and Works, takes place in The O'Flaherty Theatre, main concourse, NUIG, on Friday February 12 at 7.30pm and will see Dep Higgins interviewed by The Irish Times’ Harry McGee.
Read more ...Roller skate disco comes to Galway on Valentine’s weekend
Thu, Feb 04, 2010
Roller Skate Disco will commence in Leisureland on Saturday and Sunday Feb 13 and 14, when patrons can skate to old school 70s, 80s and 90s favourites along with current chart hits mixed by a live DJ.
Read more ...A feast of music and family fun at Coole this week
Thu, Feb 04, 2010
Events taking place this week as part of the Coole Park Spring Programme will celebrate Galway’s musical and natural heritage.
Read more ...Knock counselling service to commence next week
Thu, Feb 04, 2010
Knock Counselling Service is running a series of drug and alcohol awareness programmes this month in response to growing community concern in relation to substance use.
Read more ...New craft gallery opens in Galway
Thu, Feb 04, 2010
BONE CARVING is one of the most ancient of crafts with deep roots in Irish history and now a new gallery and studio in Galway city is seeking to revive the artform.
Read more ...Man charged with sexual assault sent forward for trial
Thu, Feb 04, 2010
A 36-year-old Galway man charged with three counts of sexual assault has been sent forward for trial.
Read more ...Man pleads guilty to sexual assault of stepdaughter
Thu, Feb 04, 2010
A 39-year-old man who pleaded guilty to three counts of sexually assaulting his stepdaughter has been remanded on continuing bail to March 1 for sentencing.
Read more ...Ex-chef fined for being danger to traffic and throwing pizza
Thu, Feb 04, 2010
An ex-chef, who displayed a remarkable fondness for takeaways despite losing his sense of taste and smell, was fined at Galway District Court this week for being a danger to traffic and throwing a pizza all over a taxi driver.
Read more ...Man further charged in connection with Claregalway crash
Thu, Feb 04, 2010
A man has been further charged in relation to a crash which left three people seriously injured in hospital.
Read more ...Debts leads to credit union deception
Thu, Feb 04, 2010
Financially crippled and struggling to pay off debts, a Loughrea man walked into a credit union pretending to be a relative of his wife and tried to withdraw €6,500, the Galway District Court heard this week.
Read more ...Six months for hotel credit card scam
Thu, Feb 04, 2010
A Kildare man who carried out credit card fraud “almost nationwide” will now have to serve an extra six months in jail on top of an already lengthy sentence for a similar scam at a Galway city hotel.
Read more ...Cannabis factory accused refused bail
Thu, Feb 04, 2010
A man charged with operating a hydroponic cannabis growing factory and cultivating in excess of €50,000 worth of the drug has been refused bail.
Read more ...Sail on — let’s continue the Riverdance effect
Thu, Feb 04, 2010
At the 11th hour the Government saw sense and agreed to provide the funding that will allow Galway to compete on a slightly more level playing pitch with its rivals in Lisbon and in our sister city of Lorient for the right to stage a second stopover of the Volvo Ocean Race. The commitment of the €4 million by sports minister Martin Cullen is a real boon to the region, as we know just how good an investment that amount of money is.
Read more ...The Kenny Bookshop and Gallery - seventy years a growing
Thu, Feb 04, 2010
The Kenny Bookshop was founded in 1940 by Des and Maureen Kenny in the family home in High Street but nobody envisaged that 70 years later the family business would still be going stong and be a recognised ‘brand name’ across the globe.
Read more ...Cheeky gang make away with valuable boat
Tue, Feb 02, 2010
GARDAI in Galway are hunting the gang of thieves who made away with a valuable speedboat in the early hours of today (Tuesday)
The boat which is valued at more than €12,000 was stored in a yard in the Shantalla area at the time of the theft.
Read more ...Damages awarded after flesh-eating bug attacks Galwayman's groin
Fri, Jan 29, 2010
A Galwayman who contracted a flesh-eating virus in hospital, has settled his High Court action for damages in Dublin.
Read more ...M17 motorway will start in November and open in 2014
Thu, Jan 28, 2010
Work on the proposed M17 from Gort to the north of Tuam, and including the Tuam town bypass, will begin in November and should be completed in 2014.
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