Some, but not all councillors, get top marks for attendance

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

Six out of the 15 Galway city councillors have received top marks for attendance at council meetings for 2008, but others have fared less well in figures released this week.

Michael D calls for City Hall support for Western Writers’ Centre

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

The Western Writers’ Centre must be included in the Galway City Council’s Galway Arts Plan 2009 as it is working to “preserve and encourage the unique literary heritage of the west”.

Galwayman takes the helm of Restaurant Assocation

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

Galwayman Adrian Cummins has been appointed the new chief executive of the Restaurant Association of Ireland.

Vicious unprovoked attack caught on CCTV

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

A garda officer rushed to the aid of a man after witnessing a vicious unprovoked assault on CCTV, the Galway District Court heard this week.

Mayor alleges HSE took ‘eye off the ball’ in Roscommon child abuse case

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

City mayor Cllr Padraig Conneely claimed this week that people did not have confidence in the way in which the HSE West handled the Roscommon child abuse case.

Get two treatments for one at Calista

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

Calista Beauty is offering a free course of five treatments of popular light therapy IPL with every course of five treatments purchased.

Sean nós dancing classes for children

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

Sean nós dancing classes for children are taking place in Conradh na Gaeilge, Dominick Street, and there are still places available.

Delay in implementing protocols for discharge of patients could cost lives

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

City Mayor and HSE regional health forum member Cllr Padraig Conneely says he fears the delay in implementing protocols for the discharge of people with disabilities from hospital may result in further loss of life.

Beware of bogus collectors, say gardai

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

Gardai have warned residents in Galway city about bogus collectors who are calling door to door, pretending to be from the Brothers of Charity.

Only more tests can restore public confidence in drinking water

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

People will not feel confident about drinking tap water again unless the Galway City Council carries out more tests, and people should be told in writing by City Hall when it is safe to drink again.

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.

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