Row looms over timing of Freedom of the City for Volvo heroes

Thu, Apr 08, 2010

A proposal to give Enda Ó Coineen, John Killeen, and Eamon Conneely - the men who brought the Volvo Ocean Race to Galway - the Freedom of Galway city will be put before councillors at Monday’s city council meeting.

Jumping headfirst into middle age

Thu, Apr 08, 2010

Phew. That’s it. That’s the last issue of the first 39 years of the Galway Advertiser completed. from next week, the newspaper turns 40. Which means it will be probably have to be grumpier and slightly more balding. It will have to moan and groan even more, and have the odd midlife crisis.

Jumping headfirst into middle age

Thu, Apr 08, 2010

Phew. That’s it. That’s the last issue of the first 39 years of the Galway Advertiser completed. from next week, the newspaper turns 40. Which means it will be probably have to be grumpier and slightly more balding. It will have to moan and groan even more, and have the odd midlife crisis.

HSE to pay €5,000 to family over complaint delay

Thu, Apr 08, 2010

The Ombudsman and Information Commissioner has ordered the Health Services Executive (HSE) to pay €5,000 in compensation to the family of a woman who died while her test results were left lying unopened in a hospital’s typing pool.

Galway author charts the ‘noble and occasionally turbulent’ history of ASTI

Thu, Apr 08, 2010

As ASTI delegates gather at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Galway this week for their annual convention, a new history of their association has been published.

Galway students to walk from Ennis in Nepal fundraiser

Thu, Apr 08, 2010

A group of NUI Galway students will walk the 70 kilometres from Ennis to Galway this weekend while carrying large volumes of water to raise funds for an Irish development charity working in Nepal.

Members of the NUIG Draoicht Society will undertake the walk while carrying between five and 20 litres of water each. The volunteers will leave Ennis at 12 noon tomorrow (Friday) and walk 37 kilometres to Gort. They will continue their journey on Saturday, making the 35 kilometre trip from Gort to Galway.

Treacy welcomes Kinvara NS extension funding

Thu, Apr 08, 2010

Kinvara National School is set to expand following the approval of funding for a new classroom at the school.

Charity concert for St Nicholas school

Thu, Apr 08, 2010

Italy’s Orchestra Giovanile di Firenze and The Kilkenny Youth Orchestra will present a charity concert in the Claddagh church on Saturday April 17 at 4pm.

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.

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