Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf?

Tue, Dec 23, 2008

They say that the concept of Christmas lights emanated from the location of the season in the darkest time of the year. When the days are the shortest, when even the light from the stars is covered by the dark clouds, creating a big dark curtain over the world and allowing our weary eyes respite from the bright summer sun.

Healy Eames to refer ‘heartless’ city council decision to ombudsman

Tue, Dec 23, 2008

A local senator is referring what she terms a “heartless and stupid decision” involving an unwell 83-year-old city woman and made by the Galway City Council and the Department of the Environment to the ombudsman.

Galway adults spend €2,300 a year on alcohol

Tue, Dec 23, 2008

Galway adults spend an average of more than €2,300 each on alcohol annually, according to research obtained during Hibernian Health’s National Health Screening campaign.

Fare skipper fined after racial abuse of taxi driver

Tue, Dec 23, 2008

A Kildare security man who refused to pay a taxi fair and then racially abused the driver was fined €300 at Galway District Court last week.

Train to be a counsellor

Tue, Dec 23, 2008

Are you interested in counselling/psychotherapy as a career? If so, a foundation level course being run in the city in January may appeal.

New discharge system to free up acute hospital beds

Tue, Dec 23, 2008

More hospital beds are expected to be freed up nationally with the introduction of a new discharge system.

Walk off the Christmas pud in New Quay

Tue, Dec 23, 2008

The New Quay walking group will hold its seventh annual sponsored 10k walk on New Year’s Day.

Westdoc asks people to only call if seeking urgent GP medical care over Christmas and New Year perio

Tue, Dec 23, 2008

Westdoc, the out of hours GP service, is appealing to people to only contact it if they require urgent GP medical care over the festive period.

Judge left ‘horrified’ at abuse of garda

Tue, Dec 23, 2008

A District Court judge was left “horrified and shocked” at the behaviour of a Monaghan man who told a garda to go f*** himself and then called him a “fat bastard”.

Teen jailed for resisting arrest

Tue, Dec 23, 2008

A Ballybane teenager, with 75 previous convictions, was given a further five months’ detention this week after he resisted arrest, broke a garda officer’s mobile phone, and spat on the patrol car seat.

Abbey bells to ring in Christmas for first time in three decades

Tue, Dec 23, 2008

The bells of the Abbey Church in St Francis’ Street will ring in Christmas and the New Year for the first time in more than 30 years this week following a massive restoration project on the church.

Work has been under way for the past two months on reroofing the historic city centre church and carrying out a number of improvement and restoration works, and Highfield Contractors have pulled out all the stops to have the church completed for the Christmas celebrations, while bell specialists Belltron have restored the bells and connected them to an electronic ringing system.

Civic and religious leaders to deliver Christmas messages on Galway Bay FM

Tue, Dec 23, 2008

Galway’s civic and religious leaders will deliver their Christmas messages on Galway Bay FM on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. The 20th annual Christmas messages programme will be broadcast at 6.04pm on Christmas Eve and 1.04pm on Christmas Day, and will feature music from a seven-track CD recorded recently by a group of Galway musicians to raise money for the Western Alzheimer’s Foundation.

Galway International Rally to give €3.6m boost to local economy

Tue, Dec 23, 2008

The Safety Direct Galway International Rally, which will take place from January 16 to 18, is expected to give a €3.6 million shot in the arm to the local economy.

Advertiser charity fund to help Tanzanian schoolgirls and young women in Galway

Tue, Dec 23, 2008

Donations to this year’s Galway Advertiser charity fund will go towards extending a secondary school for girls in Tanzania, and funding a centre which looks after young women experiencing a crisis pregnancy in Galway.

Warning about pickpockets targeting Christmas shoppers

Tue, Dec 23, 2008

Christmas shoppers are being warned to be vigilant and to ensure that their purchases and other property are safe during the last days of the festive retail rush

Fahey welcomes return of Aer Lingus routes

Tue, Dec 23, 2008

The return of the Aer Lingus Gatwick route to Ireland West Airport Knock and the Aer Lingus Heathrow route to Shannon Airport is a considerable boost for Galway and the west of Ireland, according to Dep Frank Fahey.

Spare a thought for the environment this Christmas

Tue, Dec 23, 2008

With Christmas upon us, we should spare a thought for the environment and try to make Christmas as environmentally friendly as possible. This does not mean that we cannot enjoy Christmas, rather it means we make small changes to reduce any possible negative environmental effects our enjoyment of Christmas may have.

Christmas is a short period in the year when our lifestyles put more strain on the environment than usual. Many aspects of our environment may be affected negatively from increased waste creation, increased energy usage, increased water usage, and increased littering. Goods are bought which leads to increased packaging, more people moving about leads to increased energy usage, and nights out can lead to increased littering.

Dr Helen Greally to head up Cancer Care West’s psychological services

Tue, Dec 23, 2008

A senior psychologist with more than 28 year’s experience has been chosen to head up Cancer Care West’s psychological and support services expansion programme in Galway city and the west.

Galway City Recycling Centre Christmas opening hours

Tue, Dec 23, 2008

The Galway City Council operates a recycling centre in the Liosbán Industrial Estate and over the Christmas period it will have slightly different opening hours.

Galway-based Liberian charity seeks help for blind

Tue, Dec 23, 2008

A Galway-based Liberian woman who runs a charity for blind people in her home country is appealing for support from the people of Galway over the festive period.

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