Clarinbridge Farmers’ and Crafts Market grows and grows

Thu, Apr 23, 2009

From the amazing launch market at the end of March with some 20 stalls, Clarinbridge Farmer's and Crafts Market organisers will have more than 30 stalls at market for next Sunday, April 26 . We're working hard to have interesting food and crafts stalls at our market.

Connemara Coast Hotel celebrating another award

Thu, Apr 23, 2009

With yet another award announced earlier this month, Ann Downey General manager and her team at the Connemara Coast Hotel have even more to celebrate right now. Following on their inclusion in the prestigious 2009 Bridgestone 100 Best places to stay in Ireland and their Failte Ireland ‘Best practice/Optimus award’ coupled with the Green Energy Award they received in January, CIE tours have just announced the hotel has won an Award of Excellence from them.

g hotel’s beauty therapist wins ‘Massage Therapist of the Year’ award

Thu, Apr 23, 2009

A beauty therapist at the five star g hotel has clinched a prestigious award.

Win a family portrait session with Photo One

Thu, Apr 23, 2009

Photo One Studios is offering its best deal ever for photographs of your First Holy Communion child and/or family.

Mayor welcomes Rosemary Avenue upgrade

Thu, Apr 23, 2009

Rosemary Avenue, off Eyre Square, has just been given a major upgrade with an imprinted asphalt road, limestone kerbing, and footpath paving.

Civic reception for Rev Patrick Towers

Thu, Apr 23, 2009

Rev Patrick Towers, the former rector of St Nicholas Collegiate Church, will be honoured with a civic reception in City Hall on Tuesday May 5.

Galway school through to AIB ‘Build A Bank Challenge’ final

Thu, Apr 23, 2009

Colaiste na Coiribe, Tuam Road, and will compete with 12 other schools to become the overall winner of the 2008/2009 AIB ‘Build A Bank Challange’ at the national final which will take place in Croke Park, Dublin, on May 7.

Award for the Westwood

Thu, Apr 23, 2009

The Westwood Hotel has received a special merit award at the CIE Tours International Awards. The hotel saw more than 10,000 customers of CIE Tours International pass through its doors in 2008.

Criteria on which the hotel was judged for the award included accommodation, breakfast, dinner, service, and overall impression of the hotel. The special merit award is given to those properties which achieve a customer satisfaction rating of in excess of 90 per cent.

Get your angel cards read at holistic health event

Thu, Apr 23, 2009

A holistic health event will take place at Lohans Bar, Salthill on Monday from 7pm to 10pm in aid of cystic fibrosis and Enable Ireland.

Let Classic Marquees cover your wedding

Thu, Apr 23, 2009

Classic Marquees, one of the premier marquee wedding providers in the west of Ireland, realises that your wedding is the most important event in your life and must be perfect in every way.

Fianna Fáil and the art of shafting your own

Thu, Apr 23, 2009

For these local elections Fianna Fáil launched a new system of selection designed to ensure transparency, fairness, and an end to sitting councillors selecting below par running mates.

No room for Government error in banking policy

Thu, Apr 23, 2009

When historians in 2020 analyse our current politics, the most profound Government decisions will be those relating to our banks.

Fianna Fáil will not be enjoying St George’s Day

Thu, Apr 23, 2009

Today is St George’s Day, when the Anglican, Eastern and Oriental Orthodox, and the Eastern Catholic churches commemorate the Syrian saint who famously killed a hideous, fire breathing, dragon.

Cracks emerge in FG strategy to win two City East seats

Thu, Apr 23, 2009

Fine Gael’s bold attempt to win an additional seat in Galway City East appears to be falling apart at the seams as one of the three candidates in the ward is being accused is failing to fall into line regarding the constituency divide.

Mayor describes school warden appointment as ‘bureaucracy gone mad’

Thu, Apr 23, 2009

City Hall having to write to the Minister for Finance for permission to appoint a school warden is “bureaucracy gone mad” according to the Mayor of Galway Pádraig Conneely.

At Monday’s city council meeting, Mayor Conneely was informed by the council’s director of services Ciarán Hayes that in order to appoint a school warden to St James’ National School in Bushypark, the Galway City Council had to write to the Minister of Finance Brian Lenihan jr for permission.

Weather conditions ‘challenging’ for pilot of crashed Cessna in Inverin

Thu, Apr 16, 2009

An inquest into a plane crash at Inverin which claimed two lives has heard that the pilot would have found weather conditions “challenging”, neglected to weigh his passengers, and did not radio operations staff at the destination airport.

Former mayor Martin Quinn quits politics

Thu, Apr 16, 2009

The former Fianna Fáil mayor of Galway Martin Quinn has announced that he will not be standing as an Independent candidate in the forthcoming Local Elections and that he is quitting politics.

Mr Quinn was a prominent Fianna Fáil activist for 30 years. He was elected to the Galway City Council for the old West Ward in 1999 and served as mayor in 2000-2001. He lost his seat in 2004, but reamined active within the party.

Tanks for the memories — now the race countdown begins

Thu, Apr 16, 2009

It was only from the ignition of the first metal cutter at the docks on Tuesday that local people could fully engage with the fact that the Volvo Ocean Race is to land on these shores in a little over a month. Only when the first metal was cut to dismantle the massive oil storage tanks, could we fully imagine the enormity of the event that is to visit these shores at the end of next month.

Local volunteers help build seventy eight houses in South Africa

Thu, Apr 16, 2009

Twenty one Galway volunteers were part of a 500 person group which took part in a major building blitz in South Africa on behalf of the Niall Mellon Township Trust recently.

Local school building programmes under threat due to €40m slash

Thu, Apr 16, 2009

Building programmes sanctioned for more than half a dozen local schools are under “severe threat” due to the slashing of almost €40 million from the school building budget.

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