Survey reveals shocking number of assaults on NUIG students

Thu, Jun 04, 2015

A survey investigating the sexual health and attitudes of students at NUI Galway has revealed that a quarter of female participants reported attempted or completed forced sexual assault.

Back to the future with Fianna Fáil?

Thu, Jun 04, 2015

Two things strike Insider immediately about the recently selected Fianna Fáil Galway West ticket for Election 2016 of TD Éamon Ó Cuív, county councillor Mary Hoade, and former city councillor John Connolly - and what is says about the party is not positive.

'Our music takes influences from the past, but our songs are about now, about our lives'

Thu, Jun 04, 2015

Music runs in the blood of siblings Kitty, Daisy, and Lewis Durham. It was inescapable, permeating all areas of home and family life. Even on their local streets of Kentish Town in Camden, where they grew up and still live, it was the air they breathed and the sound they heard from every corner.

Minister for Transport confirms Claregalway Bypass will 'not be advanced'

Thu, Jun 04, 2015

Funding for the Claregalway Bypass, officially known as the Claregalway Inner Relief Road, will not be provided by the Fine Gael/Labour Government, and the project as originally mooted will not proceed.

Rent controls 'urgently needed' in city says Nolan

Thu, Jun 04, 2015

Rent controls are "urgently needed" in Galway" to deal with the shortage in the housing supply that is causing "worry and stress" for families across the city and is impacting on both the private and social housing sectors.

The role of consent in preventing sexual assault and discrimination

Thu, Jun 04, 2015

When evaluating the liberations and empowerment of modern sexual mores, the issue of consent is one that is often ignored by the participants. Often consent is confused with empowerment on both genders.

This weeks, tens of thousands of students are sitting exams that will bring them out in the wider world. Many of them away rfom home for the first time. It is a bright new world, full of opportunities both positive and negative.

Suspended sentence for Tuam man on heroin charges

Thu, Jun 04, 2015

A Tuam man who gardaí found buying heroin in a Dublin flat to sell to his friends in Galway has received a suspended jail sentence.

Gardaí accepted that David Doherty was “in the wrong place at the wrong time” and he was simply in the flat to buy the €905 worth of heroin.

‘Delinquency of the highest order’ - vandals continuously breaking window at the Augustinian church

Thu, Jun 04, 2015

A priest is appealing to mindless vandals, who are continuously breaking a valuable window at a city centre church, to consider the impact of their actions. There has been 20 separate incidents recorded at the Augustinian Church over the past 18 months.

HSE raised concerns that thousands of Tuam babies may have been trafficked to the US

Thu, Jun 04, 2015

The HSE raised concerns in 2012 that up to 1,000 babies may have been illegally adopted to the United States, in “a scandal that dwarfs other, more recent issues with the church and state,” according to a report in the Irish Examiner.

Get to #itwbnBlogSchool and be blogging by the end of the day

Thu, Jun 04, 2015

So you want to get blogging  and you want to have your own blog running by the end of the day. Then the Into The West Blogger Network (ITWBN) blogschool is for you.

Charity feels Claregalway Bypass will ‘not be advanced’ under this Government

Thu, Jun 04, 2015

Funding for the Claregalway Bypass, officially known as the Claregalway Inner Relief Road, will not be provided by the Fine Gael/Labour Government, and the project as originally mooted will not proceed.

Plans being put in motion for Easter Rising centenary

Thu, Jun 04, 2015

A community engagement workshop to discuss plans for the Easter Rising centenary celebrations will take place at the Galway City Museum this Thursday evening (June 4). A steering committee has been appointed by Galway City Council to oversee the celebrations in the city next year. This committee will engage with local communities and arts organisations to devise a programme to commemorate the Rising.

Going to great lengths for gorgeous hair

Thu, Jun 04, 2015

Taking hair to a whole new level of gorgeous and glamorous, the expert extensionists at Ritz Hair are the ultimate choice for high quality human hair extensions in Galway. 

Connemara journalist named radio broadcaster of the year

Thu, Jun 04, 2015

RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta journalist Máirín Ní Ghadhra was named radio broadcaster of the year at the Oireachtas Media Awards in Galway last Friday. The great and the good of the Irish language media attended the awards in the RadissoN Blu Hotel, with Aengus Mac Grianna from RTÉ News hosting the event. 

Charity calls for live online streaming of Galway County Council meetings

Thu, Jun 04, 2015

Renua Councillor James Charity has labelled last week’s scenes at the monthly meeting of Galway County Council “utterly disgraceful,” and has called for live online streaming of all future meetings so that the public can view proceedings for themselves.

Local man bequeaths money for Oughterard concert

Thu, Jun 04, 2015

A special concert will take place in Oughterard as a result of a request in a local man’s will.

JJ Rhatigan & Company chosen to deliver 14 Primary Care Centres

Thu, Jun 04, 2015

As part of the Prime-Balfour Beatty Consortium, JJ Rhatigan & Company has been awarded the contract to construct 14 Primary Care Centres nationwide, ranging in size from 1,500m² to 5,000 m² gross floor area.

The project, with a combined capital value of circa €140 million, is the first programme of its kind in the Irish primary care market.

Vision Built representing Local Enterprise Office Galway at 2015 National Enterprise Awards

Thu, Jun 04, 2015

Vision Built will represent the Local Enterprise Office Galway at 2015 National Enterprise Awards ceremony at Dublin’s Royal Hospital Kilmainham on Thursday, June 11.

It’s Dia Dhuit Friday every Friday at Joyce’s Supermarket, Knocknacarra

Thu, Jun 04, 2015

In recognition of winning the Gradam Sheosaimh Uí Ógartaigh 2015, Joyce’s Supermarket in Knocknacarra has launched an initiative that will see all customers entering their store on Fridays greeted with the phrase Dia Dhuit.

“We have really focused on offering a seirbhís i nGaeilge to our customers and with 12 Irish speakers on our team, conversations as Ghaeilge can be heard throughout the day,” said Aisling Joyce.

National call to action for the sixth annual 10km ‘Run for Ollie’

Thu, Jun 04, 2015

Friends of Ollie are calling on all athletes, runners, and walkers to take part in this year’s 5th annual charity 10km ‘Run for Ollie’ taking place in Milltown, Galway, on Saturday June 13 in aid of Ollie Burke.

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