Galway’s Afro Renaissance launches new website

Thu, Mar 19, 2009

Galway’s main organisation for its African residents - Afro Renaissance - has launched its new website; www.afro-renaissance.com

Metrology and machining Open Day at Caulfields

Thu, Mar 19, 2009

Caulfield Industrial is hosting a metrology and machining Open Day, which will be held at its premises in the Oranmore Business Park from 10am to 5pm Wednesday and Thursday March 25 and 26.

Outer by-pass ‘will not be built’ warns McCormack

Thu, Mar 19, 2009

The Galway City Outer By-pass will not be built in the near future despite the fact there is €13.5 million already spent in planning and environmental investigation of the route.

Experience the joy of Animaland at Zhivago

Thu, Mar 19, 2009

Zhivago Shop Street are pleased to introduce Animaland to Galway and to the west. With 650 locations worldwide, Zhivago felt it was high time the people of Galway had the opportunity to experience the magic of creating a collectable animal, a friend for life.

Bohermore man is jailed after abuse of garda

Thu, Mar 19, 2009

“What kind of picture is this building of this city?” asked a district court judge after hearing of the abuse hurled at a member of the Gardai doing his duty.

Managing the menopause

Thu, Mar 19, 2009

“Menopause and your health” is the title of an information evening being organised by GP and medical herbalist Dr Dilis Clare and her team at the g Hotel on Thursday April 2 from 7.30pm to 9.30pm. Admission is €15.

New road markings in Mervue

Thu, Mar 19, 2009

Road lining to mark out the junctions where to stop are to be placed at each end of the Mervue Shopping Centre.

Bring the indoors outside with Golden Sheds

Thu, Mar 19, 2009

Golden Sheds delivers its products throughout Connacht and assembles on pre-prepared sites.

Grassroots

Thu, Mar 19, 2009

It was a very smart move by Eamon Gilmore to declare himself as a contender for the position of taoiseach. This caught Fine Gael on the hop and led to the largest surge in the opinion polls that Labour has ever had.

Leadership starts within…

Thu, Mar 19, 2009

In my company, Celtic Bookmakers, we employ 300 people. Our payroll is our most significant overhead. We were spending more than €7 million annually on pay.

Can Oliver’s Army help Crowe survive ‘The Group of Death’?

Thu, Mar 19, 2009

Cllr John Connolly and Ollie Crowe are the Fianna Fáil candidates for Galway City Central, a ward which rivals Galway City East for competitiveness and which has been rightly dubbed ‘The Group of Death’. Only one of them will survive the Local Election on June 5.

If the political poster goes, what will replace it?

Thu, Mar 19, 2009

There is a growing movement - or, more accurately, a growing feeling - that the day of the election poster is coming to an end.

Court hears Manuela’s injuries were ‘suggestive of strangulation’

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

A jury at the Central Criminal Court has heard that Swiss teenager Manuela Riedo died from strangulation.

Passing of a hero who lit up the grey fifties

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

Every generation has its heroes. The people to whom we all look up to for various forms of inspiration. These could be political, literary, sporting, or just in the field of sheer bravery. In most cases we use them as a form of escapism, as a distraction to take our minds off the realities of life. And in Ireland in the post-war period, there was much need for such distraction. The greyness of the fledgling state was mirrored in the lives of its citizens.

Indeed, much of the world, hit by the hot flushes of war and suffering the greyness of the aftershock felt the same way. However with the rebuilding programme occupying mainland Europe, life in Ireland, and in particular in the west of Ireland, was certainly drab, with most people having no option but to grin and bear it.

DNA of accused was found near her body, Manuela trial told on first day

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

The trial of a man accused of murdering Swiss teenager Manuela Riedo in Galway in 2007 has heard that his DNA was found in a used condom near her body (Tues).

Security at hospitals questioned after man steals from wards

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

Security at the city’s hospitals and other premises was thrown into question yesterday after Galway District Court heard how a man had simply wandered into areas such as the maternity ward, private offices, and locker rooms over a period of six weeks and rifled through bags.

Galway children to feature on German TV

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

A group of children from the Galway Dance Centre will feature on German TV later this year after being chosen to participate in a children’s cultural programme in Germany.

Win a €1,000 Mother’s Day makeover for you and your mum with Brown Thomas Galway

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

In celebration of Mother’s Day on March 22, Brown Thomas is delighted to offer one lucky mother and daughter the chance to win a €1,000 shopping spree instore complete with a personal shopper and beauty make-over at the cosmetics counter of your choice in Brown Thomas Galway.

Grealish appeals to Obama to assist Irish

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

Galway West TD Noel Grealish has written to President Barack Obama, appealing to him to “regularise the position” of the 50,000 undocumented Irish” in the US.

Homeless man jailed for assault on Cope worker

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

A COPE worker, who had been operating a bus service collecting homeless people and bringing them to shelter, was assaulted by one of the people he was trying to help, the Galway District Court heard yesterday.

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