Ambassador visit to Galway is confirmation of city’s status as a commercial hub, says KPMG’s Brian Thornton

Thu, Apr 30, 2015

Galway’s appeal as a business centre was highlighted yet again during a visit to the city by the US Ambassador to Ireland, Kevin O’Malley.

And us with the big happy heads on us...

Thu, Apr 30, 2015

I remember about a decade or more ago sticking my notebook under the nose of the then Health Minister Michael Noonan, when he was in Castlebar opening the hospital or something and asking him a question about something health related for the Galway area. And in the way he had about him back then, in the days before he was canonised, he cocked an eye and said to me “Right sonny, you're here from a Goll-way paper. This is not a day for Goll-way. Today is Mayo's day, not Goll-way's day.”

And before I could explain to him that I was a refugee from Mayo myself, that I had been cast out upon the Goll-way waters, he was gone, off waving to the Mayos who stayed at home, celebrating Mayo's day.

Unemployment falls - except for those with children and dependents

Tue, Apr 28, 2015

The number of Galwegians out of work, who have dependants relying on them “to put food on the table”, is increasing every year, a situation a local TD has described as “disturbing”.

No campaign posters insult parents and are ‘misleading’ - Nolan

Tue, Apr 28, 2015

No campaign posters using children as a means of advancing their cause have little to say about same-sex marriage, but instead seek to “instil fear, misunderstanding, and prejudice”.

Work to start on €7.1-million Claregalway Flood Relief Scheme

Mon, Apr 27, 2015

Work is set to begin on the €7.1-million Claregalway Flood Relief Scheme as the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Brendan Howlin, is due to sign off on a review of environmental assessments.

US Ambassador to face protests in city today

Mon, Apr 27, 2015

The United States Ambassador to Ireland will face a peace protest, in opposition to American wars across the world, when he arrives in the city today to address a Galway Chamber business lunch.

Dozens of violent assaults on nurses forced work refusal at city psychiatric unit

Thu, Apr 23, 2015

An unprecedented number of assaults on nurses at University Hospital Galway’s acute psychiatric unit in the past four months was at the centre of their decision to refuse to go on duty yesterday (Wednesday) morning at 7.30am. At the time of going to press night staff had remained on duty to run the service in the interim.

Is Fianna Fáil planning for the post-Ó Cuív era?

Thu, Apr 23, 2015

Éamon Ó Cuív may have the safest seat in the State, and be FF’s ‘one sure thing’ in Galway West for Election 2016, but the party knows it cannot rely on him forever, and a range of future hopefuls are jostling for position to become his eventual successor.

‘I’m a novelist who briefly blogged, rather than a blogger turned novelist’

Thu, Apr 23, 2015

Galway writer Lisa McInerney has been hailed by The Irish Times as “the most talented writer at work today in Ireland”. For several years, as Sweary Lady, she penned the award-winning blog The Arse End of Ireland, about life on a Galway council estate.

NUI Galway students say no to N6 bypass routes

Thu, Apr 23, 2015

An online petition organised by students of NUI Galway, showcasing their opposition to proposed routes for the new Galway city bypass, has been presented to university president Dr Jim Browne.

City council traffic wardens hand out an average of forty parking fines per day

Thu, Apr 23, 2015

The Galway City Council collected more than half a million euro in revenue from parking fines last year. Figures released by the local authority show that 14,683 parking tickets were issued by traffic wardens around the city in 2014. That equates to an average of just over 40 tickets per day.

Pro-gay marriage supporters to say why they are voting Yes

Thu, Apr 23, 2015

Yes campaigners in the marriage equality referendum will speak on why they are voting Yes, as well as taking questions from the public, at an event being held this evening.

Photobook to encapsulate Galway life over the past hundred years

Thu, Apr 23, 2015

An innovative project which is the brainchild of three Galway photographers is set to form part of the Easter Rising centenary celebrations in 2016. The 100 TO ONE Project will photograph one person with a Galway connection born in every year from 1916 to the present day.

Drive over to Dublin for less than a euro

Thu, Apr 23, 2015

A super fuel-efficient car which is 20 times more economical than typical road cars was launched at NUI Galway this week. It has been designed and road-tested by NUI Galway engineering students. At the event, Connacht Rugby star Eoin McKeon officially unveiled the Geec and it was driven in public for the first time.

Public views to be sought on planned multi-million euro Salthill-Silverstrand coastal walkway

Thu, Apr 23, 2015

A €7 million coastal walkway between Salthill and Silverstrand will take a step closer to becoming a reality when a public consultation process is announced in the coming weeks.

Connaughton demands ‘fairness’ from banks for variable rate mortgage holders

Thu, Apr 23, 2015

Huge differences in mortgage rates, and the “lack of fairness for bank customers” on variable rates, is placing “financial and emotional stress” on families across east Galway.

New venture to offer daily crossings from Galway Port to the Burren

Thu, Apr 23, 2015

A Kinvara-based entrepreneur has fulfilled his lifelong dream to offer an exciting new way to travel between Galway city and the Burren,

Talented youngsters create new exhibition ‘You Booze You Looze’

Thu, Apr 23, 2015

A new exhibition from a group of talented young Galwegians is currently on display in the Galway City Library.

The exhibition on alcohol awareness is the fruition of six months work by the teenagers aged from 13 to 18 years from the CAPE Art Group, in association with Youth Work Ireland Galway.

US Ambassador to be guest speaker at Chamber lunch

Thu, Apr 23, 2015

US Ambassador to Ireland, Kevin O’Malley will be the guest speaker at the Galway Chamber Spring Business Lunch on Monday next April 27 in Hotel Meyrick, Eyre Square, Galway at 12.30 pm.

Connaughton demands confusion over land eligibility be addressed

Thu, Apr 23, 2015

Confusion over land eligibility ahead of the closing date for the first year of the Basic Payment Scheme is a problem which “must be addressed immediately”.

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