Mark Lohan co-opted to Galway City Council

Thu, Oct 13, 2016

Mark Lohan has been officially co-opted on to Galway City Council to take the city central seat left vacant following the resignation of Anna Marley in August. Councillor Lohan is well known in the city through his work as a trade union official with SIPTU.

Plenty of fun for grown-ups at next week’s Baboró festival

Thu, Oct 13, 2016

There’s lots of fun to go around at Baboró which starts next Monday October 17 and runs until Sunday October 23. While the kids are busy seeing shows, exhibitions and generally having lots of fun, there’s plenty for the grown-ups to check out too.

Team Manuela to walk the Camino in 2017

Thu, Oct 13, 2016

The walking and running team of the Manuela Riedo Foundation will hold an information night on Tuesday October 18 at 7pm in the Galway Bay Hotel.

The trip is open to people of all fitness levels, from all walks of life that might have an interest in completing part of the Camino in May 2017. It is a nine day trip along the Portuguese costal route.

Baboró’s difference makes it great

Thu, Oct 13, 2016

One of my favorite Baboró memories is Paper World. Everyone got to go up on stage and we started having a paper fight with some of the actors. We tore down all the paper on the set and threw it at each other. It was a lot of fun. I don’t think you get to do that at other festivals, that’s why Baboró is so great.

Win two nights at the stunning Hotel Meyrick

Thu, Oct 13, 2016

Fancy enjoying a two night stay at one of Galway’s finest four star hotels? Hotel Meyrick is giving away one of its fabulous Sunday Saver packages to a lucky reader.

Are you brave enough for FrightFest?

Thu, Oct 13, 2016

Are you brave enough for FrightFest, the west of Ireland’s first and only terrifying scream park? With different, full walk-through, haunted scare attractions, FrightFest will give you more than you can handle.

FrightFest, Loughwell Farm Park, Moycullen, open on selected dates in October, is made up of three attractions - Frightmare Manor, where the twisted souls inhabiting this hotel will leave you screaming for the door; Terrortorium, where you will come face to face with the deranged and demented ring master of the Carnival of Carnage; and the Walk of Fear, where your worst phobias and the unexpected lie waiting through the Walk of Fear

Emotional upset and heavy exertion may trigger a heart attack finds NUI Galway research

Thu, Oct 13, 2016

Being angry or emotionally upset or engaging in heavy physical exertion may trigger a heart attack, according to new research published in the American Heart Association’s journal Circulation.

Hundreds at risk of being struck off housing waiting list warns Cubbard

Thu, Oct 13, 2016

More than 1,300 households on the housing waiting list risk being struck off under a new social housing needs assessment currently being carried out, Independent city councillor Mike Cubbard has warned.

The Galway City Council has been carrying out a social housing needs assessment of all those on the current housing waiting list. The assessment is to ascertain if the estimated 4,700 households still require social housing. Households who have been on the list for more than 12 months, were contacted by City Hall’s Housing Department by letter earlier this year, with 3,482 letters sent out. Any new applicants - those on the list for under a year - are exempt from the process.

Chamber president welcomes Budget measures but warns big challenges remain

Thu, Oct 13, 2016

Galway Chamber president Conor O’Dowd has welcomed the pro-business measures announced in this week’s Budget, but warned that longer term concerns of business remain.

Atlantic to be shown in Indreabhán tonight

Thu, Oct 13, 2016

ATLANTIC, A documentary by Richie O’ Donnell on what is happening to fishing communities on both sides of the Atlantic, will be screened this evening (Thursday) by Cllub Scannán Sailearna, Indreabhán.

This award winning documentary, narrated by Brendan Gleeson, looks at the impact of super trawlers, sucking enormous quantities of fish from the ocean, on long established fishing communities. It also looks at the effects of overfishing and the oil industry on a fragile marine environment. Screening starts at 8.15pm and the director will be in attendance.

Possible sighting of missing woman

Thu, Oct 13, 2016

Gardai in the city have appealed for help in tracing a woman missing from her home in Tipperary since last February.

Showcasing the best of Galway food

Thu, Oct 13, 2016

Loughrea based mother-of-seven is going from strength to strength. Although just over nine months in business, products from the Galway Food Company are now being stocked in 220 stores nationwide.

Share the darkness and bring light to the vulnerable

Thu, Oct 13, 2016

Light determines much of how we view things. Not because it throws clarity into areas where there was none, but because the way we feel, the way we do, the way we think is often influenced by light.

And if we are often amazed by the speed of light, let us remember that light is never the victor in that race, because whenever light arrives at whatever point, it will find that darkness has reached there before it.

Budget 2017

Thu, Oct 13, 2016

Minister for Finance Michael Noonan and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Paschal Donohoe presented the first Budget of the Minority Government Fine Gael-Independent Coalition. Ministers Noonan and Donohoe announced that the total Budget package of €1.3bn favours expenditure increases over revenue reductions by three to one reflecting the Government’s commitment to rebuilding and investing in public services. More detail will be included in the Finance Bill to be published later this month.

New focus needed to solve Parkmore business park traffic problems

Tue, Oct 11, 2016

An Bord Pleanála's refusal to grant permission for a new link road and junction for the Parkmore business park should "focus attention on what is required" in any new application to deal with the area's chronic traffic problems.

Centralisation of chiropody services 'makes life a lot more difficult' for patients

Mon, Oct 10, 2016

More than 300 chiropody appointments per month have been taken out of communities in Galway and centralised to Merlin Park Hospital, but instead of improving services, centralisation has "made life a lot more difficult for" patients.

Galway says goodbye to Bobby

Thu, Oct 06, 2016

Galway city centre came to a standstill yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon as the city paid its last respects to former minister Robert Molloy who died last weekend aged 80.

Public urged to sign petition for new hospice in Merlin Park

Thu, Oct 06, 2016

Galway Hospice is appealing to the public to sign a petition to enable it to build a new state-of-the-art hospice on a 14 acre HSE site on the grounds of Merlin Park Hospital.

The Renmore based organisation is seeking people’s help to ensure that the proposed rezoning is approved when city councillors vote for a second time in November after considering submissions from the public on the issue.

Councillors pay warm tributes to Bobby Molloy

Thu, Oct 06, 2016

A book of condolence has been opened at City Hall for former minister and city mayor, TD and Minister Bobby Molloy after his death at the weekend at the age of 80. Mr Molloy was laid to rest in The New Cemetery Bohermore yesterday (Wednesday) following funeral mass in Galway Cathedral.

Repealing the Eighth and the right to autonomy over ones' own body

Thu, Oct 06, 2016

This week Insider is going to address one of the most contentious issues in society. For 33 years, the Eighth amendment has been an issue which has split the people right down the middle - which is why most mainstream politicians have shied away from outlining their position on it.

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