Public urged to report illegal fireworks to gardai
Thu, Oct 30, 2008
Fireworks can maim and kill, according to Galway gardai who are urging any concerned member of the public to report the sale or possession of these illegal products.
Read more ...Have spooky, but safe fun this Halloween, says HSE
Thu, Oct 30, 2008
Have some spooky, but safe, fun; this is the message from the HSE West this Halloween as fireworks, bonfires, costumes and even boiled sweets can cause an injury to your little ghoul.
Read more ...Charity gig at The Crane Bar
Thu, Oct 30, 2008
THE CRANE Bar, Sea Road, will host a night of music and song this Saturday at 9.30pm to raise funds for the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Ireland.
Read more ...Tenth birthday wedding offers at The Westwood
Thu, Oct 30, 2008
Located in the university district of Galway city on the Galway to Clifden road, the Westwood Hotel stands amid a rural landscape of greenery, combining a mellow taste of the countryside with the city’s cutting edge.
Read more ...Win €600 in Coyotes this Friday
Thu, Oct 30, 2008
Coyotes late bar and club on Forster Street will host its first Halloween party tomorrow (Friday). Doors open at 5pm and entry is free, and the best costumes on the night will compete for a €600 prize.
Read more ...Smart alec ‘good Samaritan’ fined for abusing garda
Thu, Oct 30, 2008
A smart alec “good Samaritan” who attempted to stop a stranger from drink driving was fined a total of €1,000 for public order offences, including verbally abusing a garda, calling her a “stupid f***ing bitch”.
Read more ...Shoplifter gets lucky with community service
Thu, Oct 30, 2008
Goodlucky by name, Goodlucky by nature. An asylum seeker shoplifter stayed true to his name when he was given the opportunity of completing 120 hours of community service instead of four months in jail.
Read more ...Stag and his best man fined after pub ejection
Thu, Oct 30, 2008
The traditional last night of freedom cost one stag and his best man €500 each for being abusive to security men and gardai after being ejected from a city centre pub.
Read more ...Shell awards for Galway entrepreneurs
Thu, Oct 30, 2008
A young Galway entrepreneur has been named the most successful and inspirational young entrepreneur in the western region by Shell Livewire.
Read more ...Seven deadly sins at The Skeff
Thu, Oct 30, 2008
The Skeff will become a hangout for ghoulish beings, angels, devils, and superheroes tonight (Thursday) and Friday when The Skeff bar hosts its Halloween nights.
For those feeling sinful, the creative team in the cocktail bar will be serving up some devilishly good cocktails from the seven deadly sins menu, which has been designed exclusively for the Halloween nights.
Read more ...Galway poets are St Louis bound
Thu, Oct 30, 2008
Galway poets Susan Millar DuMars and Kevin Higgins have been invited to read in Galway’s sister city of St Louis, Missouri.
The poets were invited by the Smurfit-Stone Endowed Professorship in Irish Studies at the University of Missouri-St. Louis to read at the Sister Cities: Galway Voices events on the university campus on November 13.
Read more ...Education cuts could see FF lose seats in Connemara
Thu, Oct 30, 2008
A Government struggles to get a Budget through the Oireachtas. These are tumultuous times but more pertinently they reflect the fact that the economic and political climate has changed dramatically.
Read more ...‘Bomber’ Killilea to bat for Fine Gael?
Thu, Oct 30, 2008
Michael ‘Bomber’ Killilea, a former hurler with Carnmore and footballer with Claregalway, is coming under increasing pressure from Fine Gael to contest the 2009 Local Elections.
FG in the Oranmore area feels Mr Killilea would make “an excellent candidate” and that he should seek a nomination when the party holds its selection convention.
Read more ...McCambridge’s gears up for annual Food and Wine Fair
Thu, Oct 30, 2008
McCambridge’s has announced details of its fifth annual Food and Wine Fair. This year the fair will run on Thursday November 27 from 5pm to 9pm in the Connaught Room at The Ardilaun. This unique event has grown year on year with new gourmet food producers and wine importers featuring in this wonderful feast for the senses. Attendees can sample the best of Irish produced cheeses, chutneys, chocolates, cakes, puddings and preserves as well as world wide wines, coffees and teas.
Read more ...Boy-racers are ‘manufacturers of their own demise’, says judge
Thu, Oct 23, 2008
Young people who persist in deliberate dangerous driving are the “manufacturers of their own demise”; this was the severe response of a District Court judge this week who disqualified a defendant after he was found “drifting” at a roundabout with other boy racers.
Read more ...Mayor to face a free run at FG convention tonight?
Thu, Oct 23, 2008
The Mayor of Galway Cllr Padraig Conneely will be chosen as Fine Gael’s candidate for the Galway City Centre ward in The Westwood Hotel tonight.
Read more ...Let’s all resign...for the principle of it
Thu, Oct 23, 2008
Hasn’t this been a mad week? It’s so mad, I’ve been tempted to resign in disgust or threaten to resign in disgust because hey, after all that is what everyone who is anybody is doing these days. If they’re not resigning, they’re withdrawing their support. Or refusing to clarify if they will support someone. We thought the last few weeks were mad with the banks collapsing, the developers imploding and a mad moosehunter being just a dodgy skin cell away from the White House. But this week takes the biscuit. For a short while there, we nearly had a general election.
Read more ...Advertiser scores highly in Red C local newspaper survey
Thu, Oct 23, 2008
The Galway Advertiser has come out as the most effective newspaper for advertising in the city and county, according to a comprehensive poll carried out by the RED C polling agency.
Read more ...Green Dragon opens up a new world for Galway students
Thu, Oct 23, 2008
Galway schools will have an opportunity to follow Ireland’s Green Dragon in this year’s Volvo Ocean Race with a specially structured educational programme.
Read more ...‘On yer bike Gormley,’ McCormack tells Minister
Thu, Oct 23, 2008
The eight cent per litre tax on petrol is an “anti-worker penalty” and is “a penalty on every worker driving to work” according to Fine Gael TD Pádraic McCormack.
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