Galway’s housing crisis growing, says Cope

Thu, Aug 07, 2014

Services for people affected by homelessness and domestic violence are in rising demand, says local charity COPE Galway.

Crowe wants amplified busking back on council agenda

Thu, Aug 07, 2014

Despite councillors rejecting moves to have the controversial issue of amplified busking discussed at City Hall, attempts are being made to raise the issue again.

Fianna Fáil councillor Ollie Crowe has this week written to Mayor Donal Lyons requesting the issue of Amplified Busking be on the agenda of the first city council meeting in September.

Boy airlifted to hospital after Clifden crash

Thu, Aug 07, 2014

A seven-year-old boy has been recovering in hospital after being airlifted from the scene of a car crash in Clifden this week.

The accident occurred some three miles north of Clifden at about 10.30am on Tuesday. It is understood that a car collided with a tow-truck at Glenbricken.

President highlights strong Galway and Lorient ties during Festival Interceltique visit

Thu, Aug 07, 2014

The strong ties that exist between Galway and Lorient in France were remembered and reinforced at the weekend during an official visit by President Michael D Higgins to the Festival Interceltique de Lorient.

Exhibition explores tragic story of An Spidéal WWI soldier

Thu, Aug 07, 2014

With Official Ireland’s new found interest in The Great War has come much talk of the sacrifice and heroism of the Irish soldiers who fought in the trenches between 1914-1918.

Take a walk around 17th century Galway?

Thu, Aug 07, 2014

There are buildings, streets, and ruins surviving from Galway’s Elizabethan heyday in the 1600s, but it is still difficult to imagine what the entire city would have looked like then.

Ó Cuív calls for expansion of Community Services Programme

Thu, Aug 07, 2014

Dep Éamon Ó Cuív has called on the new Minister for Activation in the Department of Social Protection, Kevin Humphreys, to look at expanding the Community Services Programme to provide extra community services and employment while reducing the number of people on the live register.

Innovative community groups shine with KBC Bright Ideas funding awards

Thu, Aug 07, 2014

A number of innovative organisations across Galway have been awarded funding through KBC Bank Ireland’s Bright Ideas community support initiative.

NUI Galway Mature Students Society to hold family fun day

Thu, Aug 07, 2014

After a bumper 2013 event, NUI Galway Mature Students Society is hoping to once again attract record crowds at the Family Fun Day on Sunday August 10.

Taking place between 1pm and 5pm, at the Bailey Allen Hall NUI Galway, this is the second year that this event will take place in aid of The Galway Brasov Group Orphan Project.

From Glen to win

Thu, Aug 07, 2014

It was a wild, winter’s night. Brian and Luke Comer’s hands were bleeding and they were crying with tiredness and pain. They were being battered from all directions by torrential rain. But they continued to plaster. It was 4am and the teenagers from Glenamaddy, who often worked 17-hour days, knew they had to get the Kerry Co-Op job finished.

Schoolwear Association blasts ‘misleading’ Barnardos survey

Thu, Aug 07, 2014

The Irish Schoolwear Association, representing more than 200 school uniform suppliers and manufacturers nationally, has called on Barnardos to withdraw what it says are misleading claims about the costs of school uniforms.

Record numbers travelled through Knock airport in July

Thu, Aug 07, 2014

More than 91,000 passengers used Ireland West Airport Knock in July of this year, making it the busiest month in the airport’s 28 year history.

Youth unemployment increases in the west says Farrell

Thu, Aug 07, 2014

Nine young people are becoming unemployed in the west each day which means the Government’s Youth Guarantee scheme for under 25s is either not being implemented or is not working.

Two charged after €100,000 Ballinasloe drugs seizure

Thu, Aug 07, 2014

Two men charged in connection with the seizure of €100,000 worth of drugs at a Ballinasloe grow house at the weekend have been remanded in custody to appear before Harristown District Court tomorrow.

Tuam fibre broadband services receives €11 million investment

Thu, Aug 07, 2014

Homes and businesses in the Tuam area are to benefit from a €11 million investment by Eircom Wholesale to provide high-speed fibre broadband with speeds of up to 100mb/s.

Galway people invited to get involved in the Great Ethiopian Run

Thu, Aug 07, 2014

With the deadline for entry into the Great Ethiopian Run/Walk 2014 fast approaching, Ronan Scully of Gorta-Self Help Africa is calling on Galway people to sign up for this epic fundraising adventure.

Watch out for the SmartBins

Thu, Aug 07, 2014

Fret not if you’re walking down Shop Street these days and find yourself accosted by the new superdooper solar powered state of the art spanking new type of street bins. The Smartbins are solar powered so that means they’ll be grand these days when you could fry an egg on the head of a tourist, but might be useless come the dark days of November when the birds are falling off the trees with the hunger…and the birdshot.

Calling all former CIE staff

Thu, Aug 07, 2014

A special Mass has been arranged for all CIE staff, retired or working, in Galway on Friday August 15 at St Patrick’s Church, Forster Street at 7.30 pm.

Gaza citizen to address Galway this afternoon

Tue, Aug 05, 2014

Galway will be addressed by a citizen of Gaza this afternoon as part of a Palestine solidarity event which takes place in Eyre Square. Meanwhile businesses in Kinvara have also started to boycott Israeli goods.

Calls for NCT-style system after rented properties fail inspection

Thu, Jul 31, 2014

With over half of city private rented properties and 82 per cent of county rented properties failing local authority inspections,Threshold Galway is calling for an NCT-style inspection process to place more responsibility on landlords to ensure that their property meets the standards required.

This comes after the latest figures from the Environment Department revealed this week that close to 60 per cent of all private rental premises that were inspected by local authorities around the country last year failed basic minimum requirements. The Enforcement of Requirement for Standards and Rent Books 2013 figures show that four local authorities - county councils in Donegal, Louth, Offaly, and Limerick City Council - saw 100 per cent failure rates while other failures included Ballina Town Council (98 per cent), Fingal County Council (96 per cent), Longford County Council (91 per cent), and Cork County Council (90 per cent).

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