Offenders caught on CCTV at Western Distributor Road bottle bank

Thu, May 06, 2010

The new CCTV at the bottle bank on the Western Distributor Road is proving a success with six offenders caught dumping illegally on Tuesday.

Top Irish business woman to address BPW lunch

Thu, May 06, 2010

The head of a national directory enquiry company will be the guest speaker at the Galway Business and Professional Women’s summer lunch on Friday May 21 at The Ardilaun.

Pedestrian and cycle markings from Browne to Morris roundabouts

Thu, May 06, 2010

Proper and distinctive markings have been placed on the footpaths and cycle lanes from the Browne Roundabout at Corrib Park to the Morris Roundabout at the Tuam Road.

Get creative at the Galway Arts Centre

Thu, May 06, 2010

Get creative this summer with classes in lifedrawing, photography, acting, etc, at the Galway Arts Centre.

Spanish and Irish poetry on Inishbofin

Thu, May 06, 2010

The Spanish poet Miguel Hernández will be celebrated at a reading on Inishbofin as part of the island’s arts festival, which takes place this weekend.

John Liddy, an Irish poet who has lived in Madrid for many years, will read in the Inishbofin Library this Saturday at 5pm. As well as his own poems, Liddy will also read poems by Miguel Hernández, one of the most significant Spanish poets of the 20th century.

Community delighted with new Knocknacarra school

Thu, May 06, 2010

A new city primary school, which received funding of €3.9 million from the Department of Education, was opened by Minister Eamon O’Cuiv recently.

Learn to care for baby and you at Bump and Beyond

Thu, May 06, 2010

Are you a mum-to-be or a parent with a brand new baby? Are you looking for ideas on how to maximise your time and help you de-stress and unwind? Then why not head to a special event at The Ardilaun Hotel this Sunday.

Major business coaching conference for Galway

Thu, May 06, 2010

The fifth Annual Coaches Training Conference of Coach Institute of Ireland, the largest annual coaching event in Ireland, will be hosted in Galway from late next week.

Glo at the GPO

Thu, May 06, 2010

TONIGHT THE GPO hosts the Glo At The GPO event part three and there will be more lights, UV paint, and glow sticks than you can imagine.

Westside Youth Project launches summer programme

Thu, May 06, 2010

The Westside Youth Project, which supports personal, social, and educational development of young people, has launched its summer programme of events and services.

Precious personalised photo gifts at Fuji

Thu, May 06, 2010

With the summer season upon us again, and a host of memorable festivals and events to look forward to, a new service has been launched on Shop Street to allow budding photographers and their families to print their favourite photos.

Take part in memorial walk and help suicide bereaved

Thu, May 06, 2010

A local charity which supports people bereaved by suicide is calling on families, friends and work colleagues to take to the streets of Galway for the 2010 Console Memorial Walk.

Entitled “Walking in Memory of Our Loved Ones” it takes place on Sunday May 16 at 2.30pm from the Claddagh Hall. The route leads to Blackrock and back to the Claddagh Hall where walkers can enjoy refreshments.

Western Family History Association meeting

Thu, May 06, 2010

The Western Family History Association will hold its next meeting in the Oranmore Lodge Hotel on Wednesday at 8.15pm.

Traffic calming for Rockfield Park and Laurel Park

Thu, May 06, 2010

Rockfield Park and Laurel Park are listed in the Galway City Council’s Road Works Programme 2010 for traffic calming measures.

Clash of the ash could cost us cash

Thu, May 06, 2010

While the arrival of the ash cloud from the Icelandic volcano a few weeks ago might have been viewed as one of the novelties of time that history throws up again now and again, its reappearance this week could cast a darker cloud on the Irish economy.

Last night and this morning, there is massive uncertainty and disruption for tens of thousands of air travellers as the country’s airports continue to be shut on the advice of the aviation authority. People who are travelling for a variety of reasons, business, leisure or medical do not know whether or not the situation will change in time for their chosen flight to depart. In terms of international crises, it is one that is bizarre and unprecedented in the extreme, and one that is causing massive short-term havoc to many of us, including the Galway senior football team who having scraped through the match against New York on Sunday evening, are as we write, bussing it across the UK in a bid to get a boat home to Ireland. It is like something from the 1950s, but it is a strong reminder of the peripherality of the island on which we live and it is this factor that could yet see us suffer the most from the prolonged presence of the ash cloud from the volcanic eruption of Eyjafjallajokull.

When the chips are down

Thu, May 06, 2010

St. Jarlath’s College was, as it is today, quite simply the best Gaelic football school in the world.

Who will make it onto FG’s Galway West election ticket?

Thu, May 06, 2010

It is almost 30 years since Fine Gael last won two seats in Galway West and the party has never come close to repeating that success in any election since those lofty days of the early 1980s.

Fahey’s attendance not great, but better than Cowen’s

Thu, May 06, 2010

Voters elect TDs to legislate on behalf of the State and to advocate for the needs of their constituency, but are we, the taxpayers, getting any value for our vote?

Whatever you might say about their work or achievements, there is no doubt that Galway’s nine TDs have an excellent attendance record with most of them turning up for more than 85 per cent of all votes in the Dáil.

Horror as juggernaut ploughs into busy Cregmore schoolyard

Thu, Apr 29, 2010

A Claregalway school was last night thanking its lucky stars after serious injuries were averted when a 20-ton juggernaut left the road and ploughed into the schoolgrounds just as infants were being collected after school.

Cregmore crash could have been horrific

Thu, Apr 29, 2010

The scene of devastation that was left in the grounds of Cregmore NS, near Claregalway yesterday, was an indication of just how close this was to being a terrible tragedy involving a massive loss of life. According to reports, children were pulled out of the way of the oncoming truck as it ploughed from the road and through the school boundary, ending up destroying several cars. It was a scenario of potentially horrific proportions that happened as schoolchildren were being collected by their parents.

With this in mind, the fact that no child incurred any serious injury by a runaway truck ploughing into the schoolyard is nothing short of miraculous.

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