What’s another year?

Tue, Dec 30, 2008

The Pope’s children are 30. As 2009 dawns it will be 30 years since the Pope went around the Racecourse in Ballybrit and told the young people of Ireland that he loved them. But the young people at Ballybrit were not the Pope’s children. The young people of Ballybrit in 1979 are anything from 45 to 55 now. They were well able to cheer and clap and sing loudly in 1979. The Pope’s children are a different generation.

Mother fined for fight at christening

Tue, Dec 30, 2008

A 26-year-old mother who hit the drink at her baby’s christening and then hit another woman during a “fracas” in Salthill was fined €500 at Galway District Court last Monday.

Connolly slams lack of tree preservation policy at city council

Tue, Dec 30, 2008

The absence of a tree preservation and replacement policy at the Galway City Council is of great concern and is detrimental to the city’s green enviroment.

That is the opinion of city councillor Catherine Connolly who said the recent decision by the council to cut down four mature beech and chestnut trees at the entrance to Wellpark Grove on the Monivea Road highlighted in a very acute way the absence of a tree preservation and/or replacement policy in the city.

Local student awarded Bank of Ireland scholarship

Tue, Dec 30, 2008

Galway student Conor Keane, who is studying Civil Law at NUI Galway has been awarded a prestigious Bank of Ireland scholarship. It is one of 80 new scholarships for third level education valued at over €1m.

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.”

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