Recession sees Galway calls to St Vincent de Paul up by fifty per cent

Thu, Apr 08, 2010

The St Vincent de Paul Society in Galway has reported a 50 per cent increase in the number of people contacting it for help in the past three months.

Stagecoach acting classes for children

Thu, Apr 08, 2010

THE STAGECOACH theatre school for children will run an 11 week summer term on Saturdays from April 17 to June 26 at St Mary’s College.

Meet female crafts people at Judy Greene’s

Thu, Apr 08, 2010

City businesswoman Judy Greene is spearheading an initiative aimed at encouraging more women to go into business.

Cars damaged in separate incidents

Thu, Apr 08, 2010

Gardaí have appealed for information following incidents in which two cars were damaged over the long weekend.

Government urged to lift recruitment ban and open closed beds to avert further hospital crises

Thu, Apr 08, 2010

A leading nursing union official has warned that the recruitment ban on frontline hospital staff, such as nurses and midwives, must be lifted and closed beds must be opened at University Hospital Galway to resolve the ongoing problems at the facility’s emergency department.

Ceannt development and Eyre Square case to be discussed by Galway City Council on Monday

Thu, Apr 08, 2010

The proposed re-development of Ceannt Station and Galway Harbour and the recent Supreme Court decision on Eyre Square are the main items on the agenda at Monday’s city council meeting.

Galway branded ‘a county of water guzzlers’

Thu, Apr 08, 2010

Galway has been branded a county of water guzzlers after a survey found that more than 95 per cent of respondents have no idea how much water they use and admit to leaving taps and showers running.

Pedestrian injured in city centre hit and run

Thu, Apr 08, 2010

A young man was injured when he was struck by a car in Market Street in the early hours of Sunday.

COPE launches its Triathlon 2010

Thu, Apr 08, 2010

The second annual COPE Triathlon will take place in Salthill on Sunday June 13. The event will consist of a 750m swim followed by a 20km cycle and a 5km run along the Galway coastline.

New salmon feed plant to create thirty jobs in Tuam

Thu, Apr 08, 2010

A company specialising in the production of organic salmon feed is set to create up to 30 jobs at its new plant in Tuam.

Ocean Harvest Technology announced earlier this week that it will open a new production facility at the N17 Industrial Park in June bringing with it an increase in local employment.

Burglars strike over Bank Holiday weekend

Thu, Apr 08, 2010

Gardaí have appealed to the public for information following a number of burglaries at the weekend.

The first break-in occurred on Saturday afternoon in Bohermore. A house in the area was broken into at some time between 2pm and 7pm. A black Olympus digital camera, a black Toshiba laptop, and a black Hewlett Packard laptop were stolen.

Teachers’ unions divided on pay deal

Thu, Apr 08, 2010

Teachers’ unions meeting in Galway and elsewhere this week were deeply divided on the issue of the controversial public service pay and reform deal with a small majority at the INTO conference accepting the deal while both the TUI and ASTI delegates rejected it.

Charity vintage motor show in Claregalway

Thu, Apr 08, 2010

The Western Veteran and Vintage Motor Club Galway is embarking on a major new charity event - a display of vintage and classic cars, tractors, and motorcycles this Saturday at Claregalway Corporate Park.

Treacy welcomes farm pensions move

Thu, Apr 08, 2010

Dep Noel Treacy has this week welcomed the move to rescind the withdrawal or reduction of the contributory old age pension from people who had availed of commercial partnership agreements.

A vote for Grealish is a vote for Cowen says Walsh

Thu, Apr 08, 2010

Galway West voters will have a major say in who forms the next Government, because if they vote for Éamon Ó Cuív, Frank Fahey, or Noel Grealish, they will be voting to keep the highly unpopular Brian Cowen in office.

IFA opposes Gormley’s turf-cutting restrictions

Thu, Apr 08, 2010

The Irish Farmers Association has warned that any interference with turf cutting on raised bogs will be “fiercely resisted” by farmers in rural areas across the country.

IFA Connacht vice president and SAC project team chairman, Padraic Divilly, said this week that there is widespread opposition in rural Ireland to proposals by the Minister for the Environment John Gormley to restrict turf-cutting. Under a 10-year-old EU directive, turf-cutting is to be banned on raised bogs which have been designated special areas of conservation.

St Patrick’s Brass Band to perform in RNLI fundraiser

Thu, Apr 08, 2010

St Patrick's Brass Band will perform this weekend in a fundraising concert for Galway RNLI Lifeboat.

Metaphorical shipwreck

Thu, Apr 08, 2010

According to Aristotle, “All men by nature desire to know.” There is in us an unquenchable urge to understand this world in which we live and move and have our being. And, correlatively, there is the human quest, the self-reflective journey to discover what part each of us plays in the drama of existence.

Ceardlanna ceoil an earraigh

Thu, Apr 08, 2010

Don tríú bhliain as a chéile tá Craobh Mhaigh Cuilinn de Chomhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann ag eagrú ceardlanna ceoil traidisiúnta, áit a mbeidh oiliúint ar fáil i réimse leathan uirlis cheoil agus damhsa ar an sean-nós.

Buíochas as tacaíocht Sheachtain na Gaeilge

Thu, Apr 08, 2010

I ráiteas atá eisithe ag Conradh na Gaeilge gabhann siad buíochas le gach duine a raibh baint acu agus a ghlac páirt in imeachtaí Sheachtain na Gaeilge agus i Rith 2010. Dúirt siad go raibh clár na bliana seo ar an bhféile ba mhó a eagraíodh riamh agus go raibh buíochas ag dul do na céadta duine mórthimpeall chathair agus chontae na Gaillimhe a chuaigh i mbun imeachtaí a eagrú ina gceantar féin. Ghabh siad buíochas freisin lena heagraíochtaí agus na scoileanna ar fad a ghlac páirt sa tseachtain. “Is ar an gcomhoibriú agus ar an gcomhpháirtíocht seo atá todhchaí na Gaeilge ag brath” a deir an ráiteas. Bhí tábhacht faoi leith freisin, dar le Conradh na Gaeilge, leis an tacaíocht a fuarthas óna meáin chumarsáide.

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