Galway based trainer worried about children’s fitness and health

Thu, Oct 08, 2015

A Craughwell based coach is the only finalist, outside of North America, to reach the top ten for the ‘Coach of the Year’ accolade awarded by the International Youth Conditioning Association (IYCA). The association is the premier international authority in youth fitness and youth sports performance training, with about 35,000 members globally.

Connaught Bicycle and Garden Machinery open in Briarhill

Thu, Oct 08, 2015

Connaught Bicycle and Garden Machinery is a new business which has opened its doors at 49 Briarhill Business Park. There is ample free parking outside the store which is ideally located for customers travelling into Galway from all the main arteries.

For anyone looking for a vast range of garden machinery, this is the place to visit - choose from ride-on lawnmowers, powerwashers, generators, consaws, compressors, chainsaws, and much more. Well known, quality brands available include Hitachi, Einhell, Evolution, Freud, and Efco, as well as Kranzle power washers for domestic and commercial use. 

Kyne welcomes progress on environmental review clearing way for Claregalway Flood Relief Works

Thu, Oct 08, 2015

Fine Gael TD for Galway West and Mayo South Seán Kyne has welcomed confirmation from the Office of Public Works’ Minister, Simon Harris that the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform will this month sign off on the environmental review which has delayed works on the Claregalway Flood Relief Scheme. 

New online treatment programme to help people cope with persistent fatigue after cancer

Thu, Oct 08, 2015

Psychology at NUI Galway, with the support of Cancer Care West is currently recruiting people experiencing persistent fatigue since the completion of cancer treatment (treatment completed at least three months ago).

Ó Clochartaigh supports bill to criminalise sex buyers

Thu, Oct 08, 2015

lochartaigh has welcomed legislation that would criminalise the purchasers of sex. Speaking during a debate on the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015, Senator Ó Clochartaigh said that prostitution is a vicious and brutal criminal enterprise which allows pimps, traffickers and thugs to exploit women and young girls.

Contracts signed for Galway Garda HQ

Thu, Oct 08, 2015

The signing of contracts for the construction of the new Garda HQ on the Dublin Road is a welcome development, but the Minister for Justice, Frances Fitzgerald must give assurances that Mill Street will be kept as a city centre Garda station.

Convicted criminals and their associates should be instantly disqualified from driving, says Higgins

Thu, Oct 08, 2015

Senator Lorraine Higgins today called on the Minister for Justice to come into the Seanad to discuss why many of the criminals robbing and plundering rural Ireland have not been disqualified from driving.

Keep reducing taxes on work so as to help create more jobs, says Walsh ahead of Budget

Thu, Oct 08, 2015

Fine Gael TD for Galway West, Brian Walsh, has said that the Government must use next week’s Budget to continue to reduce the amount of taxes paid by workers.

Connaughton demands answers from phone companies over ‘deteriorating services

Thu, Oct 08, 2015

Deteriorating mobile phone coverage in east Galway and the continuing existence of mobile blackspots around the county is affecting business in rural areas and placing a great strain on carers and parents trying to contact children.

Leader programmes for Connemara should be delivered in Connemara demands Grealish

Thu, Oct 08, 2015

County Galway should be split into two administrative regions for distribution of the Leader and SICAP programmes, given the differences between west and the east of the county, with Forum Connemara Ltd reinstated as the body through which the programmes will be delivered in Connemara.

Public urged to look after their eyesight

Thu, Oct 08, 2015

A  retired nurse who developed a condition - which is the leading cause of blindness in over 50s in Ireland - is appealing to the public not to take their eyesight for granted.

Baboró ambassadors — Réalta Denning

Thu, Oct 08, 2015

One of my favourite Baboró memories is:
I really really liked Nubes and The House That Jack Built. I just remember going with my Mom and my cousin Sophie and we had such a good time. I remember Jack had a twin brother who he also played. He was always in the toilet and on the phone at the same time. He played a granny in bed and all the other characters. There was a song called ‘I’m From Spain’ stuck in my head for ages afterwards. I remember the character that sang the song had two children and he loved trains and they created some images with shadows on a door. Louis Lovett, the actor who played all the parts, waited at the end of the show to give everyone in the audience a magazine to do with the show called The Trumpeteer. I still have it. It was funny. 

Kyne makes call to transform cardiac services

Thu, Oct 08, 2015

A local TD is calling for a unified approach to heart failure to be adopted throughout the country, which takes on board best practice and best models.

NUI Galway named Most Biodiverse Campus for second year running

Thu, Oct 08, 2015

NUI Galway has won the top award for most biodiverse campus at Ireland’s Intervarsity BioBlitz competition for the second year in a row, beating UL, UCC, and Maynooth University. Over a 24 hour period, volunteers combed the university’s campus and recorded a total of 628 species. Last year the university recorded 581 species.

More taxpayers’ money to be used to support Irish Water, warns Charity

Thu, Oct 08, 2015

An extra €80 million of taxpayers’ money will go towards subvention of the highly controversial, and much mistrusted, body Irish Water from next year, a Freedom of Information request from a Galway county councillor has revealed.

People’s goodwill keeping suspended coffees initiative alive and well in Galway

Thu, Oct 08, 2015

Four outlets in Galway are continuing to provide a ‘suspended coffee’ service to customers who may be down on their luck and cannot afford a warm drink.

Gondolas of Galway — 16-seater bikes to ferry commuters and tour groups around the city

Thu, Oct 08, 2015

A 16-seater covered bicycle capable of carrying group of pedalling passengers from place to place in the city could soon become commonplace after the idea was deemed one of the winners at the Galway Start Up Weekend held at GMIT from Friday to Sunday.

The unusual vehicle can carry a lead cyclist and 15 passengers and backers are hoping that it can become a key transfer option for people using the car parks around the city.

Family raise €5,000 for neonatal intensive care units which treated premature baby

Thu, Oct 08, 2015

A County Galway family whose baby was born prematurely a year ago was so impressed by the level of care their son received that they organised a fundraiser to benefit the facilities which looked after him.

Get ready for a nasty election campaign

Thu, Oct 08, 2015

So this is it. Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone. Stop the dog from barking, with a juicy bone.  Cancel all those pesky appointments, for the election is in sight. Silence the pianos, and with a muffled drum, let us move forward with the end of November in sight. This is the Most Important Election since…. the last Most Important Election four years ago.

And just when it seemed that we were just going to swallow the Enda-isms, roll on past Halloween and then down into Christmas, now comes along the seemingly grounded speculation that we will probably be going to the polls on November 20, with an official announcement on this to come sometime next week.

Gondolas of Galway — 16-seater bikes to ferry commuters and tour groups around the city

Thu, Oct 08, 2015

A 16-seater covered bicycle capable of carrying group of pedalling passengers from place to place in the city could soon become commonplace after the idea was deemed one of the winners at the Galway Start Up Weekend held at GMIT from Friday to Sunday.

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