Galway needs a school of music says McCabe

Thu, Apr 09, 2009

Galway is falling behind other cities in Ireland by not having a school of music and one must be provided.

This is the view of Independent Galway City West candidate Aidan J McCabe who is calling for a school of music to be established in Galway to serve the Connacht region.

Mocks.ie - takes the strain off Leaving and Junior certs

Thu, Apr 09, 2009

As the Leaving and Junior Cert exams fast approach, thousands of students in Galway and across the country can now avail of Mocks.ie, a new online exam and correction service developed to help students prepare for their exams.

Don’t cut quality on your wedding, cut the recession with Breaffy House

Thu, Apr 09, 2009

Don’t let the current economic climate put a damper on your wedding plans, because Connacht’s premier wedding venue Breaffy House Resort is ready to offer you the day of your dreams without it costing the earth. Breaffy will offer the first 30 weddings booked for dates in 2009 and 2010, a special price of just €35 per person for the wedding meal, plus fantastic added value of five free bride’s guest rooms, free corkage, complimentary Spa Rasual treatment for the bride and groom .(excluding bookings for the month of July, August, and bank holiday weekends).

Avon’s Arc Breast Cancer Crusade

Thu, Apr 09, 2009

Avon Ireland, which is celebrating 15 years of helping women look and feel great, needs your help to fund-raise for the Arc Breast Cancer Crusade.

“Everyone knows someone who has been touched by cancer,” says Maria Smyth an authorised Avon distributor in Galway, who has organised a very special draw which will take place at the end of this month with the lucky winner receiving a basket of Avon products worth more than €100.

New bar for the city centre

Thu, Apr 09, 2009

The people behind Halo nightclub are bringing a new bar to the city centre this week!

Transform Leisureland into an international conference centre says Keane

Thu, Apr 09, 2009

Tourism in Salthill can be given a major boost if the Galway City Council has the courage to transform Leisureland into an international business and conference centre for the west of Ireland.

New walks opened at Kylemore Abbey

Thu, Apr 09, 2009

Some three km of avenues, from the Abbey to the six acre Victorian walled garden - previously closed to the public - have just been opened to visitors to Kylemore Abbey & Garden.

Nolan demands answers over Roscam recreational facility handover

Thu, Apr 09, 2009

Roscam residents have been waiting too long for a recreational facility for their area and there is a need to get the new centre open in time for the summer.

Budget will not stop rising unemployment says MacLochlainn

Thu, Apr 09, 2009

Is the Government really saying it is fair that people earning less than the minimum wage be asked to pay an income levy at the same rate as someone earning €50,000 per year?

This is the question put by Sinn Féin North East EU Election candidate Cllr Pádraig MacLochlainn, who was reacting to yesterday’s Budget. He said the Budget was nothing more than the Government targeting the low paid while failing to introduce measures to stem rising unemployment.

New faces to hold on in June?

Thu, Apr 09, 2009

The 2004 Local Elections heralded sweeping changes on the Galway City Council - eight new faces, two new parties in Sinn Fein and the Greens, and a new alliance to control the election of Mayor.

Enda Kenny - Taoiseach apparent?

Thu, Apr 09, 2009

Is Enda Kenny Taoiseach material? His critics, especially those in Fianna Fáil, want to make his leadership the central issue in the next election. They perceive he is the Achilles’ heel of FG and believe voters will baulk at a change of government with him as leader.

Hi Noone — Fianna Fáil chooses popular Claregalway man to contest locals

Thu, Apr 09, 2009

When Cllr Mary Hoade chose to run in the Tuam ward, the race was on to find her replacement in Oranmore, a race made all the more urgent by a confident Fine Gael and resurgent Labour.

Galway politicians will have to spend less on their election campaign this time around

Thu, Apr 09, 2009

Galway politicians will have to run their campaigns on a tighter budget than before as this year’s Local Elections will see spending limits applied to candidates and parties for the first time.

Galwegian becomes youngest ever chair of a political party

Thu, Apr 09, 2009

Salthill man Andrew Murphy has become the chair of the Green Party National Executive Committee, the youngest person ever to hold such a position in Ireland.

Val Hanley finally gets on FF ticket

Thu, Apr 09, 2009

First he was, then he was not, then he was again - Val Hanley’s Lanigan’s Ball style efforts to get on the Fianna Fáil ticket for Galway City West, finally paid off this week.

Man who threatened to kill garda jailed for seven months

Thu, Apr 02, 2009

A Galway man who had threatened to kill a garda after being arrested on foot of a bench warrant has been jailed for seven months for a burglary at a Salthill night club and for failing to appear in court.

Paul McDonagh (31) with an address at Tullow Land, Tullow, Co Carlow, but formerly of 60 Inishannagh Park, was brought before Galway District Court yesterday where he pleaded guilty to burglary at the Warwick Hotel in Salthill on March 24, 2008.

New tourism initiative to showcase Galway

Thu, Apr 02, 2009

A tourism initiative, developed by Galway City Business Association and supported by Failte Ireland, will take place from April 16 to 18 at a number of key locations in the city and Salthill.

Sailing school proposed for south Galway

Thu, Apr 02, 2009

Plans have been lodged with the Galway County Council seeking permission to build a new water sports recreation and activity centre beside Lough Derg.

CF sufferers are unlucky to be born Irish

Thu, Apr 02, 2009

Is there anything more this Government has left to do that can shock us? Is there much they can introduce next Tuesday that will horrify us as much as the heartless decision this week to kill the little bit of hope that lay in the hearts of cystic fibrosis sufferers and their families? For such people, life is a constant struggle against death. Every shower of rain, every dark cloud, every sneeze, every shared waiting room is a potential killer.

Men tried to pocket proceeds from Daffodil Day

Thu, Apr 02, 2009

Two Romanian nationals whose intention was to sell daffodils on national Daffodil Day and keep the money for themselves were convicted and fined at Ballinrobe District Court last Friday.

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