Redundant workers face unacceptable delays in payments says Michael D

Thu, Feb 19, 2009

The surge in unemployment means there is an urgent need for additional social welfare staff to deal with redundancy payments and referrals to Back to Education and Back to Enterprise schemes.

Gaelchultúr announces Irish oral courses

Thu, Feb 19, 2009

Irish language consultancy and training company Gaelchultúr has announced that it is running intensive Irish oral preparatory courses for Leaving Cert students in 15 centres across Ireland this spring.

Jail for man who milked €13,000 from dairy and the State

Thu, Feb 12, 2009

A security man who stole goods and diesel worth more than €3,000 from Dawn Dairies and then de-frauded the State of €10,527 worth in social welfare payments has been jailed for 20 months in the Galway District Court.

Body found in search for missing Kinvara woman

Thu, Feb 12, 2009

Gardaí were last night attempting to identify a body found during the search for Kinvara woman Mrs Bernadette Leech, who has been missing for the past week.

Sir Bob Geldof to appear at Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s NUIG address

Thu, Feb 12, 2009

Sir Bob Geldof will give the introduction to Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s lecture on aid, justice, and charity in Áras na Mac Léinn, NUI, Galway, on Sunday at 5pm.

Public swimming pool needed for east side of city says Concannon

Thu, Feb 12, 2009

A drink and drug culture and anti-social behaviour among the youth in Galway City East will continue unless the area is provided with adequate sports facilities.

This is the view of Martin Concannon, the Sinn Féin Galway City East candidate, who says a public swimming pool is the most important sports facility that needs to be provided.

Green Dragon receives new funding boost

Thu, Feb 12, 2009

Good news for the Green Dragon in China this week. Having completed the gruelling leg to Qingdao where it claimed fourth place, the Green Dragon crew won the Seamanship Award for leg 4, and were boosted with news of a new sponsor.

Don’t remove phoneboxes from Athenry say Greens

Thu, Feb 12, 2009

If Eircom removes the phoneboxes from Athenry, the nearest public phones for the town will be in Main Street Loughrea.

NTL and ESB should reinstate customer service offices locally says Nolan

Thu, Feb 12, 2009

With unemployment rising, the ESB and NTL should employ more people in their service departments according to Labour’s Galway City East candidate Nuala Nolan.

According to Ms Nolan, both companies are running at a profit so both can help the economy by reinstating customer service offices in Galway. Both ESB and NTL closed their customer service offices in Galway some time ago.

Will Cappagh Road have the city’s first allotment?

Thu, Feb 12, 2009

Allotments are part and
parcel of big city life in England, giving ‘green fingers’ a chance to indulge in growing plants, flowers, and vegetables, and now Galway could be following suit.

Permission sought for new floodlight pole for Corinthians’ playing ground

Thu, Feb 12, 2009

Planning permission is being sought for a new 25m floodlight pole for the Galway Corinthians rugby football club ground on the Tuam Road.

Will Cappagh Road have the city’s first allotment?

Thu, Feb 12, 2009

Allotments are part and parcel of big city life in England, giving ‘green fingers’ a chance to indulge in growing plants, flowers, and vegetables, and now Galway could be following suit.

Permission sought for new floodlight pole for Corinthians’ playing ground

Thu, Feb 12, 2009

Planning permission is being sought for a new 25m floodlight pole for the Galway Corinthians rugby football club ground on the Tuam Road.

Sinn Féin to run candidates in every ward

Thu, Feb 12, 2009

Sinn Féin will be running one candidate in each ward of Galway city as well as two in Connemara and one in Oranmore.

McDonnell calls on council to maintain Mervue playground

Thu, Feb 12, 2009

The playground in Mervue is suffering from vandalism and a lack of maintenance and is becoming a magnet for anti-social behaviour. It’s time the Galway City Council stepped in and sorted it out.

Two die in Aughrim horror road crash

Thu, Feb 12, 2009

A sightseeing trip ended in tragedy for a group of Polish nationals when two men were killed in a crash close to Aughrim on Monday evening.

O’Flaherty ‘disappointed’ with no funding for improvements at Ballindooley Cross

Thu, Feb 12, 2009

No funding will be made available for improvements at the Ballindooley Cross on the Headford Road, a situation Independent Cllr Terry O’Flaherty has called “very disappointing”.

Galway teen appeals for lost dresses

Thu, Feb 12, 2009

A young Galway girl has appealed for the return of four dresses which have gone missing after being left on a bus last week.

Full rate cuts for council mortgages to be passed on says Crowe

Thu, Feb 12, 2009

People with mortgages from the Galway City Council will receive confirmation in the coming days that recent interest rate cuts will be passed on in full, according to Fianna Fáil Cllr Michael J Crowe.

MEP calls for introduction of Finnish asthma management programme

Thu, Feb 12, 2009

MEP for the North/West region Marian Harkin is calling for a special asthma management programme modelled on a Finnish initiative to be introduced here.

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