Man fined after threat to burn petrol pumps

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

A man with 20 previous convictions was fined €500 this week after abusing staff at a petrol station and threatening to burn down the pumps.

RnaG to broadcast new series of history programmes

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

The history of Ireland will be the focus of Scéala Éireann, a new series of programmes that will start on Raidió na Gaeltachta in February.

Seamus Heaney launches Yeats Passport Trail

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

Fáilte Ireland officially launched its newly-revitalised Yeats Passport Trail — which takes in three sites in south Galway — at an event at Sligo City Hall this week. The event coincided with the 70th anniversary of the death of William Butler Yeats on January 28 1939. The trail was officially launched by another Nobel laureate, the renowned poet Seamus Heaney.

Thieves steal four wheels from parked car

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

Gardai are hunting the cheeky thieves who stole four wheels off o parked car in the city.

A creative city is a culturally and economically vibrant one says city architect

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

A city that makes space for the arts, culture, and creativity through its public spaces and buildings is a city where quality of life improves and which becomes attractive to business and multi-nationals.

Healthcare workers plagued by nuisance caller

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

A Connemara man was ordered to refrain from making any further nuisance phone calls or sending menacing messages after nine complaints from health care workers were brought against him.

Padraig Conroy (25) with an address at Lehenagh, Cashel, Connemara, appeared at Galway District Court this week charged with nuisance calls which were indecent, obscene, or menacing to eight women and one man.

Talks to focus on history of Kinvara

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

A series of illustrated talks due to take place in Kinvara in the coming weeks will shed light on the history of the area.

A look at Kinvara’s history from earliest times to present day will feature six talks by local historian Jeff O’Connell, and will begin on Wednesday February 4 at 8.30pm in Johnston’s Hall. The series will continue every Wednesday until March 11.

And then there were four

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

Life on the ocean waves is proving hazardous and unpredictable for Ireland’s Green Dragon and fellow competitors in the Volvo Ocean Race.

Galway race officers meet over security

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

While the safety of the crews in the Volvo Ocean Race has been paramount this week as the fleet heads to China in torrid conditions, security matters were also on the agenda in Galway as organisers prepare for the May stopover.

Sexual assault treatment unit to open next month

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

A sexual assault treatment unit will open in the city within the next few weeks. The facility will initially be based in a temporary premises which is understood to be on the west side of the city close to University Hospital Galway. It will eventually be located in a permanent premises to be built on the Merlin Park Hospital campus.

Massive funds for Galway roads announced

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

A total of €155,324,488 has been allocated to Galway City Council and Galway County Council in the National Roads Programme 2009.

Ballinasloe man jailed for three years after syringe attack

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

A Galway man who held a woman at syringe point in her van in the car park of Liffey Valley shopping centre has been jailed for three years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

HSE’s decision on sandwiches for day hospital clients is lashed

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

A former mayor and city councillor has slammed the HSE’s decision not to provide clients attending a day psychiatric hospital on the outskirts of the city with sandwiches to accompany their soup.

Funding boost for Tuam CDP

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

Tuam Community Development Project is to receive €147,580 in funding under the Community Development Programme.

Barman fined for snobby abuse of garda

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

“Do you know you I am? I will have your job,” screamed a champagne guzzling barman whose snobby and shocking abuse of a garda on New Year’s Day last ended in his being brought before Galway District Court and fined €700.

Parents are prisoners in own home

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

The parents of a troubled teenager are “prisoners in their own home” because of his violent and out-of-control behaviour.

Galway Coach Station wins national award for council

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

The Galway City Council has won a national LAMA Award for its Galway Coach Station and Webworks building, which it developed with McNamara Construction and Enterprise Ireland.

How many boats do we need for the boat race?

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

Oscar Wilde once said to lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.

Newcastle man passed cheques which bounced in Ballinrobe, Mayo court told

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

A Galway man was convicted and fined €300 and ordered to hand over €500 compensation for passing two cheques that bounced at Ballinrobe District Court. Mark Keane pleaded guilty to the charges in court, in a case which his solicitor Cathy McDarby said had “no malice in it”.

Don’t use taxi drivers who don’t know the routes says Cubbard

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

If you ask a taxi driver to bring you to a particular address and he does not know where it is, you should get out and seek another driver.

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