Third level fees will push students onto dole queue

Thu, Feb 05, 2009

If fees are reintroduced, many students will not be able to afford them and the Government will force more and more young people on to the dole queues.

College to probe Bertie attack

Thu, Feb 05, 2009

Student protests and scuffles with the Gardaí on Monday night resulted in the cancellation of former taoiseach Bertie Ahern’s visit to NUI, Galway, leading to condemnation of the student protesters by some of their campus colleagues.

Building work begins on new €7.5m child and adolescent centre

Thu, Feb 05, 2009

Construction work has begun on the 20 bed St Anne’s child and adolescent unit located on the grounds of Merlin Park Hospital.

Enjoy an Italian evening

Thu, Feb 05, 2009

Italian cuisine is renowned the world over and those who love Italian food and wine, and who would love to learn to speak Italian are in for a treat next week.

Treat yourself at Claregalway’s best kept secret

Thu, Feb 05, 2009

Claregalway’s charming bistro Treat Café has reopened in style this week after it was damaged by a fire late last year. The eaterie which has won many plaudits from food lovers is located just behind Hughes Supervalu complex with ample and free parking and is well known as one of the best kept secrets in Claregalway.

Cameron claims visibility at the Salmon Weir Bridge has improved

Thu, Feb 05, 2009

Driver visibility on the approach to the Salmon Wier Bridge from the Cathedral end should now be improved following the cutting back of trees at the bridge.

Coach driver banned

Thu, Feb 05, 2009

A coach driver, who had been unaware his insurance was invalid because of an automatic penalty point disqualification, was banned from driving for 12 months and given a four month suspended sentence this week.

Helping employers cope with the economic downturn

Thu, Feb 05, 2009

The speed at which Irish businesses have found themselves struggling to survive has been quite breathtaking. Many employers are faced with very difficult decisions and nowhere more difficult than in relation to their employees.

Do the new faces have a hope of getting elected?

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

With the New Year now firmly entrenched, Galway’s politicos - Insider included - have only one thing on their minds - June’s Local Elections.

Greens are the fag butt that FF will inhale and discard

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

The Green Party has been in the news all week. Their sole city councillors in Dublin and Cork have resigned. The party leadership has dismissed the resignations of Bronwen Maher and Chris O’Leary as merely due to “personal and local constituency” reasons.

He’s a Fianna Fáiler - get him out of here

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

What kind of reception awaits Fianna Fáil on the doorsteps of Galway city and county once canvassing for June’s Local Elections really takes off?

Tennis star Geraghty to smash and volley his way onto council?

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

Tennis player, author, and local campaigner Mike Geraghty this week announced he will be standing as an Independent candidate for Galway City Central in June’s Local Elections.

Greens hope they have a trump in Towers

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

Speculation is mounting that the Rector of St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church Rev Patrick Towers will stand for election to the Galway County Council in June’s Local Elections.

Music, heritage, and sean nós at Coole

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

Coole Park will play host to a special event on the prehistoric, Celtic, and early medieval musical instruments of Ireland this evening (Thursday) as part of the Coole Spring Programme.

Simon and Maria O’Dwyer of Prehistoric Music Ireland will perform a presentation and recital from 8pm to 9pm with instruments ranging from late Bronze Age horns to the great Celtic trumpas of the middle Iron Age, and on to wood wind instruments of early Christianity. Taking 3,000 years of Irish musical instrumentation as their base and 15 years of research, Simon and Maria O’Dwyer recreate the ancient sounds as they play a selection of traditional and new pieces of music on their selection of reproduction horns, trumpas, bone and stone flutes and whistles.

Coláiste na Coiribe to stage West Side Story

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

For two nights only, Coláiste na Coiribe bring you their production of the classic hit musical West Side Story, in the Black Box Theatre, February 2-3.

Looking back and to the future of the city’s docklands

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

By the time the Volvo Ocean Race sails into town, the city’s docklands will have begun to change dramatically as the massive oil tanks will be gone - but a new project will ensure they are unlikely to be forgotten.

While many find them unsightly and will not be sorry to see them go, the fact is that the tanks have been an essential part of the docks for as long as many Galwegians can remember. As such they have an iconic value and their removal will change the look of the city docklands dramatically.

Sign up for the 2009 St Patrick’s Day Parade

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

Registration is now open for Galway’s 2009 St Patrick’s Day Parade which will take place on Tuesday March 17.

New premises for Duane’s Seafoods

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

Local seafood company Duane’s Seafoods Ltd has opened a new 6,000sq ft retail and wholesale premises in Ballybane.

Eyre Square legal costs is money disappearing into a ‘black hole’, says Mayor

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

If the Galway City Council is intent of taking its case against Samuel Kingston Construction to the Supreme Court, then the Mayor of Galway is entitled to know why and how much the legal fees are costing the city.

Bertie Ahern to give NUI talk

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

Bertie Ahern, the country’s longest serving taoiseach since De Valera, is set to visit NUI Galway next week as an honoured guest of the Literary and Debating Society.

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