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?

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.

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