Massive funds for Galway roads announced

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

A total of €155,324,488 has been allocated to Galway City Council and Galway County Council in the National Roads Programme 2009.

Ballinasloe man jailed for three years after syringe attack

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

A Galway man who held a woman at syringe point in her van in the car park of Liffey Valley shopping centre has been jailed for three years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

HSE’s decision on sandwiches for day hospital clients is lashed

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

A former mayor and city councillor has slammed the HSE’s decision not to provide clients attending a day psychiatric hospital on the outskirts of the city with sandwiches to accompany their soup.

Funding boost for Tuam CDP

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

Tuam Community Development Project is to receive €147,580 in funding under the Community Development Programme.

Barman fined for snobby abuse of garda

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

“Do you know you I am? I will have your job,” screamed a champagne guzzling barman whose snobby and shocking abuse of a garda on New Year’s Day last ended in his being brought before Galway District Court and fined €700.

Parents are prisoners in own home

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

The parents of a troubled teenager are “prisoners in their own home” because of his violent and out-of-control behaviour.

Galway Coach Station wins national award for council

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

The Galway City Council has won a national LAMA Award for its Galway Coach Station and Webworks building, which it developed with McNamara Construction and Enterprise Ireland.

How many boats do we need for the boat race?

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

Oscar Wilde once said to lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.

Newcastle man passed cheques which bounced in Ballinrobe, Mayo court told

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

A Galway man was convicted and fined €300 and ordered to hand over €500 compensation for passing two cheques that bounced at Ballinrobe District Court. Mark Keane pleaded guilty to the charges in court, in a case which his solicitor Cathy McDarby said had “no malice in it”.

Don’t use taxi drivers who don’t know the routes says Cubbard

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

If you ask a taxi driver to bring you to a particular address and he does not know where it is, you should get out and seek another driver.

Full impact of 3,000 SAP job cuts on Galway plant still unclear

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

The impact of planned job cuts in German international business software company SAP on its Galway plant was unclear last evening as the company said it could not give a regional breakdown of the more than 3,000 jobs it plans to shed this year.

The group, which has 400 employees at its premises in Parkmore, plans to cut its worldwide workforce of 51,500 to 48,500 this year as it prepares for a substantial drop in growth in 2009. A spokesperson for the company told the Galway Advertiser yesterday that it cannot provide a regional breakdown of where these jobs will be shed. The company employs a further 400 at its plant in Dublin.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu to speak at NUIG

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

The Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu will address NUI, Galway’s Literary and Debating Society on Sunday February 15 at 5pm.

Condemnation as Traveller caravan daubed with pro-Nally slogans

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

The Galway Traveller Movement has said it will seek an investigation and a rapid clean-up operation following the discovery of racist graffiti on a caravan in Carrowbrowne this week.

Obama’s classmate to speak at NUIG

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

Professor Michael Stein - a former classmate of US President Barack Obama at Harvard - will deliver a public lecture at NUI, Galway.

Obama the boost that politics needs

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

On another occasion, you might feel sorry for all of the country’s politicians having to live up to the image of Obama. After all, how many of them are stick lean, fit, handsome and boasting a complete of teeth? How many of them can deliver a speech without the proliferation of ah and ohs and like, ya know what I mean. But they should relax. How often is it that someone who looks like him comes along.

Man granted bail despite fears of witness tampering

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

A man who broke a car window and assaulted his neighbour was granted bail yesterday despite Garda fears that he would interfere with “terrified” witnesses and that he would fail to turn up to court.

Dangerous driver with blind mother gets ban reduced

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

Up to 200 “boy racers” were travelling around Galway city last August in convoys and gathering in car parks to show off their skills and their wanton disregard for their safety and the safety of others.

Economic downturn will not hinder GLUAS project say backers

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

Despite the recession, those behind the GLUAS light rail system for Galway city believe the current economic climate is actually favourable to the project.

Taxi drivers to hold major protest and rally on Saturday

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

Galway taxi drivers have united under the banner of the Galway Taxi Association and will be holding a ‘Day of Action and Petition’ on Saturday.

Taxi drivers from Big O Taxis, Galway Taxis, Abbey Taxis, City Taxis, Local Taxis, Failte Taxis, and independent taxi operators will gather at the Eyre Square rank at 11am and then walk to the Galway Cathedral Car Park for a public rally at 12.30pm.

Galway pubs and audiences are the best says actor John Mahoney

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

John Mahoney, best known for playing Marty Crane in Frasier and for his powerful stage performances at numerous Galway Arts Festival productions, has rated Galway as his favourite holiday destination in the world.

E-paper

Read this weeks E-paper. Past editions also available from within this weeks digital copy.