Kinane calls for businesses suffering due to roadworks to get a rates rebate

Tue, Sep 22, 2015

It is hoped that roadworks in Oranmore will finish a week ahead of schedule. However, along with causing havoc for commuters over the past number of weeks, businesses in the area have suffered a major drop in trade and a local county councillor is calling for their rates bills to be eased as a gesture of goodwill.

Crisis meeting called to discuss the future of Aran Islands air service

Thu, Sep 17, 2015

A special meeting of Galway County Council will take place next week to discuss the future of the Aran Islands air service. Up to 20 politicians from across Galway visited Inis Mór, Inis Oirr, and Inis Meáin yesterday for a series of meetings aimed at saving the service.

Right2Water can win in Ireland, but will the EU let it?

Thu, Sep 17, 2015

For the first time in seven bitter years, we are witnessing serious opposition to Government policies that have made ordinary folk pay for an economic crisis they did not create. This resistance did not come from within the Dáil. It emerged through actions taken completely outside of the parliamentary process arising from the formation of the Right2Water campaign in opposition to water charges.

Public meeting on Goverment's White Paper on defence

Thu, Sep 17, 2015

The Government's White Paper on defence has attracted scant media comment, but if implemented, will see Ireland increase military spending, "deepen" its relationship with the EU, OSCE, and NATO, and be required to work closely with the European Defence Agency.

O Conaire statue — an icon that straddles old and new Galway

Thu, Sep 17, 2015

Even though parents and grandparents would have you believe that there was no gallivanting in their days and that there was no sex in Ireland before Wanderly Wagon, there isn’t a house in Ireland that doesn’t have a fading greying naturally sepia-tic photograph of Granny draped erotically around the shoulders of Padraic O Conaire, the statue, not the man. 

Eamon Ceannt festival among 2016 events for Galway

Thu, Sep 17, 2015

A week-long festival commemorating the life of Eamon Ceannt, the only Galway-born leader of the Easter Rising, will be among a series of events taking place in Galway next year to mark the centenary of 1916.

City council facing five million euro gap in finances

Thu, Sep 17, 2015

Galway City Council is facing a shortfall of some €5 million as it attempts to balance its books for the year, it emerged this week.

Galway chief exective Brendan McGrath warned councillors of the significant gap in the city’s finances during a discussion on future funding for Macnas, and referred to the gap repeatedly throughout a meeting of the local authority on Monday.

City braces itself for highest tides in nearly two decades

Thu, Sep 17, 2015

This month will see some of the highest tides Galway has experienced in the last 18 years, with measures being put in place to deal with flooding around the Spanish Arch area of the city.

Taste of France now open at Cross St Lower

Thu, Sep 17, 2015

Taste of France shop opens its doors in Cross St Lower this week. Owned and run by French natives Thierry and Catherine Schreiber, this shop offers a wide range of products produced by well known French suppliers known for their Made  in France tradition from areas such as Provence, Drome and Basque country. The product range on offer includes candies, linen, accessories, natural cosmetics and a delicatessen. 

Local property tax rate to remain unchanged next year, vote councillors

Thu, Sep 17, 2015

Galway city councillors have voted to retain the local property tax at its current rate for the coming year.

The issue caused much debate when it was discussed this week by the councillors, who have the discretion to raise or lower the rate of the tax by up to 15 per cent every year. 

Gala evening in aid of Galway University Hospitals Arts Trust

Thu, Sep 17, 2015

The Galway University Hospitals Arts Trust is holding a gala evening of music and song in the Town Hall Theatre on Wednesday September 30 at 8pm, featuring Luka Bloom, John Faulkner, Mary Bergin, and The Amazing Apples, among others.

Galway medical device business wins FDA clearance

Thu, Sep 17, 2015

A Ballybrit based medical device company has received some good news for its export business. ArraVasc designs, manufactures, and markets innovative devices for interventional clinicians across the world. In August the business received notification of FDA clearance, which will allow export sales to the USA. 

ArraVasc’s facility in Ballybrit, which employs 40 people, is primarily a research and development hub and a manufacturing site.  The company’s  focus is primarily on peripheral vascular disease: by using its proven expertise in materials and product design, they are developing the Pirouette family of peripheral balloon catheters, which are often used to help patients with blockages in their arteries, commonly in the legs.

Public meeting on Government’s White Paper on defence

Thu, Sep 17, 2015

The Government’s White Paper on defence has attracted scant media comment, but if implemented, will see Ireland increase military spending, “deepen” its relationship with the EU, OSCE, and NATO, and be required to work closely with the European Defence Agency.

SVP Galway calls for volunteers for winter effort

Thu, Sep 17, 2015

As it prepares to meet growing demands for support from families and individuals this winter, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVP) in Galway will hold two information evenings to recruit volunteers on Wednesday September 23 from 6pm to 8pm in the Westside Resource Centre and Thursday September 23 from 6pm to 8pm in the Menlo Park Hotel.

Galway milliner showcases at London Fashion Week

Thu, Sep 17, 2015

Galway milliner, Suzie Mahony will showcase her Spring/Summer 2016 Collection on September 20 at London Fashion Week. Her couture collection will feature as part of the House of Ikons Show at the Hilton London in aid of the Princes Trust.

NRA ‘insensitive’ in not rebuilding tragic wall in Kilrickle

Thu, Sep 17, 2015

THE National Roads Authority is being insensitive in not rebuilding a vital roadside wall knocked during a fatal accident in the centre of Kilrickle some years ago, according to Labour Senator Lorraine Higgins.

The shocking accident was a source of much grief at the time and the knocked wall is a reminder to locals of that terrible day.

Free, fun and student-organised Tech Carnival event brings top tech firms to NUI Galway

Thu, Sep 17, 2015

Computer Science students at NUI Galway will hold the third annual ‘Synapse //a Tech Carnival’ bringing major technological companies and employers to Galway City next week. The one-day free event will take place on Wednesday, 23 September in the Bailey Allen Hall at NUI Galway.

Lam and O’Shea to speak at NUIG open days

Thu, Sep 17, 2015

Two sporting icons will be guest speakers at this year’s autumn open days at NUI Galway.

Sean-nós singing workshops

Thu, Sep 17, 2015

Máire Ní Mhaoilchíaráin, the 2015 Sean-Nós Singer-in-Residence at NUI Galway, will give a series of sean-nós singing workshops beginning at 7pm, Wednesday, 30 September, in the Seminar Room at the Centre for Irish Studies, NUI Galway.

Colourful opening this Saturday for Oughterard park

Thu, Sep 17, 2015

The official opening of Oughterard’s Corribdale Park will take place this Saturday September 19. The event will start with a free family funday taking place from 1pm - 2pm. There will be pony rides, bouncy castle, zorb footballs, a popcorn stall and face-painting as well as music and specially designed fitness challenges!

The official opening will take place at 1:30pm with a ribbon cutting ceremony and the unveiling of the wonderful Bank of Ireland legacy sculpture entitled “Tears of a Stone” by local stonemason Martin O’Malley.

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