Family carers of people with dementia sought for research study

Thu, Dec 16, 2021

NUI Galway’s School of Psychology is seeking participants for a new study to examine the psychological factors which may have been protective for family carers of people with dementia in Ireland during the past year of the Covid-19 Pandemic.

Ireland West Airport welcomes funding boost

Thu, Dec 16, 2021

Ireland West Airport has welcomed the announcement of funding of €1.9m for the airport under the Public Policy Remit Operational Expenditure Subvention (PPR-O) and Covid-19 Supplementary Support Funding Scheme.

Need for increased patience as retail staff feel the brunt of frustration

Thu, Dec 16, 2021

There is a greater need for patience among the general population this year. You can feel a tension that did not exist last winter. Last year in the quest for the ‘meaningful Christmas,’ there was some expectation, some risk, a releasing of tensions as people knew that beyond the peaked mountains of the ‘meaningful Christmas,’ vales of great possibilities abounded. The vaccine was on the cusp of general release and people were working out when they might expect to receive the manna from heaven that it represented.

And even though we were told all along that we might be living with Covid for a year or three and that ‘it wasn’t going away, ya know,’ there was some hope that the summer wind might blow it out, like the winter wind blew out Trump.

‘Momentous’, ‘appalling’ - Galway divided over ring road planning permission

Thu, Dec 09, 2021

The Galway City Ring Road will see a massive reduction in traffic congestion in the city centre, and travel times cut by more than 40 per cent; or it will see even greater levels of traffic clog our roads and drastically increase Galway’s carbon emissions.

Controversial ring road continues to produce sharp responses from supporters and critics

Thu, Dec 09, 2021

The long running, highly controversial, and often bizarre saga of the Galway City Ring Road is finally set to both come to an end, and begin to become a reality, following An Bord Pleanála’s decision, on Tuesday, to grant planning permission.

Beware the reactionaries spreading fear and doubt about realities of Covid

Thu, Dec 09, 2021

As we get closer to the end of the year, Insider has once again been in a reflective mood. Almost two years into the pandemic, and the associated restrictions, the cumulative impact of trauma and hopes dashed is having an impact on so many of us.

Transport to the city for a euro as Park and Ride returns for Christmas season

Thu, Dec 09, 2021

The annual Park & Ride Christmas Service makes a welcome return to the city this year.

Chambers call for formal process to regularise undocumented persons

Thu, Dec 09, 2021

Chambers Ireland, the voice of business throughout Ireland, has welcomed the announcement of a new scheme to regularise long-term undocumented migrants in Ireland but urges the creation of a formal process to fully regularise all undocumented persons from now on.

Speaking today, Chambers Ireland Chief Executive Ian Talbot, said that after a long period of campaigning for the inclusion of undocumented workers and their children to be regularised, this announcement marks a very positive step towards the regularisation of thousands of migrants who add immense value to our economy, local communities, and society as a whole.

16 new bins installed in city centre and Salthill

Thu, Dec 09, 2021

Sixteen new 1,100 litre litter bins have been installed at the Spanish Arch, Wolfe Tone Bridge, and along Salthill Promenade.

Cheevers calls for full report on use of Mervue running track

Thu, Dec 09, 2021

A full report on the Mervue running track, examining its use by the public, its opening hours, when it is free and when there is a charge for use, has been requested by a Fianna Fáil councillor.

O’Hara calls on public to make voice heard over Irish unity

Thu, Dec 09, 2021

If Irish unity is now a matter of when, not if, then people need to make their voices heard about what kind of State the new Ireland will be.

Every classroom in Galway must be given a HEPA filter, says PBP

Thu, Dec 09, 2021

Every classroom in Galway should be given a HEPA filter, while all workplaces must monitor air quality with filters and CO2 monitors.

Disabled drivers to suffer further delays as appeals board members resign

Thu, Dec 09, 2021

Galwegians awaiting decisions or appeals hearings by the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passenger Tax Concession Appeals Board will suffer further delays.

Gardaí appeal for witnesses to Dock Street assault

Thu, Dec 09, 2021

On Sunday October 31 at approximately 1.40am, a man and female were walking home along Dock Street when they were approached by a group of five to six young males and one female.

Gardaí appeal for information on burglaries

Thu, Dec 09, 2021

Gardaí are appealing for witnessess, or anyone with information, about two burglaries which took place in County Galway recently.

Additional housing staff for Galway County Council

Thu, Dec 09, 2021

A total of 13 new staff have been appointed to the Galway County Council’s housing department - 10 additional technical staff and three administrative staff.

Galway schools to receive €3 million to support digital technology projects

Thu, Dec 09, 2021

Schools in Galway are set to receive almost €3 million in Government funding for investment in information, communication, and digital technologies under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan.

Canney calls for residential developments to be located near train stations

Thu, Dec 09, 2021

Galway County Development Plans and Local Area Plans need to designate catchment areas close to train stations as priority locations for residential developments.

Roads and routes — and the way we’ll move a decade from now

Thu, Dec 09, 2021

Decisions, often the long awaited ones, come along like buses. You wait interminably wondering if one will ever arrive and then, out of the ether, come along several. It is an apt analogy this week because for the past while, Galway city and county has been awaiting decisions which have a lot to do, if not so much with buses, then with ways in which we are set to move around for the rest of this century.

The issue of the Galway City Ring Road or the Road Formerly Known As The Galway City Bypass and multiple other iterations over the last third of a century or more, has long been a bone of contention among those who travel to and from the city. To those who spend ten hours a week in their cars on the edge of town, it has been a manna from heaven, but one they wonder if they will ever enjoy.

Welcome from many, but some disappointment as route for cycleway is chosen

Wed, Dec 08, 2021

Senator Aisling Dolan welcomed the announcement of a final route corridor from the Galway to Athlone Cycleway project team. The Red Route five through Athlone, Portumna, Gort, Kinvara to Galway has been selected with a link to Ballinasloe town.

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