Want to win a copy of the Irish Racing Yearbook?

Tue, Dec 30, 2008

Ruby Walsh adorns the cover of the Irish Racing Yearbook 2009, published this week — and the Galway Advertiser is giving away copies to racing fans in an end of year competition.

Man fined for abuse of gardai

Tue, Dec 30, 2008

A man who abused gardai when they arrived at his house to sort out a domestic row was fined €500 at Galway District Court recently.

Funding approved to kick-start Galway livestock and meat sector

Tue, Dec 30, 2008

Livestock marts and the small meat sector in County Galway are set to receive nearly €882,000 in grant-aid funding which it is hoped, will help to kick start economic activity and create additional job opportunities.

The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food, Brendan Smith and the Minister for Food and Horticulture, Trevor Sargent, announced recently details of grant-aid totalling €16.7 million under the Department’s Marketing and Processing Scheme.

Galway Bay Hotel wins Optimus Award for second time

Tue, Dec 30, 2008

The Galway Bay Hotel has been awarded the prestigious Optimus Mark of Best Practice Award for the second year in a row.

NUIG to get Science Foundation funding

Tue, Dec 30, 2008

NUIG’s digital research centre is to benefit from a €23 million cash injection which will be phased over five years and is hoped will create new jobs.

Man fined for abuse of night club staff

Tue, Dec 30, 2008

Getting rowdy at a city centre night club and giving bouncers the finger during a night out proved to be very expensive for an electrician who was fined for public order offences last week.

Garda forced to avoid overtaking motorist, court hears

Tue, Dec 30, 2008

A Garda had to take evasive action to avoid a motorist who had dangerously overtaken a number of vehicles, the Galway District Court heard recently.

‘MRSA is not a reason to delay discharge’- HS

Tue, Dec 30, 2008

The fact that a hospital patient may be an MRSA carrier is not a reason to delay discharge.

Trespasser granted bail

Tue, Dec 30, 2008

A man who trespassed, broke three rear windows, and damaged a car at the house of an 81-year-old woman as well as targeting two other houses in the same area was granted bail last week.

Man jailed after being found ‘slumped’ over wheel of car

Tue, Dec 30, 2008

A man who had been found intoxicated and “slumped over the wheel” of his car while disqualified from driving was jailed for three months last week.

Garda division changes to come into effect next week

Tue, Dec 30, 2008

Galway’s two Garda divisions will be united into a single Galway division from Thursday under administrative changes being introduced under the Policing Plan.

Galway has traditionally been divided into two Garda divisions — Galway West, overseen from Galway Garda Station, and Galway East/Roscommon, administered from Ballinasloe. The new division will follow local authority boundaries and will bring the county under the administration of a single divisional office.

Lifetime achievement award for GMIT lecturer

Tue, Dec 30, 2008

A lecturer in the GMIT school of hotel and catering has been awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Panel of Chefs of Ireland.

Galway families hurt by high energy prices — Healy Eames

Tue, Dec 30, 2008

Sen Fidelma Healy Eames has hit out at the continuing high cost of energy, despite a massive drop in the cost of oil.

Suspended sentence for chef who sliced up cannabis for friends

Tue, Dec 30, 2008

A French chef who had been slicing up blocks of cannabis resin for his friends was given a six month suspended sentence when he appeared at Galway District Court last week.

Florent Guibout (26) with an address at 49 Whitestrand Park, Salthill, appeared before Judge Mary Fahy and pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis resin and possession with intent to sell or supply on May 27, 2008

Socáir to help elderly and disabled people remain in their homes

Tue, Dec 30, 2008

Socáir, a new service recently launched in Galway, will enable older people to live in their own homes by providing 24 hour, long-term, live in, practical, and cost effective non-medical care.

Crowe brothers to the rescue for Fianna Fail?

Tue, Dec 23, 2008

“If I saw Mr Haughey buried at midnight at a crossroads with a stake driven through his heart, politically speaking, I should continue to wear a clove of garlic around my neck, just in case.”

Who is running in Galway city in 2009?

Tue, Dec 23, 2008

Once the Christmas and New Year festivities are over and Ireland settles down to the winter of discontent of the recession, local politicians will hit the campaign trail in earnest for June’s Local Elections.

There are 15 seats on the Galway City Council, divided among three wards. So far 23 individuals have declared they will run. Another two from Fianna Fáil will be chosen after Christmas and doubtless a number of other Independents will declare in the New Year.

Ford Ranger gets the Irish job done in South Africa

Tue, Dec 23, 2008

Ford’s hard working Ranger 4x4 was in service alongside the 2,000 Irish volunteers who helped build 253 houses at last week’s Niall Mellon Township Trust Building Blitz in Capetown.

The new BMW Z4 on the way

Tue, Dec 23, 2008

The latest in BMW’s long and successful roadster family has been revealed. The new BMW Z4 will go on sale in May 2009 and features a host of innovations never before showcased during BMW’s 75 years of roadster heritage.

Motorshow 2009 in your own home

Tue, Dec 23, 2008

The motor trade may be suffering right now, but that ill wind provides many great opportunities for car buyers. The 2009 edition of Motorshow Car Buyers' Guide is now in newsagents, complete with all the news, no nonsense verdicts, views of all the new models on the way, and all the knowledge you require to get a great deal.

This publication arms car buyers with wide ranging knowledge - it lists and rates every new model on the market and has information that hasn't previously been published. Do you like the idea of a new car guide making the car buying public smarter than car sales people?

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Read this weeks E-paper. Past editions also available from within this weeks digital copy.