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.

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.

Inclusive approach to 2020 bid impresses Minister Humphreys on whirlwind visit

Thu, Oct 08, 2015

Yes Minister.
No Minister

Sandyvale residents demand halt to water meter installation

Tue, Oct 06, 2015

Residents in Sandyvale Lawn are up in arms over the perceived failure of Irish Water to take heed of a report by the Galway City Council on the nature of the area's pipe network, and to inform its workers of the potential dangers when installing water meters in what is a wetland area.

Tommy Roddy to run as Independent in Galway West

Mon, Oct 05, 2015

Tommy Roddy, who ran in last year's local elections, will stand as an Independent candidate in Galway West at the General Election, campaigning on water charges, better supports for the unemployed, and issues relating to mental health and suicide prevention.

165 vacant council houses in County Galway 'evidence of housing emergency' say Sinn Féin

Mon, Oct 05, 2015

There are 165 vacant council units in the county boundaries of Galway, a situation that has led one general election candidate to declare that with "thousands of people on housing waiting lists", the situation is now at "emergency levels".

Minister launches NUI Galway 1916 programme of events

Fri, Oct 02, 2015

Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys TD has just launched NUI Galway’s 1916 Programme of Events, ‘A Nation Rising: Commemorating 1916 and Beyond’, as part of the Ireland 2016 Centenary Programme.

The university will mark the centenary year with a host of exhibitions, conferences, publications and seminars, both in Irish and English. The programme features artistic, dramatic and musical performances with established and emerging artists. It will also reach out to the wider community, sharing knowledge through public talks, festivals and workshops.

Time to stop pussyfooting around the doggie dilemma

Thu, Oct 01, 2015

Roll back about a month when we were in the throes of preparing for the hurling final and when our heads were full of thoughts of history and success and homecomings and of the McCarthy Cup being hauled around every primary school in the county.

Back then, when we had dreams of conquering Cats, a trend started on our social media pages of festooning dogs in the maroon and white and photographing and videoing them with all sorts of “hit me now with the child in me arms” poses for the Cats of Kilkenny. There were dogs in cars, on bikes, in all sorts of good-humoured poses. For the final, there was no question but that the dogs of Galway were “Up FUR the Match”

Major step forward in the planning process for Galway port extension

Thu, Oct 01, 2015

Galway Harbour Company has received communication from An Bord Pleanála, which sets out the information required to move the proposal for the Galway Port extension on to the next stage of the planning process.

Free pay parking initiative in county towns from January

Thu, Oct 01, 2015

Shoppers visiting Galway towns are to get a reprieve from pay parking from early next year. This follows a motion passed by Galway County Council at this week’s meeting to allow two hours daily free parking in Loughrea, Ballinasloe, Tuam, Gort, Athenry, and Clifden.

No change to Local Property Tax rates in County Galway

Thu, Oct 01, 2015

There will be no reduction to the Local Property Tax rate in Galway city or county next year. At the September monthly meeting of Galway County Council, local representatives voted to keep the property tax rate unchanged while city councillors passed a similar motion at their meeting a fortnight ago.

Hospitals’ finance department targets tardy consultants who delay signing off private health insurance claims

Thu, Oct 01, 2015

Hospital consultants who fail to sign off private health insurance claims promptly are being “actively followed” by Saolta University Health Care Group’s finance department to ensure the cash strapped health service is not missing out on millions of euros in vital income.

The Saolta Group comprises three local hospitals - UHG, Merlin Park, and Portiuncula - as well as Mayo General, Letterkenny, Roscommon and Sligo Regional Hospitals. 

Why Trevor Ó Clochartaigh can win a Dáil seat

Thu, Oct 01, 2015

Whether the date of the next General Election is November 20, as has been mooted recently, or comes during spring 2016, two predictions are already confidently being made - indeed they have become an article of faith for some, an incontrovertible truth for others - regarding the fate of two high profile candidates in Galway West.

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