Telecoms cable between Galway and Iceland will come ashore at Ballyloughane

Thu, Apr 08, 2021

A revolutionary telecoms cable connecting Galway to Iceland will begin being laid underwater this year with the final section to be pulled ashore over a five-day period at Balloughane Beach in the next two years.

Following the successful offshore marine survey earlier this year, Farice, (a company fully owned by the Icelandic Government, currently owns and operates two submarine cables linking Iceland to Northern Europe) announced this week that the IRIS Sub-Sea Telecoms Cable System connecting Galway to Iceland and onwards to Denmark and the Nordics, on existing Farice networks, has progressed significantly.

NUI Galway medical students celebrate sixteen years of teddy bear hospital

Thu, Apr 08, 2021

For the 16th year running, NUI Galway is inviting children to its award winning Teddy Bear Hospital, which will take place online on Saturday, 17 April from 12pm-3pm.

Canney wants twin track vaccination approach

Thu, Apr 08, 2021

Independent TD Seán Canney wants the Government to adopt a twin track Covid 19 vaccination rollout.

Higgins wants late night soccer leagues in Knocknacarra

Thu, Apr 08, 2021

Late night soccer leagues in Knocknacarra are being proposed by Cllr Clodagh Higgins.

Get grass cutting now before it becomes overgrown, O’Flaherty tells City Council

Thu, Apr 08, 2021

Cllr Terry O’Flaherty wants the Galway City Council to get started on the seasonal grass cutting before green spaces around the city get too overgrown and unsightly.

Naughton urges local schools to apply for Safe Routes programme

Thu, Apr 08, 2021

Minister for State at the Department of Transport, Hildegarde Naughton, is encouraging all schools in Galway and South Mayo to apply for the Safe Routes to School programme.

Suspected cannabis herb seizure leads to Knocknacarra arrest

Thu, Apr 08, 2021

Gardaí have seized €20,000 of suspected cannabis herb in the Knocknacarra area of Galway.

Shortly before 6.30pm on Tuesday April 6 drugs, which are subject to forensic analysis, were detected and seized following the search of a house by members of the Galway divisional drugs unit.

Galway Covid rate falls as official urges us to ‘hold firm’

Thu, Apr 08, 2021

As restrictions such as the 5k rule are set to be eased on Monday, there was a boost in Galway’s Covid19 figures this week when the 14-day incidence rate fell below 100 for the first time since December 24.

Publication of vaccination dates should douse the flames of tension

Thu, Apr 08, 2021

They say that patience is the virtue that you show when there are too many witnesses around to see how you may have behaved otherwise. Be that as it may, it has been a virtue that we have been implored to employ over the past year or more. And like in all instances when we require patience, it is as we enter the final straight that the adherence to it becomes the most difficult.

I am not one for wishing my life away, but I think if many of us were to be given a time machine, we would fast forward it now to mid-summer when a large chunk of the population will have been vaccinated and when there will be a return to some semblance of normality.

Jobs boost as Hewlett Packard names Galway as European cyber security hub

Thu, Apr 01, 2021

There was further good news on the jobs front for Galway yesterday (Wednesday) when Hewlett Packard Enterprise named Galway as its European hub for cyber security operations.

McDonnell calls for five year plan for older areas of the city

Thu, Apr 01, 2021

A five-year plan must be drawn up for improvement and upgrading works on footpaths, roads and drainage in Mervue, Shantalla, Bohermore, and Claddagh.

Webinar to put forward the case for light rail in Galway

Thu, Apr 01, 2021

The case for a light rail system for Galway will be put forward by speakers from Britain, the USA, and Ireland at a special webinar to be held this month.

'I'm standing up to the bullies,' says Mayor as gardai hunt those who threatened him

Thu, Apr 01, 2021

The past two weeks have given me a chance to meet with the Gardaí a number of times, assess my home and personal security and just make sure my family were okay. I needed the time and break away to find the head space to do this as it has been a very stressful period for our family.

As clocks went forward, 379 people availed of COPE Galway emergency accommodation

Thu, Apr 01, 2021

COPE Galway has asked that the people of Galway do not forget the plight of people who are homeless and without a place to call home as we continue to live with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Waiving fees for tables and chairs licences ‘meaningless’ with additional space, says Hanley

Thu, Apr 01, 2021

Waiving the fees for outdoor tables and chairs licences for Galway pubs, restaurants, and cafés will prove “meaningless for most businesses” unless additional space is acquired to allow for the social distancing which will still be mandatory during the summer.

Two out of three houses council builds must be affordable, says McDonnell

Thu, Apr 01, 2021

Two out of every three houses the Galway City Council builds in the coming years must be allocated to people qualifying under the affordable houses scheme.

Crowe calls for parental leave for parents who suffer miscarriage

Thu, Apr 01, 2021

Senator Ollie Crowe has this week called for the Government to introduce parental leave for parents who suffer a miscarriage before the 24th week of pregnancy.

Scale of Augustine Hill reduced significantly in response to City Council planning requests

Thu, Apr 01, 2021

The scale of the massive game-changing development Augustine Hill, to be located on lands adjacent to Ceannt Station, has been reduced significantly in a number of ways, in designs submitted in response to requests for further information from planners at Galway City Council.

Multi-million boost for pedestrian and cycling infrastructure in Galway announced by Naughton

Thu, Apr 01, 2021

Funding of more than €6 million for pedestrian and cycling infrastructure in County Galway has been announced by local Fine Gael TD and Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Hildegarde Naughton.

Galway Feminist Collective launch fundraiser for foodtruck and library

Thu, Apr 01, 2021

Galway Feminist Collective has launched a crowdfunder to support its new cooperative food business and social enterprise - Stirring the Pot: Galway Feminist Food Coop.

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